Shop Mobile More Submit  Join Login
The Golden Cage by Devinian The Golden Cage by Devinian
I really wanted to try something new again not knowing what I'm signing to. This one solidified my conviction that painting straight lines on PC is just awful. If I ever were to make another interior I will stick with the art-nouveau style, which will narrow straight lines to the necessary minimum (and will fitt ponies more).
This was definitely an interesting learning experience, but I'm still not completely sure how the composition in the interior works. If any of you have any tips on how to improve at the interrior painting, feel free to share.
Thank you all for the continous support, even during my complete absence!

Yes, this was a long break, but I'm back again and eager to do some new stuff. If you asked about the commision, please contact me again...!
Add a Comment:
 
:iconcianid255:
cianid255 Featured By Owner 6 days ago
absolutely gorgeous! I have yet to see such level of detail in MLP fan works, its truly humbles me to see stuff like this!
Reply
:iconwarrior20198:
Warrior20198 Featured By Owner Apr 15, 2016
Not even US Army makes it this good, shiiit
Reply
:iconoccitanian-beast:
I feel the tension, in this false quiet moment, like in a XVIIIth Century movie directed by Stanley kubrick. We feel the feeling of a wise ruler, with debatable choices cut in vivo.

youtu.be/e52IMaE-3As
Reply
:iconcacartoon:
CAcartoon Featured By Owner Mar 10, 2016  Student Traditional Artist
Does anyone else see the twilight pic in the back?
Also this artwork is beautiful
Reply
:iconmoonwing101:
Moonwing101 Featured By Owner Mar 8, 2016  Hobbyist
the pic. of twilight tho XD
Reply
:iconstartoucher:
Startoucher Featured By Owner Dec 30, 2015  Hobbyist General Artist
WHOLEY GUACAMOLE, DAT BACKGROUND. SO. DANG. INTRICATE.
Reply
:iconprensestwilight01:
prensestwilight01 Featured By Owner Dec 29, 2015  Student Filmographer
Twilight's picture?
Reply
:iconleogtheartist:
leogtheartist Featured By Owner Nov 22, 2015  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
For a second I thought Celestia was getting married and then I realized her veil was just the curtains.
Reply
:iconlightningwolfpup:
lightningwolfpup Featured By Owner Nov 12, 2015  Student General Artist
oh my Chihuahua!
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Awesome! Rainbow Dash: Astonished 
Reply
:iconmountneverest:
MountNeverest Featured By Owner Oct 30, 2015
millions of details did you learn proper perspective? nice work!
Clapping Pony Icon - Complete Mane Six Clap 
Reply
:iconbruiser128:
bruiser128 Featured By Owner Oct 18, 2015  Student Traditional Artist
...Absolutely STUNNING!
Reply
:iconrlkitterman:
rlkitterman Featured By Owner Oct 12, 2015  Hobbyist Photographer
Wow!  This is really excellent fanart and reminds me of some royal palaces I've visited in Europe.  I wonder if Celestia sometimes feels like she is also caged....
Reply
:iconaltereggo:
altereggo Featured By Owner Oct 4, 2015
Hope you don't mind me asking a composition question--I'm trying to figure out the basics.
Did you put the white double-doors above her back to reduce the contrast and draw attention to her face and hair?
Reply
:iconkrashface:
Krashface Featured By Owner Sep 30, 2015  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Just asking: when you draw a background, how much you take and how you take inspiration ?
Reply
:iconhunternif:
Hunternif Featured By Owner Aug 18, 2015  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Woah that's detailed.
Reply
:iconds2096:
ds2096 Featured By Owner Aug 12, 2015
Is there any chance of this being made available as a print?
Reply
:iconloadhe:
loadhe Featured By Owner Aug 1, 2015  Hobbyist Photographer
Amazining art!And why the picture about twilight on the wall.XD
Reply
:iconanti-tanx:
anti-tanX Featured By Owner Edited Jul 24, 2015
I just re-watched the ending of Bird in the Hoof. The bird is never seen inside the cage after it becomes reborn. So unless there is another episode where the bird appears in the cage (such as a cameo appearance perhaps) then this deviation is wrong.

