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Tasteful nudity? That’s certainly a rarity in this fanbase. Hehe
 
Very lovely art, very good coloring detail, and lighting effects. As some critiqued, the anatomy is a bit wonky in some places, but still looks nice.

@Archonix  
hey, i like the light play, and the joints are what bother me. my question is, what the hell happened to her left ass cheek?

@Archonix  
>”I just love that they made the attempt.”
 
@TexasUberAlles  
>”…so Lumic4 still wins.”
 
Yeah. I’m still faving this image because, damn, that is some fine lighting/coloring!

@Exedrus  
Oookay, I see what you’re getting at now– you’re saying that the overhang between the bottom curve of her rump and the top of her thigh makes it look like there’s an extra hip joint in there, and the shallowness of the curve implied by the shadow of the blinds reinforces that. I disagree– one of the things that messes up a lot of artists who’ve never done Life Drawing is that the top of the femur (and thus the upper line of the leg) is actually stepped out several inches from the hip joint, which is what’s causing that effect you’re noticing– but I can see your point. If I had made it I probably would have deepened the curve in the shadows over her cutie mark and rump to emphasize her curves a bit more, but I probably wouldn’t have attempted this piece in the first place so Lumic4 still wins.

@Exedrus
 
I think I see what you mean. I just love that they made the attempt.

@Archonix  
Oh, no, I see what the artist was trying to do. I just think there are some small mistakes in how the lighting is cast.

@Exedrus
 
What you’re seeing as her hip is more of a bubbly butt. The artist has put a lot of emphasis on the shallow boundaries between various muscles, which combines with the stark shading to confuse the eye somewhat. Follow the line from her shoulder, around the curve tio her top diamond. That’s the side of her body. The hip makes more sense then.

@TexasUberAlles  
Her “hip” looks too deep. It looks like another segement of the leg because there is so much space between its front and back.

@Background Pony #7698  
@Exedrus  
Human leg: 1.Hip 2.Knee 3.Ankle 4.Toes
 
Horse hindleg: 1.Hip 2.Stifle 3.Hock 4.Fetlock
 
Unguligrade anthro leg: 1.Hip 2.Knee 3.Hock 4.Fetlock
 
 
They are the same joints.

@Background Pony #7698  
Yeah, that’s the “something odd” I was talking about.

@Background Pony #7698  
Would it help if I pointed out that Google still works?

Do her legs have 4 joints? Yeesh!

Wow I can’t believe that I only noticed now that this is set in the boutique  
I thought it was set in some burlesque place or something

I have to say “WOW!” to this! A lot of you have already commented the style and tint (contrast), not to mention how sultry Rarity is in the always welcomed ‘that’s all you are gonna get, hehe’ pose. Tastefully nude and at the same time wonderfully censored in a way that makes the imagination run laps like the Indy 500.
 
Mr. (or Ms.) Artist, you did an excellent job! It even looks more like a photo–somepony shot this, possibly as a momento of unbridled passion and just letting go of the same thing, a bit of impulsiveness too.

@TheAbridgenator
 
So you’re implying that Fluttershy isn’t one? Because I’m pretty sure that Twilight definitely is one.
 
Of course, I can be compltetely wrong, as it has happened quite a few times.

Magnificent, truly magnificent. Even the draping is brilliant.

Wow. This is gorgeous! :D

That’s some impressive coloring/shading!  
Tho I think there’s something odd going on with her left leg.

Hot damn this is gorgeous.

@TheAbridgenator  
I love me a classy lady. And that Audrey Hepburn accent, hnnnng.

@Drefsab  
It’s her aesthetic, her class, and that goddamn lasting time-obliterating voice. Which is funny cuz Rarity is one of only two members of the cast I can see as a virgin. XD

Rarity always makes a damn fine seductress.

watches as magic unzips his pants
 
Oh my.