This was destined to happen the moment i laid eyes on this amazing collab piece by Longinius and Vest. Using this pic as both inspiration and a guide, here we are.
 
Applejack taking a breather from her farm work on a hot day… so hot that the shirt came off at some point. Why? Because thick juicy APPULBACC.
 
This was a particularly interesting project because back muscles are NOT straight forward like the front. Match’s art style lends itself to simplicity with most of the lines to create most muscle shapes, but even with that it was still a bit of an adventure getting all the lines in place for her back. There are lots of smaller muscles bunched together in the back and there has to be symmetry in their placement on both sides while keeping in mind how far the character is turned and whether or not the arms are lifted.
 
But hey, in the end i think it turned out quite well!
 
The base image used for the pose was The back shot at the bottom of this Applebloom pic by Match. and everything else was taken from assorted pieces by him and other edits ive done.
 
 
usual Disclaimer:
 
I AM NOT THE ORIGINAL ARTIST nor did i draw ANY of the lines that were used to create this image so i claim ZERO ownership. All of the artwork and lines used belong to Matchstickman. I did construct some lines from scratch, but i used lines originally drawn by Match to piece them together so i do not claim credit there either. I am just a big fan of his and his work is fun to mess with in photoshop. 100% of the credit goes to him because i could not make these without him drawing his own stuff first and i only upload these here because he is okay with it.