It is as though the cage was only needed while the bird was molting. (which makes sense because during this period it was unable to fly)
Reply
:iconbuttonspny:
buttonspny Featured By Owner Jul 22, 2015
Beautiful work
Reply
:iconmidnight-blue766:
Midnight-Blue766 Featured By Owner Jul 18, 2015
Ever since I went to Versailles last year, I've been an advocate of the view that only the Sun King's palace is good enough for the Princess of the Sun.
Reply
:iconckentavr:
CKentavr Featured By Owner Jul 16, 2015
This is so beautiful.
Reply
:iconfullmetalrainbowdash:
"A gilded cage is still a cage." The question is who's the one in the cage?
Reply
:iconmugenseiryuu:
MugenSeiRyuu Featured By Owner Jul 20, 2015
Clearly Celestia. Philomena can melt her out of there is she wants.
Reply
:iconbeamsaber:
BeamSaber Featured By Owner Jul 14, 2015  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I really love the details.
You know, this could be an awesome 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle.
Reply
:iconchani14:
chani14 Featured By Owner Jul 14, 2015  Student Digital Artist
This is the beautiful I have seen~!Squee! Squee! Hamtaro Mouse Emoji-02 (Kawaii) [V1] Hamtaro Mouse Emoji-02 (Kawaii) [V1] Hamtaro Mouse Emoji-02 (Kawaii) [V1] Hamtaro Mouse Emoji-02 (Kawaii) [V1] Heart Love Heart Love 
Reply
:iconurzapw2000:
urzapw2000 Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2015
WOW this reminds me of the Palace of Versailles!
that's a good thing!
amazing detail!
Reply
:iconkrisdhana:
Krisdhana Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2015
Wow! this is breathtaking! I love the details: princess Twilight's portait and Luna's above that. Nice interior design too; I'd love to take a tour of this castle. Great work! Instant Fave
Reply
:iconsir-kick-ass:
Sir-Kick-Ass Featured By Owner Edited Jun 27, 2015
:iconbestponyplz::iconsaysplz:French haute couture please.

:iconraritysmileplz::iconsaysplz:I do believe that is French rococo dear.

:iconfluttershyblankplz::iconsaysplz:I do believe your being annoying dear.

:iconraritysmileplz::iconsaysplz:That is you're.

:iconfluttershyohjoyplz:   *angry sigh*
Reply
:iconsavagelunare:
SavageLunare Featured By Owner Jun 24, 2015  Student Traditional Artist
Wow.
Reply
:iconc12fim:
C12FIM Featured By Owner Jun 24, 2015
"It's a Phoenix, not a slave".
Reply
:iconmugenseiryuu:
MugenSeiRyuu Featured By Owner Jul 20, 2015
Relax, Philomena can easily melt out of it if she wants.
Reply
:iconanti-tanx:
anti-tanX Featured By Owner Jun 23, 2015
Why is the bird in a cage? You should go back and edit out the cage, that would make this piece better.

We know from that one episode (Bird in the Hoof) that the bird is super intelligent, it doesn't make much sense that she would cage it in her own home.
Reply
:iconurzapw2000:
urzapw2000 Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2015
in Harry Potter Phoenixes can teleport...
I bet it can get in and out of there any time it wants...
Reply
:iconanti-tanx:
anti-tanX Featured By Owner Edited Jul 16, 2015
So the cage is meaningless? In that case, why would Celestia bother putting it in a cage?
Reply
:iconurzapw2000:
urzapw2000 Featured By Owner Jul 17, 2015
it looks good in gold!
Reply
:iconanti-tanx:
anti-tanX Featured By Owner Edited Jul 24, 2015
I don't see anyone else in a cage. Just the bird. The cage is obviously for captivity, not for fashion.

The fact that the cage is a fashionable one doesn't make it any better, if anything that just makes it worse. It shows just how despicably superficial Celestia is. She has reduced the bird to a object to decorate her room with. This painting conveys to us that she only cares how pretty the bird looks, while the best interests of the bird are presumably of little concern to her.
Reply
:iconurzapw2000:
urzapw2000 Featured By Owner Jul 25, 2015
the bird is a Phoenix
Phoenixes can teleport
the cage is a decoration
Reply
:iconanti-tanx:
anti-tanX Featured By Owner Jul 26, 2015
There is no reason to use a cage if the bird can teleport. I already said that. It would be liking putting someone in a prison cell and give them the key to the lock so they can get out at any time. It makes no sense.

