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Field Marks Redesign - An OC Pony

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An OC pony I've had for a while that I just recently redesigned. Her name is Field Marks. She is essentially a birdwatching pony (which is loosely based on my own interests, as I've always loved birds and bird ID, especially raptors). The term "field marks" refers to distinctive characteristics of a bird or other animal that you can use to quickly identify it, or at least narrow down what it is. For example, an adult bald eagle's field marks would be a dark body with a bright white head and tail. No other bird in North America is going to show those characteristics.

The name refers to her bird identification skills and the fact that she herself has field marks on the wings. The wing barring is loosely based off that of a great horned owl (for no particular reason), and it's strangely enough not something I've seen done before in OCs. Maybe that's a sign I shouldn't do it, but I'm doing it anyway.

This is about the 3rd or 4th time I've redesigned this character, but I don't anticipate making any further changes.

Very brief backstory, if anyone cares:

Field Marks is an ordinary pegasus who grew up in Cloudsdale, and became fascinated with birds at a young age. She became very good at identifying them. When she was old enough (she is a young adult, like the Mane 6; probably equivalent of a human in their 20's), she moved to the surface to see them more often. However, once there, she noticed that her love for animals wasn't mutual. Animals (especially birds) tended to either run away or attack her until she went away. Being rather stubborn, she often tries to sneak up on them by hiding in clouds or bushes, or lays traps or food out for them to draw them in (somewhat like Fluttershy at the gala).

I realize there's a lot of overlap with Fluttershy, but it's purely coincidental. I consider Field Marks to be a "semisona." That is, not exactly like me, but heavily based on my own interests. I made her a pegasus because they are the most birdlike, and it makes sense for a pegasus to be from Cloudsdale as that is where most of them come from in the MLP:FiM world. The animals attacking bit isn't meant to be edgy or anything. It's meant to add humor to the character, separate her from Fluttershy, and provide a reason for needing and using binoculars (because what's the point when wild animals are so tame as they're depicted in the show?).

The image is a sketch that I vectored in Inkscape.
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I like the effects on the wings, really cool :3