Despite looking the part of Nightmare, Black Lotus is generally actually a very gentle pony. With a body twisted by a combination of remnants of dark magic and parallel world warping, Black Lotus may rarely succumb to the loneliness and sadness she is caused by others being fearful or hostile towards her and enter a 'Nightmare Mode'. In this form, her already flowing mane reacts more like a dark flame, the sinister tendrils drifting from her eyes become darker and thicker, and her eyes themselves become an icy white-blue with a darkened setting.

As her sister, and a balance of day to night, it's Morning Glory's job to soothe her half-sister and calm the overwhelming feelings of despair and Black Lotus' fearsome magic. Fortunately same as her sister, strong magic is in her blood and she is usually a match for Black Lotus, though it's likely to leave the both of them sore and exhausted for some time afterwards.

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Doodled some conflict between the sisters and wanted to take it further. Interesting working with the glowy horn magic, not so much with backgrounds. Originally there was grass and stuff too but it just didn't fit with rest of the mood/colors.


Art, Black Lotus, & Morning Glory (C) 2017 McKinsey A. Cox (AKA, BijutsuYoukai)
Art made in Paint Tool SAI