Also, this isn't Harry Potter universe, and the bird never teleported in the MLP cartoon. So the bird can't teleport. You're just making it up. But even if it is able to teleport, that would mean the bird is in the cage by choice, which doesn't really make any sense. That's like if Twilight came to visit and Celestia asked her to enter a dog crate made of gold. Even if Twilight willfully entered the cage, that wouldn't make it okay, most viewers would probably consider it very strange. The only reason Twilight would do this if because she was too nervous to object to Celestia. (implying coercion)

I just checked the wikipedia page for Phoenix, and nowhere does it mention anything about teleportation powers. So it does not matter if Harry Potter gave a teleportation power to phoenixes. The power is made up. Only the rules of MLP universe matter. The pheonix can't teleport unless a later ep of MLP says it can, but even if that happens, that still wouldn't validate your excuse because you did not know actually know that the phoenix can teleport.
Reply
:iconpoofgirl:
Poofgirl Featured By Owner Jun 23, 2015  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Wow, the detail in this is stunning!
Reply
:icontyruvelp:
tyruvelp Featured By Owner Jun 22, 2015
i an gonna guess that the room is the cage and the bird cage is just for show 
Reply
:iconlupus1970:
lupus1970 Featured By Owner Jun 22, 2015
This is amazing! It looks like something out of a Bavarian castle.
Reply
:iconsnapcentino:
SnapCentino Featured By Owner Jun 22, 2015  Professional Writer
This almost looks like something lifted straight out of Versailles.
Reply
:iconurzapw2000:
urzapw2000 Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2015
that's what I said!
Reply
:iconsnapcentino:
SnapCentino Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2015  Professional Writer
Great minds think alike, eh?
Reply
:iconurzapw2000:
urzapw2000 Featured By Owner Jul 13, 2015
Eyup!
Reply
:iconeqdbot:
EqDBot Featured By Owner Jun 21, 2015
This Deviation was featured in the following Equestria Daily Post www.equestriadaily.com/2015/06… Thank you for providing pony material for all of us to enjoy :) (This bot is unofficial, it is NOT affiliated with Equestria Daily. If you do not wish to get these notifications anymore, please just block this account.)
Reply
:iconmoppypuppy:
MoppyPuppy Featured By Owner Jun 21, 2015
This is what its like to be employed in most jobs in the United States. We work longer than anyone in the world but make so little.
You have NO FREEDOM because you have NO TIME.
Reply
:iconmakenshi179:
Makenshi179 Featured By Owner Jun 17, 2015
Gorgeous!! :D A real "castle"!
Reply
:iconndfan1993:
ndfan1993 Featured By Owner May 3, 2015
I can't remember if I've commented on this before or not but I totally have to do so now! I adore this picture. There is so much to see, so much detail and just wow. I love this. I've had it as my desktop background for a while now (I hope that's okay!) and I see something new every time I look at it. I recently noticed the scratches on the wall by Twilight's painting and I keep wondering how in the world they got there. Just the other day my little sister pointed out the fact that the painting on the ceiling looks like Rainbow Dash and I didn't even realize it. This must have taken ages! There is so much detail it's crazy, and it's amazing. I just love to study it to try to find new things that I missed before!

I'd totally hang this on the wall in my house if you had a print of it. Like, right at the entrance so it could be the first thing people see when they walk in. Not even kidding. This is amazing.
Reply
:iconconcordy:
Concordy Featured By Owner Apr 25, 2015  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Leonardo da Vinci is nothing compared to THIS!
Reply
Add a Comment:
 
×




Details

Submitted on
October 9, 2014
Image Size
3.1 MB
Resolution
5255×3026
Link
Thumb
Embed

Stats

Views
64,716 (10 today)
Favourites
6,761 (who?)
Comments
543
Downloads
5,246 (1 today)
×