Celestia-Luna Coin Render Possibilities

Fooling around in Photoshop, here is (a progression of techniques of) what I'm hoping the coin can look like. They're still not perfect, but it's the basic idea. For instance, the lines I'm hoping will be more or less "invisible" in the middle 4 designs, and the colors in the bottom 2 designs will probably not have any gradients.

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Characters are from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, which is copyright Hasbro and Lauren Faust.

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