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Published: 2009-11-28 20:05:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 4175; Favourites: 209; Downloads: 67
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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!Edit: It was a bit dark and contrasty for my liking, I had to change it.
This is a request at Another Studio [link] for Lionheart. Meet her character Dogwood, a mare who is quite the little spy. She's pretty quiet, and that's how she gathers information. Then she sells it to the highest bidder, so to say. When she's not trying to be inconspicuous she can be rather sassy, hence the OMG ACTION POSE going on here. ^.^
Woohoo! For once a mane and tail I can live with! I'm pretty proud of this one. I drew the mane and tail from scratch, and they actually have a pretty decent shape!
I love encouragement and suggestions for improvement, and I respond to all comments. ^.^
Credits on image.
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May I use it for an avatar on wolfplaygame.com please?
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WOW. My favorite piece of yours. I LOVE the colors/lighting/sharpness, how did you do that?!
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Oh, thank you! It's one of my all-time faves too, I'm really happy that you noticed it.
It's been quite a while since 2008 when I made this, but I often apply photo filters on different blending modes to play with the colours. Cloudy coloured textures with different light and dark areas are also really great for making parts of the image pop. Difference clouds can be blurred to form this effect. I'm a sucker for contrast, and I loved how some of the layers I laid over the image emphasized the shadows to reinforce the lighting. The sharpness is just careful use of the Sharpen filter on my resized dA copy, nothing magical.
Thanks very much for your question, and please don't hesitate to ask if you're curious about anything else! Though, to be honest, when things work out right for me it's usually a fluke. I'm generally lame at stylizing, blending is all I know. Lots of trial and error. Mostly error.
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how do youu make the sand fly up around the horse ? i keep looking for a certain brush , but its impossible /: soo , do youu mind telling me ? (:
nice piece of work though !
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Try these [link] , I use them for everything! Sand, snow, dirt, fog, they're so versatile. Just eyedropper a midtone colour from the surface, and don't be afraid to mix, match and dodge and burn the brushes to suit!
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Thank you! This has got to be one of my all-time faves. Playing with perspective is fun.
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Thank you! I love tweaking colours.
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As someone who played with dogwood in one of her haydays, I can honestly say this fits her very well. It made my day seeing this in its DA form.
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Glad to hear it! This is one of my personal favourites.
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I don't know how to put my adoration for this picture into words.
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Aww, thanks! You're too sweet.
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I love the details on the horse, and the mane is gorgeous!
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Thanks! I had a lot of fun with this piece.
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This is amazing! Love the movement/pose of the horse 
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Thanks! I love backgrounds with an interesting perspective, they're so inspiring.
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Thank you!
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Amazing job!! this one is sooo intense and full of movement!!
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woah, this looks a lot like bone, except with more white on the stomach... woah. gorgeous pic
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Thanks Rainbow! White faces are lovely.
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This is beautiful, I feel as if I'm really sitting there in the sand looking at a paint horse run by me..xD
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Thank you! I really liked the perspective of the background too.
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Its truly a great piece with, like you said. A lovely perspective and amazing realism..xD
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this is goregeous!
i love the mane & tail, as well as the colors too.
great job on this 
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Thanks! I always dread doing manes and tails because they take me forever, but the process is getting less painful as I get used to it. Stupid tablet.
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Love the mane tail and text on this one! Finally you actually like the mane and tail! Finally you see that you are amazing at them! Okay, maybe not that far but still
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that's always a good thing. glad you've found something that results in something you actually can see your brilliance in
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Thank you! Manes and tails are hard to paint but I think I'm getting the hang of it.
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No prob
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spectra, wow, you have improved so much since i came back to dA!
i absolutely love the colors on this, as well as the contrast. it's really nice to see the unique perspective that you have done. amazing job!
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Thanks Auredd, that really means a lot to me. I still remember quite clearly the days at Badri Studios when I was just a slogan writer who didn't think she'd ever be able to make images.
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i remember that too, XD. seriously, your graphics have come so far since then, and it's been really good to see how you've progressed during these couple of years.
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Aww, I feel all warm and fuzzy inside! You and ~percara have been so nice to me. I feel like we're equals now instead of me just staring up at you guys with big hopeless eyes.
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awh, XD, i miss that studio! everyone was so much fun. and yeah, we're definitely equals, and i think that you're definitely going to get better than me soon. you have such an eye for detail, it's so amazing. you literally catch everything in a manip, i reckon that's partially why yours are so good!
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Have you seen ~saregona 's work? She puts us all to shame with her amazing detail work! Makes me nostalgic for the days when I could actually suggest helpful things to her. xD
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oh wow. yes she does. dang haha, the longer that you look at some of her images, the more you are amazed by what you can see.
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