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Published: 2010-02-28 22:34:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 2611; Favourites: 82; Downloads: 259
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Description Hey you! Feel free to download this to your computer, but don't use it anywhere on the internet without my permission, or you'll have me, my watchers, and my online buds to deal with. Don't be an art thief!

Spec, what the heck are you doing making a manip for a character of yours that has been inactive for 2 years? OH WAIT GUYS, Avatrai [link] is back now! The Secret is still my main focus, but I'm bringing back a few of my old characters on the old site. Stradivarius, Vesanta and Damascus made the cut. Strad is my current favourite of that string, he's trying so hard to pull himself together after the drought and the fire. He saved his younger brother Ortel by smashing his way out of the burning forest. Even so, he's a bit of a coward when not in dire straits. Okay, so Avatrai is dead again. I miss my cowardly hero, so I brought him over to The Secret so I can keep him active.

Take a look at that awesome grassy shadow. Is that some masking win or what? Please ignore the hair semifail, I got a lot of comments about my hair being too uniform and in struggling (I redrew the thing at least three times) to make the mane and tail less uniform it turned out a bit choppy. Not bad, but not what I wanted either.

He doesn't look like much of a TB in this I guess, mostly because I doctored up a QH for this image. I just loved the facial expression, it has a kind of reluctant determination to it, which suits Strad so well.


I love encouragement and suggestions for improvement, and I respond to all comments. ^.^

Credits on image.
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Comments: 39

CallMe-Akka [2012-06-29 18:38:33 +0000 UTC]

The coloring is exquisite and such a nice compliment to the burnt grass and trees with a kiss of autumn.

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adverbial-spectra In reply to CallMe-Akka [2012-07-02 21:46:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Tolandiel-Roquen [2011-08-17 02:15:20 +0000 UTC]

Oooo this one?! :3

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adverbial-spectra In reply to Tolandiel-Roquen [2011-08-17 02:41:42 +0000 UTC]

You can certainly do this one! He has a star, I just didn't bother to make it big enough in this pic. Strad is my cowardly knight. Tall, speedy, and afraid of everything. Hard to save the world when having a panic attack!

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Tolandiel-Roquen In reply to adverbial-spectra [2011-08-17 02:43:53 +0000 UTC]

Lol that's awesome. Any thing specific you have pictured?

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adverbial-spectra In reply to Tolandiel-Roquen [2011-08-17 21:12:22 +0000 UTC]

I can try to be more specific if you like, but I like to give people plenty of free reign (cause I like having that too!). The boy's been through enough that any emotion/feel would suit him at some point in his life.

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Tolandiel-Roquen In reply to adverbial-spectra [2011-08-18 05:24:59 +0000 UTC]

Alright I have an idea... and I think I will run with it :3

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shutterfly21 [2011-03-03 22:09:42 +0000 UTC]

How would you feel about me using this manip on an rp site? I'm making a charrie named Freight Train on the site "townsendacresstables.proboards.com".

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adverbial-spectra In reply to shutterfly21 [2011-03-03 23:18:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for asking, but no. This is my character and he's still active, so you may not use this.

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shutterfly21 In reply to adverbial-spectra [2011-03-07 20:43:07 +0000 UTC]

Okay thanks anyway, lovely picture I decided to switch out coat colors anyway. Thanks again and good job.

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Sky-of-Silver [2010-08-06 20:00:07 +0000 UTC]

And I actually never would've guessed that this was originally a QH

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adverbial-spectra In reply to Sky-of-Silver [2010-08-06 20:10:49 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, I'm glad to hear it! I'm not very conformation-savvy, so I did what I could think of and hoped that it worked out.

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Sky-of-Silver In reply to adverbial-spectra [2010-08-06 20:38:05 +0000 UTC]

Yep! I never could've done anything like that-though I once turned a Thoroughbred in to an Arabian, but I never could do it again. Oh well...

