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This isn't fair. Why does Nightmare get a Luna to hug and I don't?

Nothing suss is going on here. I'm not implying or suggesting anything. Anything you think they have done or will do is exactly that: what you think. I just drew the two ponies sleeping, with one hugging the other.
Since a number of comments have been made regarding this, this image is a top-down view. It is not a side view. They are not standing.

I assume they clean off their makeup before going to sleep. Admittedly, I'm assuming that it is makeup in the first place. (Maybe Celestia uses eyeliner instead of eyeshadow?) Wearing armour and accessories while sleeping makes no sense to me either.
Given their manes and tails 'flow' all over the place, what's it like when they sleep? For Luna, I took my previous idea that she ties up her mane and tail to keep it under control. Nightmare's mane and tail seem to phase out of nowhere and since Nightmare can control it, you could suggest it just disappears when she's asleep. Instead, I decided to make it look like she's turned her mane and tail off, for lack of a better phrase. Without her actively controlling them, they settle down. The result however is not quite as I'd hoped.

Additional Files: Normal manes/tails version.
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The Nightmare Moon and Princess Luna characters and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic are the property of Lauren Faust and/or Hasbro and/or others.
Thanks to NightmareMoonS and Skylark-Torch for feedback while I was creating this.

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My first impression of this piece is kind of shaky. I see a dark colored pony hugging Luna and one of the first things I notice are their shaky balance. Their hooves do not appear to be 'standing' on anything so they do end up looking like they are floating in space. That can probably be fixed by adding a bed underneath them to more easily create some context without having to use words to say what's happening.

I do like the idea of giving them different hair styles but for me, hair is what makes a given character more recognizable. We're dealing with an oligarch and a major villian. Both are very poweful. I find their large hair to suggest that they are very powerful as it makes them look bigger. The mane and tail styles seem to go best with milder sorts of characters. The styles for NMM feels waay too out of character for me.

Sometimes I look back at my older works and think that I have been silly not paying enough to characterization of a character, and I think its what woulf benefit this piece the most. You're on to something, but I feel that the characterization is a bit off and could use extra background work to more intuitively know what's going on. Maybe just an addition of pillows will do.
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Waah? what the heck sigma hahaha well first of all i am not a mature critic seriously :iconmegustaplz: but the important thing i say about this beautiful artwork and they supose to hug each other not like this posistion nightmare moon shoud be like this -><- luna must be if you get the arrows the only i like the most is luna hair style i like the way it look it became new in DA and mlp history really i mean it you created some thing new to rock the world
WELL DONE SIGMA Great job you done there good luck
and also merry chrismas sorry i said it early ^^;
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~taylorcrescent 5 days ago  New member Hobbyist Digital Artist
Princess luna is one of my favorite ponies!
from one to five
First: Luna
Second: Zecora:
Third: Twilight
Forth: Pinkie-pie
Fifth: Rainbowdash
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~Sexy-Slender-Dragon 5 days ago  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
It almost looks like she is doing Luna....kinda sorry i have a dirty mind but the picture is good
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~ZouruaLover13 May 14, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
i could totally write a fanfic about this
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~RainbowDashForever44 Dec 27, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Why would Luna have to tie up her hair?
Just wondering.
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:icon90sigma:
Basically to stop it from 'flowing' all over the place.
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:iconxselnaga:
Considering that Luna and NMM are the same mare, can we say that she is...*put glasses*..playing with herself? YEEEAAHHHHH
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:iconkitty231467:
:iconyuno: luna and nightmare moon why you no sleep on the ground? is that how they sleep standing up huh weird
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:icon90sigma:
From the image description: "This image is a top-down view. It is not a side view. They are not standing."
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:icon90sigma:
Pony hugs are best hugs.
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