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Sweet merciful Celestia on a pogo stick!! This started out as just that solitary doodle of sombra (that'll be posted seperately in a moment), but me being me, i wanted to make something more. This took about 5 hours in total, start to finish. Including inking! ^^' I was stressed out after having to deal with a muck-up by British Gas, which meant *I* ended up with a close to £200 BILL. Im still cheesed off about that, but i cant do anything for the moment. Fed up with cursing and crying, i spotted the drawing pad sticking out from the scanner plate, pulled it out, and decided to finish the pencil sketches and go from there. Before i knew it, i'd gotten all the way to done! ^^

The outline of Sombra at the top came about by accident, when i accidentally reversed the selection parameters, inverting the field. I thought it looked cool so i put it in a seperate tab for later.
Its a good thing i didnt start these mroe fiddly drawings until i got the new PC. I get the feeling if i tried something like this on my old PC (Perseus), it'd have EXPLODED. @_@ 4.5GB solid memory usage by the time this was over. The file size is 2GIG! O__O Whoops.

I've done quite a few doodles about this part, where Celestia, after the events of this picture here:

Decides with the other princesses that Sombra is no longer a danger, and she wants to return his magic to him. But since hes been so long without it, she's concerned it may overwhelm him, so she sets the spell on the Choker to disassemble bit by bit, day by day, giving him full access within a week or so. (This later goes to pot when Somrba is stuck in a situation where he has no choice but to use his magic to break the remainder of the spell to save a group of kids and teachers!).

So those are the representations of Sombra's Magic (which he views as "a pretty purple shade, sparkling like a small galaxy"), the spell its sealed within, and of course, a representation of Celestia's magic ("a pretty golden shade"), removing the first bits (i know, she's only holding one, but they vanish, ok? XD). And Somrba in the BG, keenly aware of the process.

Heres the standalone of Sombra:

FANFIC LINK HERE: www.fimfiction.net/story/21694…

Fic Snippet:

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Celestia had a lot on her mind. She called a Princess summit the next morning, and put forward her thoughts;

"What that creature said, its been on my mind..." she began.

"What part?" Cadance asked.

"The part where it pointed out an unfortunate truth I’m certain Sombra was keenly aware of. That we ARE using him to fight our war for us, how are we any better than it? We rendered him powerless, and asked him to fight for us. I had expected his tactics and brute strength would be enough to ensure victory, but he cannot keep using that resource, it’s weakening him.."

They all thought a moment.

"We assumed he would be violent, uncontrollable," Luna said "but he has become a far different pony now..."

“He used the full force of his power to protect that little filly, and locked it away so he could keep living here." Twilight Sparkle nodded.

"What do you propose, sister?" Luna asked.

"I think we need to give him part of who he is back. Although I don’t think he can manage it all flooding back at once, after all this time without it, it could cause shock. But he has proven he CAN use it to do something good.." Celestia said.

It was a unanimous vote. Sombra deserved this much for all he’d done.

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Celestia said she’d handle it, since Cadance and Twilight Sparkle were busy, and Luna slept in the daytime!

Sombra was surprised when she asked him to meet her in the throne room.

"Its easiest here, more room.." she remarked, reading a scroll as he walked in.

"What is..?" He trailed off when he seen that familiar spell circle "ah, you need to reset it, don’t you?"

“In a manner of speaking~" she smiled cryptically, but the subtlety was lost on Sombra, who just looked confused. But, with a barely audible sigh, he sat himself down in the circles centre.

"This may hurt a bit.." Celestia said "it’ll be brief.."

Sombra nodded, closing his eyes.

He tensed automatically as he felt the collar loosen, felt the power unfurl and stretch, relishing its freedom again. The sensation of it made his chest ache. He realized how much he missed it. With his eyes closed he was able to see the magic’s unusual aura. Like a glittering purple galaxy. He was aware of Celestia’s magic in the background, a pretty golden shade. Then, he felt the familiar tug of the collar.

The glittering aura began to fade...

Then it stopped, at about half its "size" as it were. He felt a pulse of panic and confusion, what was going on?

There was a click and he felt the room spin briefly as the spell settled down.

He opened his eyes, seeing the spell lines fading into the carpet.

"Something’s off, I think you left it too loose," he said quietly, not wanting to get his hopes up.

Celestia chuckled, making him glance up at her. She was smiling.

