#design chart

Unicorns.

Unicorns I always imagined as being tall and lanky. When doing research I found out in a lot of depictions they had cloven hooves so I added those in. I also found out the closest horse breed to a unicorn was the Akhal-Teke breed, which has an incredibly silky coat, which I added to the unicorns as well. I gave them that classic long unicorn tail. I like the idea that you can tell a unicorns age by the size of their horn.

Design notes:

Tallest of the pony species

Thin limbs

silky fur texture

cloven hooves

Long thin tails with a tuft of hair at the end

Breezies.

For breezies I wanted to give them more dainty features to try and mimic fairies. I didn't like how they looked in gen 4 at all but gen 3 just game them smaller version of normal pony bodies. For my design I based them off of the falabella breed in terms of proportion - their proportions are also similar to foals in general. In terms of wings I wanted to give them more bug-lime wings so I modelled them after the shape of generic butterfly wings. I made them see through, sparkly, and made them the source of the their glow. In gen 3 breezies has heavy association with flowers so I thought I would make their fur look like flower petals. The flower petal fur also adds a bit to the fact that these breezies drop a sort of pollen fairy dust that helps pollinate plants.

Design notes:

Soft petal like fur

butterfly shaped wings

Wings and Antennae glow in the dark

short thin tail with big hair tuft at the tip

Sparkly pollen follows them when they fly

have a distinct floral smell

Pegasus.

I was super excited to draw pegasi because I had such a distinct idea of them in my head. The first fact was that I wanted them to be small. They have hollow bones like birds so that they can fly and their small size also helps with flight to limit weight. The short parts of their fur is actually more similar to bird down than fur with some full grown feathers in certain areas. Specifically around the legs and tail. I wanted feathers to grow around the pony tail to mimick bird tails.

Design Notes:

Soft feathery-like fur

Naturally smaller than other ponies

shorter legs

Hollow bones to help them fly

Feathers are longer around the tail to create the illusion of a birds tail.

Earth Pony.

Kinda straight forwards design wise. I did want to base earth ponies off more working horse breeds as I imagine them being stronger and more built for physical labor. Not much to say about these guys.

Design notes:

Thicker limbs

Coarse fur

naturally stronger than other ponies

Bat Pony.

Like pegasi I was also excited to design the bat ponies because I had the idea of bat ponies and pegasi being divergent evolutions! While pegasi evolved more bird like features, bat ponies evolved more bat like features! They have hollow bones and small statures for the same reason as pegasi. They evolved to be nocturnal so their fur is pretty thick to help keep them warm at night. They have bigger ears and poorer eyesight similar to bats. I gave them a shorter version of the unicorn tail to try and mimick bat tails. I decided to make their wings sparkle as a way to try and mimick the night sky.

Design notes:

bat wings. Insides of the wings look sparkly to mimic stars.

same size as Pegasi

short legs

Big ears

stilted pupils

Small thin tail with hair fluff at end.

Fur looks spiky but is soft.

naturally poor eyesight compared to other ponies

Kelpies.

While i know "Seapony" is a fun pun name from sea horse I can still say i was a little disappointed that they didn't make the sea ponies Kelpies. I made them have scales instead of fur as fur would slow you down in the water so it makes sense that they'd evolve to not have it. They have the ability to transform between a land and water form. I always liked the versions of kelpies that had actual kelp and seaweed for hair so I decided to do that myself. They have gills which close up when on land so they can use their nostrils and vice versa.

Design notes:

scales instead of fur.

kelp/seaweed as hair

bottom half transforms between legs or tail.

Fins on legs, back, and face