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My secondary "Lunacorn" char, which you can also see here, here and here. I'll post a proper char ref sheet of her later, but for now, this can serve as a temp one, and please note that she only has her wings when she's in anthro form, and she only takes on anthro form during the full moon. She's named "Luna" not just because she's part luna moth, but also because she has a crescent, moon-shaped horn, and is connected with the moon's phases as well as nighttime in general.

The rest of the time, she just appears as a wingless, non-anthro, deer-based unicorn, with some equine aspects (mane, hoof feathering, long tail tuft, etc.). Her wings are a cross between two species of luna moths: actias luna (American moon moth) and actias selene (Indian moon moth). The upper pair of wings borrow their shape from actias selene, and the lower pair from actias luna. The shape of the eyespots are based on those of actias luna, but they are pink like those of actias selene and resemble actual eyes (in this case, albino eyes, because I have a passion for albino and leucistic animals). The undersides of the wings have the same markings, but are overall paler in hue. This particular image happens to be a heavily-stylized concept design for a stained glass "suncatcher" that I hope to have made.

Edit: I decided after all to go ahead and make her eyes and nosepatch brown, to add her pink eye/muzzle stripes and tail coloration, and also her golden eartips and forehead marking...Now she looks a bit more likes she's supposed to. :) And forgot to mention earlier that the flowers are stencil patterns from here: [link] (Just needed something to fill in a bit of all that white space!) Lastly, ~CommodoreMarie may be making this for me as an art trade; she does awesome work! :)

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~ulisku Oct 11, 2012   Traditional Artist
That's so pretty! I would totally buy it if it were a real ornament:)
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Mood: Love !LinaInverse16 Sep 17, 2012  Student General Artist
Magnificent!!
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~BrokensKiss Jun 26, 2012  Student Digital Artist
Can I model this in 3D?
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~swandog Jun 26, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Sure, if you want to, but it's supposed to be be flat, and not very thick (like a stained glass window). :)
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~BrokensKiss Jun 26, 2012  Student Digital Artist
YAY!!! It was instant love when I saw her <3 A perfect chance to practice material and mapping ^<^ :heart: Thank you so much!
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~swandog Jun 28, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Also, forgot to mention that her wings are colored like these now: [link] :)
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~swandog Jun 26, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Welcome! :D Please link me when you're done? :)
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Mood: Love ~BrokensKiss Jun 30, 2012  Student Digital Artist
Thank you for the color update. And Will the moons and stars be flat too? I think they'd look better like big clear beads. Sorry I'm starting her tonight after I walk the dog and my coffee break <3

OH and if you'd like I'll put updates up on here [link]

Thank you again!
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~swandog Jul 2, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Just saw the updates; looking great so far! :D Btw, I can send you the hi-res of that file if it would be helpful. Just let me know. :)
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~BrokensKiss Jul 2, 2012  Student Digital Artist
I think I'm good thank you. It's not a very detailed image I'm trying to reproduce, the only issue I had was that the wings weren't symmetrical. So I hope you don't mind that to save me a little time I used the symmetry modifier to mirror the right wing over, then added loops for the beads to string up to.
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