Cybernetic Royal Pegasus Guard

Vision: Fits the description and title. Well done in my opinion on design and feeling with color choices and weather choice.

Originality: Ponies not too original but this energy from the artist and the design with the story behind this is very original or to me it is.

Technique: The lighting and the dark sky is beautiful. The city looks very realistic, the detail on the buildings feels very real from what I've seen at night on travel shows, movies, and news. The dark sky and rain adds to the mood beautifully giving me the feeling and smell of a city though wonderful can also be very dangerous.

The stonework is gorgeously done for the railings, steps, and walkway with the wall and the partial doorway. I love the way the engravings are done and how it can also, on top at least, give me a feeling of the rainwater collecting on top of the smooth and level stonework. Shading on the stone is wonderful adding to the depth and mood of the scene.

Now for the Pegasus. Breathtaking in my opinion. I like the headgear of how it was designed allowing sight and a spot for projection of data when needed for the guard or possibly another to see when needed. The shading and lighting gives me the sense of metal material as well as soft yet stiff bristles of the brush mow hawk on top of the head. I would call it the proper name if is one but I don't feel like checking so I apologize for my laziness.

The armor going down the neck has lovely shading and lighting adding to the metal feel and industrial make. The chest plate is nicely done with the addition of Celestia's cutie mark showing it's one of her royal guards. Legs are a bit tricky to see if they are machine covered, machine fully or perhaps partly covered by mechanical armor. I like how the toes were done on the feet nice way to aid for better support or balance if in pursuit of a suspect I assume.

His armor going across/around his middle is nicely done with the rods that I take it work as pistons when he's walking, running or perhaps they work as a way to give extra speed when needed and are activated by the mind. The back legs are very nicely done. To me they look more machine than natural so that's interesting and perhaps is recommended for the armor to work more efficiently.

His tail is very well done as the armor is distinct standing out to show the tail's normal hair's still there showing it's shielded by the armor. The wings armor is very nice. I like the design and the coloring as well as the metal band over them near the top of them. I like how we can still see the blue demonstrating the armor is a shield over the feathery wings for protection and perhaps also add to speed if needed.

The overall coloring of the Pegasus is well done and blends beautifully. If I had to suggest something for improvement then perhaps it would be the front legs. I like how it's difficult to see them exactly but the one in the darker shadows for me doesn't look as define as the one closes to the view sight. Perhaps a little something to better define it? Maybe could be a light or soft glow casting down towards the hooves in the front from the screen unless a glow wouldn't cast as much as that on the Pegasus then never mind. Maybe the rain collecting on the ground causing beautiful reflections would be able to reflect some of the light striking it up to give a little bit of light around the one front hoof allowing for a bit of better definition. But if this wouldn't work then never mind.

Impact: There's a very looming emotion over the piece bringing me to hear and feel the rain in the huge city where there are safe places and other spots where danger is always lurking in the shadows. With this danger of other ponies could be the looming fear of how far the new cybernetic guards could go and would they become a threat in-of itself.

Overall: Gorgeous piece. I love the emotion, energy, and design. The armor is very unique and wonderfully done. As stated if my suggestion of some or a bit of light touching at the leg that is tricky to see wouldn't work then just ignore that. Top notch work. Very thought invoking when compare it to how our own world is progressing with technology.