Rain · 6:42am Feb 4th, 2012
My original concept utilized one of my very first OCs, an officer in the Royal Equestrian Army. A retiree, Aristotle is the typical veteran officer, with a bit of trolldad thrown in for good measure. His relationship with Celestia is strictly professional, though because of how long he's been in the service and the fact that he's worked with the Princess on a regular basis, he's a little looser in his conversation than the average butter bars fresh out of OCS.
I'll admit. I don't like this piece. I'd originally meant it for month to month writing projects with Canterlot.com, but for some reason or another, I wasn't able to settle on a working topic in time to get quality work done. So here it is, 4 days behind schedule, but more or less complete. There are a few unrealized concepts in here that I may bring out in subsequent revisions, but right now I need to put this up and move on to other projects.
Take it as one of the interim works and artist goes through while perfecting his craft.