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Sky-of-Silver [2010-08-06 19:59:15 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I love this-especially the shadow! Though do you tend to do body smudging for horses? I think it'd look nice on this one

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adverbial-spectra In reply to Sky-of-Silver [2010-08-06 20:06:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, I had fun with the shadow! I tend to do a very light body smudge (17%) to smooth things over without blurring detail. There are times when I have skipped this step with really high-quality stock though.

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Sky-of-Silver In reply to adverbial-spectra [2010-08-06 20:37:11 +0000 UTC]

Aha. I tend to prefer doing a heavier smudge, to
make the horse look smoother, though yes, I usually skip
it with high resolution images Haha I can never get the shadow to look right :/

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MysticalDesires [2010-04-06 23:25:39 +0000 UTC]

Amazing graphic. Looks so real!
What program do you use?

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adverbial-spectra In reply to MysticalDesires [2010-04-06 23:30:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I use Adobe Photoshop CS4.

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ridingxruffian [2010-03-02 05:03:37 +0000 UTC]

Very unique composition.

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adverbial-spectra In reply to ridingxruffian [2010-03-02 05:51:46 +0000 UTC]

Lol horse on a field! The background stock certainly makes a huge difference though, I hope you can't tell I cloned houses out of the background.

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ridingxruffian In reply to adverbial-spectra [2010-03-02 06:00:26 +0000 UTC]

Never would have guessed.

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Lynelle13 [2010-03-01 23:08:09 +0000 UTC]

so.. im impressed. very very very impressed. thanks for making it.

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adverbial-spectra In reply to Lynelle13 [2010-03-02 00:53:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! It's not often I make images for my own characters.

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Lynelle13 In reply to adverbial-spectra [2010-03-02 01:05:05 +0000 UTC]

well i like this one

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Firefur-Graphics [2010-03-01 13:16:04 +0000 UTC]

Amazing as always, Spec.

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adverbial-spectra In reply to Firefur-Graphics [2010-03-01 16:06:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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can-of-shapes [2010-03-01 11:05:08 +0000 UTC]

wow spec! you've done a fantastic job with him in this one, he actually does look like a TB instead of a QH. nicely done - as always - lol.

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adverbial-spectra In reply to can-of-shapes [2010-03-01 15:41:16 +0000 UTC]

He does? Awesome! I'm not very conformation-savvy, so I just made him leaner and long-legged.

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mrbun26 [2010-03-01 00:48:16 +0000 UTC]

pretty

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adverbial-spectra In reply to mrbun26 [2010-03-01 01:09:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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mrbun26 In reply to adverbial-spectra [2010-03-01 02:39:58 +0000 UTC]

Welcome!

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ImpossibleDreams56 [2010-03-01 00:19:54 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic!!

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adverbial-spectra In reply to ImpossibleDreams56 [2010-03-01 00:51:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Shanzanahsyt [2010-02-28 23:59:35 +0000 UTC]

Preeety... *stares*

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adverbial-spectra In reply to Shanzanahsyt [2010-03-01 01:08:44 +0000 UTC]

Shh, don't tell Strad. He doesn't know he's pretty. xD

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insomatic-studios [2010-02-28 23:01:03 +0000 UTC]

wow O_O awsome work!!the mane looks fine to me?what's your secret to making manips perfect? lol

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adverbial-spectra In reply to insomatic-studios [2010-03-01 00:44:35 +0000 UTC]

I just wish I could rock at hair as much as ~PerfectPerfection , she has a much better eye for flow and lighting.

My secret is to be insanely nitpicky. I worked on this piece on and off over the course of several days. Fresh eyes help me notice what doesn't look right.

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insomatic-studios In reply to adverbial-spectra [2010-03-01 22:07:31 +0000 UTC]

okay,i will remember that.Can you take a look at my manip watching airplanes and comment?

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adverbial-spectra In reply to insomatic-studios [2010-03-02 00:52:55 +0000 UTC]

I'll see what I can think of.

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