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Rarity: The Last Unicorn

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Woo! FINALLY I’ve done an MLP piece… kinda. It’s sort of a crossover between MLP:FiM series and the movie “The Last Unicorn”.

For those who may not watch the show or understand why I choose this particular pony, I’ll elaborate:
In MLP:FiM, the show’s main protagonists are the “Mane Six”: Consisting of 2 earth (normal) ponies, 2 Pegasi and two Unicorns. But at the end of the recent season, one of the two unicorns, named Twilight Sparkle, has turned into an Alicorn and gained a set of wings.
(And yes, I know that “Alicorn” is the name of a Unicorn’s horn and not a winged unicorn, but the name stuck!).
I’ve been thinking about Rarity recently and how much I love her. In fact, I’m wondering if she be my favourite of the six. Also upon seeing the Last Unicorn for the first time, the idea hit me…


“Hang on! If Twilight is now an Alicorn, then that means… Rarity is THE LAST UNICORN of the Mane Six!!!!” :wow:


And thus why I have decided to draw her (instead of any other pony) in the style similar to Lady Amalthea from The Last Unicorn. Rarity is really beautiful, so I thought she would look great in the film’s style. This is Rarity in the show :pointr: [link]
And in case you’re not familiar with The Last Unicorn, this movie has such a beautiful style and designs are stunning. Not bad for a Rankin Bass film from the 80s. This is what Lady Amalthea looks like in the movie. :pointr: [link]

It was difficult to draw Rarity in the film’s style and make both of them recognizable. I didn’t want to make it too Last Unicorn, otherwise it would just look like Amalthea with a new hair-do. Hopefully I succeeded.
:bulletpurple: The purple star mark that Lady Amalthea had under her horn in the movie, I’ve replaced with a blue diamond, similar to Rarity’s cutie mark.
:bulletblue: Of course Amalthea has those furs on her hooves; at first I was going to keep Rarity’s white. But I eventually made them purple, just like her mane, in order to stand out.
:bulletpurple: Of course Rarity’s mane has a gradient effect in the show, with many different shades of purple. I was worried with how I was going to pull it off with MS paint. But I’m more than satisfied. Using different shades and types of purple to get the effect I want.
:bulletblue: I know Lady Amalthea has a Lions tail. But it simply wouldn’t be Rarity if she didn’t have that fabulous curly tail of hers.
:bulletpurple: For the background I wanted to do Rarity’s home and shop, the Carousel Boutique. Its a beautiful location and I have always wanted to do a background since my “He saw Only Horror” pic. Sadly I had to tune down the saturation of colours and now it looks so ugly! :tears:
:bulletblue: At one point I REALLY wanted to draw Rarity’s cat, Opalescence, in the style of the Pirate cat from the movie. But when it came together I had no room to put her on the picture, so she had to miss out.

I hope you all like it! :)
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Kerriecat's avatar
Well  she IS the last in the main six since Twilight became a alicorn :p