"I assure you there’s been no mistake or error Sombra," she said calmly "it is exactly what you think. I changed the spell. I didn’t want it to overload you, so I kept it back a bit. But the spell will retreat a little each day, allow your magic to return to full capacity-"

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MLP (c) Hasbro/Faust

Description
Sweet merciful Celestia on a pogo stick!! This started out as just that solitary doodle of sombra (that'll be posted seperately in a moment), but me being me, i wanted to make something more. This took about 5 hours in total, start to finish. Including inking! ^^' I was stressed out after having to deal with a muck-up by British Gas, which meant *I* ended up with a close to £200 BILL. Im still cheesed off about that, but i cant do anything for the moment. Fed up with cursing and crying, i spotted the drawing pad sticking out from the scanner plate, pulled it out, and decided to finish the pencil sketches and go from there. Before i knew it, i'd gotten all the way to done! ^^

The outline of Sombra at the top came about by accident, when i accidentally reversed the selection parameters, inverting the field. I thought it looked cool so i put it in a seperate tab for later.
Its a good thing i didnt start these mroe fiddly drawings until i got the new PC. I get the feeling if i tried something like this on my old PC (Perseus), it'd have EXPLODED. @_@ 4.5GB solid memory usage by the time this was over. The file size is 2GIG! O__O Whoops.

I've done quite a few doodles about this part, where Celestia, after the events of this picture here:

Decides with the other princesses that Sombra is no longer a danger, and she wants to return his magic to him. But since hes been so long without it, she's concerned it may overwhelm him, so she sets the spell on the Choker to disassemble bit by bit, day by day, giving him full access within a week or so. (This later goes to pot when Somrba is stuck in a situation where he has no choice but to use his magic to break the remainder of the spell to save a group of kids and teachers!).

So those are the representations of Sombra's Magic (which he views as "a pretty purple shade, sparkling like a small galaxy"), the spell its sealed within, and of course, a representation of Celestia's magic ("a pretty golden shade"), removing the first bits (i know, she's only holding one, but they vanish, ok? XD). And Somrba in the BG, keenly aware of the process.

Heres the standalone of Sombra:

FANFIC LINK HERE: www.fimfiction.net/story/21694…

Fic Snippet:

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Celestia had a lot on her mind. She called a Princess summit the next morning, and put forward her thoughts;

"What that creature said, its been on my mind..." she began.

"What part?" Cadance asked.

"The part where it pointed out an unfortunate truth I’m certain Sombra was keenly aware of. That we ARE using him to fight our war for us, how are we any better than it? We rendered him powerless, and asked him to fight for us. I had expected his tactics and brute strength would be enough to ensure victory, but he cannot keep using that resource, it’s weakening him.."

They all thought a moment.

"We assumed he would be violent, uncontrollable," Luna said "but he has become a far different pony now..."

“He used the full force of his power to protect that little filly, and locked it away so he could keep living here." Twilight Sparkle nodded.

"What do you propose, sister?" Luna asked.

"I think we need to give him part of who he is back. Although I don’t think he can manage it all flooding back at once, after all this time without it, it could cause shock. But he has proven he CAN use it to do something good.." Celestia said.

It was a unanimous vote. Sombra deserved this much for all he’d done.

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Celestia said she’d handle it, since Cadance and Twilight Sparkle were busy, and Luna slept in the daytime!

Sombra was surprised when she asked him to meet her in the throne room.

"Its easiest here, more room.." she remarked, reading a scroll as he walked in.

"What is..?" He trailed off when he seen that familiar spell circle "ah, you need to reset it, don’t you?"

“In a manner of speaking~" she smiled cryptically, but the subtlety was lost on Sombra, who just looked confused. But, with a barely audible sigh, he sat himself down in the circles centre.

"This may hurt a bit.." Celestia said "it’ll be brief.."

Sombra nodded, closing his eyes.

He tensed automatically as he felt the collar loosen, felt the power unfurl and stretch, relishing its freedom again. The sensation of it made his chest ache. He realized how much he missed it. With his eyes closed he was able to see the magic’s unusual aura. Like a glittering purple galaxy. He was aware of Celestia’s magic in the background, a pretty golden shade. Then, he felt the familiar tug of the collar.

The glittering aura began to fade...

Then it stopped, at about half its "size" as it were. He felt a pulse of panic and confusion, what was going on?

There was a click and he felt the room spin briefly as the spell settled down.

He opened his eyes, seeing the spell lines fading into the carpet.

"Something’s off, I think you left it too loose," he said quietly, not wanting to get his hopes up.

Celestia chuckled, making him glance up at her. She was smiling.

"I assure you there’s been no mistake or error Sombra," she said calmly "it is exactly what you think. I changed the spell. I didn’t want it to overload you, so I kept it back a bit. But the spell will retreat a little each day, allow your magic to return to full capacity-"

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MLP (c) Hasbro/Faust