I Used to Be an Adventurer Like You...

EDIT: Thanks for another EQD feature! (Mine is #3)

...Then I took 1000 years of responsibility to the knee...

Yes, I payed Skyrim and yes, I know what the "knee thing" means. :I

So about the story behind this picture. I got the idea after reading the comic "My Little Pony: Friends Forever #4" where Spike and Celestia embark on a journey to find something, some things happen and there's a lesson (great synopsis, I know). The thing that stuck out to me was how Celestia was portrayed as the warrior gone bureaucrat. She had been fighting wars and intense battles for years only to retreat to a position of diplomacy and peace, quite interesting when you think about it.

This is by far my favorite picture that I've drawn so far, it's so gaw-geous! This one started about 8 months ago, I think, and I was working on it (background especially) for quite some time before I got bored with it and moved on, I'm so thankful I did! I lost interest because the picture looks bad (and it did), but since I've been drawing more I've been able to bring to a level of quality satisfaction.

This one picture a week thing I'm doing is going well, I'm already working on another picture (more Fo:E stuff, so on).

Seriously, I'm not asking much but if I want one picture to get attention, it's this one.

Art Breakdown can be found here.

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All Artwork Belongs to: Me, Gray-Wolf11
Princess Celestia and Twilight Sparkle belong to: Hasbro Inc.^©
Background is by me! It's been asked a few times and I want to clarify. I made that background from scratch, I only say this because that one background is the single hardest thing I've drawn.