craftgrrl | Re-painted Princess Celestia

Hi all, I'm new to the community. Nice work so far! Since I don't have any knitting to show for my first post I'm putting up a re-painted toy I did for my brother. I apologize if you aren't a pony fan - I know they are all over the place right now - but it was a bit of a challenge to get this paint job right. My first attempt at doing so.

Anyways, the toy originally looked like this:

The color is wrong on this to begin with, as Celestia is supposed to be white. I had to pry the tail and mane off to re-paint as well.

So yeah. Celestia is now Princess Derpy Hooves. For those who don't know, the eyes are supposed to be wrong. Derpy is an animation accident that got turned into a character. Took quite a few layers of paint to get the body color right (and much experimentation). Next I have a Twilight and Applejack to turn into...well anything I want I suppose.

I've always been more of a drawer and painter than a crafter, but over the last few years my skills have taken a turn for the tangible and I've taught myself how to do beading, glass pendants, model painting and most recently - knitting.

It's a pleasure to meet fellow creative types - and I have to say what a beautiful community you have here. I look forward to taking a more active part in the future. I am hoping that with the addition of a place to show off creations and get some feedback I'll spur myself on to more and more creative endeavors.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!