Muddy Adventures

EDIT: Featured on EQD. December 24th, 2013. #41 www.equestriadaily.com/2013/12…

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This artwork took me soooooooo long because it involves a very detailed background. I don't want to get into very technical details, but I'm glad I already finished. I have to admit that a lot of the artworks are fierce, they are very good and some of them have pretty cool OC. I really don't feel safe at all, and it's awesome to be competing with some awesome artists, but I think that my OC Motion Spark has his 'charm' and I want to use it along side comedy which is an element I saw lacking in most of the entries.

This contest was very demanding because it's not only about drawing a picture, it's like building a story of how some of Naze OC's (in my case Cobalt) would meet and interact with each other. So the picture is not like really random, it has a meaning and a storyline which I will add below. Start reading now!

Note that while I kind of like imagining stories, I'm actually a terrible writer so bear with me please XD.

STORY:

One morning in Ponyville, there was Cobalt Tangle preparing herself for a special
expedition in Ponyville's Everfree Forest. However, the excitement for
visiting such controversial place made her realize how much she wanted to
have a memory for that adventure.
First of all she made sure to check in her saddlebag if she had enough bits
to spend on a painting, and fortunatelly she did!

She then, galloped with her muddy hooves to the nearby market, looking for artists
to join in her adventure and paint a couple of beautiful paitings about her
adventures.  As she asked several artists, she was rejected by all painter ponies 

for not having enough bits or having hooves too dirty to get into the buildings.

Walking all day, kind of tired and disappointed, Cobalt stumbled upon an old,
dusty and empty workshop that was close to the Sweet Apple Acres, she walked in.

Inside was a brown unicorn brooming the floor (the floor was so
covered in dust that the filth on his hooves messed up the area that he was already
brooming, of course, without him knowing about it)

Cobalt walked in nervously thinking that she may be rejected for having her
hooves full of mud, but as soon as the brown pony saw her he couldn't help
pulling off the biggest smile.

Brown Pony - Hello there miss, welcome to my art workshop, in what can I help you with?

Cobalt - ...

Brown Pony - Oh! I'm so sorry. My name is Motion Spark! nice to meet you!

Cobalt - Hi Motion! I'm Cobalt Tangle and I was wondering how much you charge
for a beatiful painting!

Motion - 3 bits! ...is that too expensive?

Cobalt - Oh no! it's perfect! I would like 3 canvases paintings!

Cobalt never hesitated to know why Motion Spark charged so low compared to other
artist ponies.

Motion - (says confident) *ahem* You're just so lucky because I'm so busy with
other requests, but I'll make time for you of course![only if she knew that nopony
buy a thing from me!! Finally a customer!] *he thinks.

Motion - Just let me get my...

Cobalt - yes, saddlebag, we're going to travel to the everfree forest! don't you
think it's great? *She says happy while she bounces.

Motion - THE EVERWHAT!?!!?

Cobalt - Let's go!

Motion - *sigh*

Motion is a pony that it's actually scared of the everfree forest, something pretty
common between the ponies of Ponyville. However he wanted to impress his customer
Cobalt so much that he agreed to join her in her adventure, so he packed some of
his artistic implements into his saddlebg and followed her lead.

As they got absorbed by the forest dark-green thickness, Motion tried to play it
cool around Cobalt while deep inside he was very uncofortable with his sorroundings.

Motion - I think something is in your saddlebag! something is moving!

Cobalt - oh yeah! it's my pet snake, Chad. C'mon and say hi!

Motion - SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!?!?!!? *Motion screams scared. Something I
haven't mentioned is that Motion is scared of snakes.

Motion - I mean.. hehe he's cute hehe~

Cobalt - Thank you I think he likes you

Motion - I like him too [if I keep my distance, everything will be alright and I
won't ruin anything] *he thinks.

Cobalt, then, have found what it seemed the perfect spot for a painting where a
natural mudpool was located.

Cobalt - WOW Motion! I think I like this place, can you paint me over here with Chad?

Chad came out of her bag and curled up on her neck.

Motion - sure! [why did she had to pick the dirtiest place of the forest?]
he mentally moaned.

Cobalt - I hope you don't have a problem with a little mud, I love it!

Motion - pfft! of course not, I love getting dirty! [I don't ;_;]

Motion Spark had no choice but to join Cobalt into the mudpool, so he took out
all of his materials. Soon enough, he started painting Cobalt and Chad. For a
moment he forgot about the scary place, or the dirty surface and got inmersed
into his painting. He felt relaxed enough that he actually got distracted by the
soothing sound of the forest.

Motion - Oh wait, where's Chad? I thought he was on your neck.

Cobalt - No silly! he's curled up on your hoof, I told you that he really liked you!

Cobalt - awww, so adorable!

Motion - what what what what what.

Motion repeated like a broken record in a very soft voice while slowly turning his
head back and peeling his eyes out.

Motion - ...

Cobalt - uh oh!

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look back at the artwork if you want to know what happens next! xD

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Hope y'all liked my story, let me know if it was funny in a MLP kind of way, let's keep things PG13. The not so thumb pictures are not part of the main artwork, but they are a creative way to boost the story with more visuals to make the main artwork to have even more sense!

all right that's all, wish me luck!