Putting the Cart Before the Horse

The warm days of summer had given way to the cool nights and evenings of autumn, and in the town square, preparations were underway for the Fall Festival. It was tradition that the earth ponies of the town were in charge of the hayride. Their numbers were few this year, as a recent pony pox epidemic had caused most of them to cancel, leaving Cee to pull one of the wagons on his own. To his surprise, both his doting wife Tea and his two best friends, Gold Dust and Fable Scholar, had made it out to support him - which of course meant being his first passengers. The wagon creaked as the enormous unicorn settled in, followed almost immediately by the pair of cheering pegasi. With a sigh, and a smile he couldn't seem to fight, Cee turned, squared his shoulders and pulled.

It was going to be a long night.

Hey folks! So this is actually one of my Inktober sketches gone crazy. Once I'd doodled it, I really had to finish it... And once I'd started shading it, it became clear that I had to soft shade it to make it look good. I'm really thankful for everyone who came out and watched me work on this while I was streaming, and of course to Takai and my friends for all of their encouragement and support. (Also, note - this is a really big picture, so the full view might make a difference here)


Cee and Tea Biscuit - &
Gold Dust -
Fable Scholar -


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