It’s sad and cruel at the same time. The sheer indifference of the owner, the emasculated stallion in the background and the mother looking at her children suffocating while being utterly ignored in her pleas
I can kind of relate to something you spent much more time on getting less attention. When I posted on the subreddit, the drawings I spent the most time on got the least upvotes, and the ones I spent much less time and effort on got the most.
But still, even if you didn’t spend much time on this drawing, it’s still really good. And it already tells a story even though it’s just one image.
That’s cuz this is a great single-panel image that tells a complete story with all its details. And with art as great as yours, it’s hard to tell this was done in 30 minutes.
Well good job fluffus… You forgot to lay down paper or something! That gelded stallion got blood all over your carpets!! Smacks with an Anime Paper fan!! clean the mess you made up!! Then do 20push ups for each foal you killed!.. Yells in Drill Sergeant tone MOVE IT!!!
Its simplicity is what does it for me. Those fluffies’ tiny little worlds have come crashing down, due to minimal human effort. A couple of common ziplock bags and a pocket knife. It probably took him about 15 seconds and even could’ve been half asleep while doing it, too. They’re so helpless and pathetic and you fucking nailed it. I love all of your other work, of course, but this quick gut punch just shows how good you are!
I know that feeling, having spent almost a month on a meticulously shaded megaproject of a pony picture and receiving less comments than some of my casual art.
Also, this picture is a perfect example of the saying “Brevity is the soul of wit.” It manages to capture a lot of emotion that would only get diluted if stretched over several frames. The effect of the stallion crying about its lost no-noes is only enhanced by his life-altering tragedy happening at the background.
I made a comic called “I’m hungry let me in” spent like twenty minutes on it. People loved it, but the piece I took days making people couldn’t give a damn about it.