Syd Barrett: Apples and Oranges

[bladespark]

So I was commissioned a bit ago to make a Syd Barrett pony. For those of you who don't know, Syd was the original guitarist of Pink Floyd. The one who went more or less nuts, thus inspiring much of Floyd's future successful material, in fact. Quite a lot of their music may be about him, though the Shine On You Crazy Diamond songs from Wish You Were Here are the only ones explicitly dedicated to him, as far as I know.

Anyhow, trying to do Syd as a pony was a bit more of a challenge than doing Pink, but the commissioner said that it was meant as a gift for somebody who liked the song Apples and Oranges best of all the stuff Syd wrote for Floyd. Thus, the Syd Barrett: Apples and Oranges pony was born!







Syd chills with Pink.


I was trying for something tousled, all of his official photos have his hair in his eyes, but it came out more Beatles than Barrett. Oh well.

Comments

[harliquinnraver.livejournal.com]

theyre so awesome XD

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[silveradept]

That's still a rocking pony. I'm going to have to think that this may be a good way that something cute as My Little Pony survives into the next generation - growing up and getting punk'd out.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Rumor has it, actually, that Hasbro is going to start making blanks for customizers, so we don't have to take apart a regular pony to do this kind of thing.

[silveradept]

Ooh, that sounds good. Maybe taking a page out of the Windstone book and offering Paint-Your-Owns.

[svashtar.livejournal.com]

If I can find the Pony pictures I manipulated in Photoshop, I'll send them to you. My Gothy Pony was the best one of the lot with the Sisters of Mercy logo on its butt, and Frankenstein stitches everywhere.

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

That's cool. I love weird ponies.

[wolfmare.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's cute. I like the hair, at least. But then I like sleek, kinda spiky hairstyles, so...