Edit 15/11/12: Fixed some fill errors (thanks ) and made some anatomical changes (thanks ). Still got some thinking about the BG to do.
As a certain well known t-shirt site wants $25 for a shirt (OK) and $48 for shipping () plus import duty (12%) and a 'handling fee' of £8... Well, I think it's time I put together something to be printed on a shirt myself. It'd probably work as a button too.
I'm not so sure about the text/backdrop, any suggestions?
IMO, the "arms" are a excessively thin, and the empty space between the neck and the mane could probably look better if the neck were thicker.
The eyes look better than the sketch (again, IMO) because this way looks like she is going to faint/fall on the couch (looks more dramatic).
Maybe using some handwriting-style font would make it look more elegant, but might affect readability. Also, empathizing "The.Worst.Possible.Thing!" with bolder letters might cause the image to look not symmetric, so might not be recommendable. Maybe writing it like...
Darling! That is The, Worst, Possible, Thing!
...so it can be read more easily. Maybe just Using Capital Letters. But the people that knows the show already will emphasize that, so maybe it's not necessary.
The backdrop could be an out-of-focus boutique (so it doesn't distract the view from Rarity) but given the colors, probably wouldn't combine...
Thanks for the feedback, I've taken a while to reply because I wanted to try out some of your suggestions first, but I've not yet got around to it.
The thin bits were deliberate to try and emphasise the movement that would be taking place. But you're right about the empty space, it's something I'll have a play with.
Eye wise, my pencil drawings are only ever a rough idea, I upload them mainly as a proof that I drew it So, like you, I spotted that the eyes didn't look great while working on the picture in Inkscape and modified them.
I still want to have a play with fonts, it can be so difficult to find the right one sometimes...
The eyes look better than the sketch (again, IMO) because this way looks like she is going to faint/fall on the couch (looks more dramatic).
Maybe using some handwriting-style font would make it look more elegant, but might affect readability. Also, empathizing "The.Worst.Possible.Thing!" with bolder letters might cause the image to look not symmetric, so might not be recommendable.
Maybe writing it like...
Darling! That is
The, Worst, Possible, Thing!
...so it can be read more easily. Maybe just Using Capital Letters. But the people that knows the show already will emphasize that, so maybe it's not necessary.
The backdrop could be an out-of-focus boutique (so it doesn't distract the view from Rarity) but given the colors, probably wouldn't combine...
The thin bits were deliberate to try and emphasise the movement that would be taking place. But you're right about the empty space, it's something I'll have a play with.
Eye wise, my pencil drawings are only ever a rough idea, I upload them mainly as a proof that I drew it
I still want to have a play with fonts, it can be so difficult to find the right one sometimes...