Post #19 - It's a Surprise!

Welcome, Pinkie Pie! People with that much positive social energy sometimes frighten me, but it's important not to let something like that completely shut you out, as there's some unique things to experience with them. It's kind of like a horror movie: you do get scared, but that's part of the thrill. If they have a good heart, they'll help you through.

Got to try uploading an edited image for once—the second image in this case. I had a more specific final result in mind that I didn't think the generator was going to be able to match, and a few quick tries really suggested that to be the case. It was a simple enough idea though, so I just had the generator come up with the simple 'components' so that I could composite them together into a single image. In this case, Twilight and Pinkie's reactions were generated on white backgrounds, then Unknown Volunteer was generated—lights, shadows, and all—and then I composited the ponies in the foreground, scaling, positioning, and smoothing edges as appropriate. I'll post the individually generated component images later as a bonus post.