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ekormekolindo — Midnight Munchies

Published: 2012-01-05 23:04:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 627; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 13
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Description This piece here was my very last piece I drew for my art class and technically my last piece as an undergrad. For the whole semester, every drawing had to do with mixed media and experimenting with the materials to match your theme. It was fun and all but nothing felt "me" enough. Our final assignment was to do anything. Yup. She said anything so I did. I picked up my colored pencils and told her my "theme" for this drawing is "me". It is the embodiment of who I am, what I like to do, and how I achieve it. I also made this piece to become part of a series of backlit horses. The first one is here in my gallery: [link]

I chose a miniature horse because this is a gift to my parents and they have a real fondness for these little guys so it was an obvious choice.

I had a reference for the horse (can no longer find the google image I used) but the rest of it was from my brain. Prismacolor colored pencils on Canson paper.

EDIT: I did a scan and used that instead of the photograph. The colors are more accurate in this (though not totally). It just looked a bit better this way.
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Comments: 18

PhantomDragon09 [2012-08-15 00:19:31 +0000 UTC]

absolutely lovely. My younger sister wants to purchase a print soon as in the next few months.

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ekormekolindo In reply to PhantomDragon09 [2012-08-15 15:54:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I am honored she would want one!

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AngelEji [2012-02-22 20:45:34 +0000 UTC]

wow.....
I am kinda lost in words!

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ekormekolindo In reply to AngelEji [2012-02-23 00:10:38 +0000 UTC]

^_^

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AngelEji In reply to ekormekolindo [2012-02-23 21:54:51 +0000 UTC]

^^

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Shira--hime [2012-01-17 22:31:21 +0000 UTC]

I really love the backlighting on this. I draws the eye to the horse, but the background is defined just enough to have interest there, too. It's very soft and peaceful. I love it.

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ekormekolindo In reply to Shira--hime [2012-01-31 21:31:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Soft and peaceful is what I was going for.

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Chiaroscuro-Ink [2012-01-14 21:22:30 +0000 UTC]

This is a great picture. Again, your colored pencil skills are fantastic, though, I feel that this scan doesn't do it enough justice! Still, it's so soft, especially around the horse. The contrast of the warm light on the horse with the cool colors of the background lend this a very neat atmosphere. ^.^

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ekormekolindo In reply to Chiaroscuro-Ink [2012-01-31 21:31:22 +0000 UTC]

When do scans ever do it justice? And thankies!

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Chiaroscuro-Ink In reply to ekormekolindo [2012-01-31 23:57:16 +0000 UTC]

Soooo true. You're welcome!

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Venneta [2012-01-14 19:02:09 +0000 UTC]

Amazing color pencil piece the backlight is really a success! Though it may be a little too warm, seeing the moon and the water are cold .. But I love it very much <3 the feeling especially.

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ekormekolindo In reply to Venneta [2012-01-31 21:30:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Yeah, I exaggerated the glow a bit to make it feel much more fanciful than realistic and I liked the effect so I rolled with it.

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Venneta In reply to ekormekolindo [2012-02-01 02:29:12 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome!

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DanicaFrost [2012-01-09 01:18:33 +0000 UTC]

I love how dream-like this is! its awesome! and your style is so unique. Great job, i can see why its one of your favs!

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ekormekolindo In reply to DanicaFrost [2012-01-09 03:40:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I really went for a dream-like feel and I feel like I achieved it and hence why it is one of my favorites.

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DanicaFrost In reply to ekormekolindo [2012-01-09 17:51:07 +0000 UTC]

you absolutely did! its always nice to have a goal for your painting and achieve it, rather than those times when you keep trying but keep failing XD

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Kemmasandi [2012-01-05 23:41:58 +0000 UTC]

N'awww man, miniature horses are so damn cute! And the way you've drawn this one is so fantastic and fat Fat mini horses are so adorable! I gotta show my mom this. She loves horses, especially cute ones like this

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ekormekolindo In reply to Kemmasandi [2012-01-06 03:07:03 +0000 UTC]

Haha! Yay! Another mini horse lover. They are so freakin cute. ^_^

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