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made for Fresian Club on HL
to be used in Fresian Club on HL for the august term
YAY OMG i won fresian club for august!
*cough cough*. right, back to where i was. this one was made for Fresian club, so, ignore the corny name, i couldn't think of anything haha. obviously i took off the text and boxes and whatever to put up here.
i wanted it to obviously have a fresian in it, and wanted the color theme to be quite dark, but not in a freaky way, more in a peaceful sort of way, you know?
anyhoos, i LOVED the horse i found, just had to use him. thanks to all stock providers! 
and, yes, this WILL be going up for bid on HL once the august term is over.
STOCK-NESS
thanks guys!
= horse
= lake
Obsidian Dawn = brushes = [link]
umm yeah those wierd looking lilypads and grass in the water were painted by me...
don't look at them, haha.STATS
layers: 45
time: on and off over three days
tools: photoshop CS4, photoshop CS5, wacom bamboo tablet.
THIS IS NOT YOUR WORK. DO NOT STEAL IT, DO NOT USE IT WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. I SPENT DAYS MAKING IT, THE LEAST YOU GUYS CAN DO IS RESPECT MY FREAKING RULES.
...anyhoos! comments and faves are always appriciated. constructive critique welcomed. thanks guys!
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Haha, thankyou!
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Your welcome.
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wow! one word B E A T I F U L!! i would love to see a manip from when you started
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thankyou!
haha, here's one: [link]
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wow! its still good! better then minw were
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haha, thanks!
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How did you do the beam of lights? I love how this looks.
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the beams of light are actually brushes, which are available for free download from www.obsidiandawn.com. here's the direct link: [link]
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such a gorgeous image, you can just tell you put alot of work into this, well done
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45 layers? O.O! And I really like this!
Though maybe I could suggest a few things?
1. I... don't exactly understand the thin whitish line around the horse...? Haha I know all of your manips have them, but... I don't quite get why
2. The right front leg should enter the water slightly higher, since it's a bit farther away than the left front leg. Though not much
3. Light rays... a tad unrealistic. I would recommend creating a little hole in the clouds that the light rays would be coming through, if you know how to do that.
4. The light rays seem to stop right when they hit the horse, but if this were an actual scene, a few rays would continue until they hit the water.
Aaaand... other than that, this is fabulous! And I never thought I would find myself saying this, but the credits are lovely! Very small, insignificant, and out of the way, but easy to find and read if you're looking for them, Perfect!
Haha the lilypads are nice too, though the one closest to the bottom seems a bit pasted in. You might want to darken it a little, and add a very small series of ripples around it.
Aack, sorry about the ΓΌber long comment/critique 
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haha, thanks.
the white line is an outline, most equine manipulators do them, it's just another manipuation trend that everyone goes through, haha!
yeah, i probably should've actually made a sun for the rays to come from, haha 
thanks so much! haha, yeah, i'm not the best at lilypad-painting 
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no problem!
and I see... how exactly would one do a white line? do you just zoom in a hand-draw it around the horse? or is there some super-spesh photoshop tool for that?
oh, true, sun rays to tend to come from the sun xP though still, it's better than anything I could ever dream of doing!
I've never tried much to paint anything besides manes/tails, eyes, and grass, so i rather think of you as a hero for even attempting to do lilypads
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well, i just zoom in quite a bit, take a white 2px brush on 100% opacity an hardness, and basically just manually go around the horse. i do the outline on a new layer as well. i then come back with an eraser, on 20% opacity and 70% hardness, and gradually erase some of the outline. this is just to ensure that the outline isn't on the entire horse, only on some parts of the horse (if the outline was to be left around the entire horse without erasing any, it would look like the horse was glowing, haha
haha, awh, thanks!
i tried a lot of painting in this one, i did a bit of re-painting over the horse, to try and get into some more digital art techniques, haha.
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Ah, yes. I may try that some time
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haha, good idea! i know what you mean, haha, about the colors. I'm probably the best with dark manes, and the worst with light manes.
Me + Attempting to paint a grey mane = FAIL.
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Yeahup... so far I think palomino tails are the hardest and black tails are the easiest (though tails HAVE become my new favorite part of manipulations 
Hopefully I'll be able to make them a bit more realistic once i get a tablet.
the manip i asked you to critique is my first try at painting a tail-I didn't bother painting a mane; i figured it's best to just work on tails first
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haha, yeah.
ah, you haven't got a tablet yet? you should definantly get one, they're a life saver.
thanks, i'll check my note messages now.
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yes... i'm trying to scrounge up the money to get a nice-ish one (i have a little Tablet Fund) but it's not working out so great... maybe I can wait 'til Christmas xD
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haha, yeah, i know what you mean.
prices range so much - mine was about $100, but i've seen some for over $2000.
i recieved mine as a gift when i was in hospital a fair while ago.
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oooooooh wow. I've heard there are some pretty nice ones, Wacom Bamboo tablets, for $75-$100. or at least my mom found some online for a pretty low amount
Haha maybe i should go to the hospital to get a tablet xD
yes, I'm kidding
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yeah, there's some great cheap ones out there. i'd definantlyyy only get Wacom. i mean, there's other brands of course, but Wacom is the most famous, they're known around the world for their graphics tablets.
hahaa!
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yeahhhh... do you know how much a basic-ish Wacom tablet with pen pressure/a pen would cost?
hahahaaaa yeh I know
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hmm, for a basic pen tablet, about $80-$100, depending on which one you're looking at.
you can also pay more if you're looking for a pen & touch tablet, which i have. A pen and touch tablet allows you to use both the pen and your finger on the tablet. I don't really use the touch feature, only the tablet pen, but it's always a good thing to have, i suppose.
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Hmm... actually, that's incredibly reasonable for such a useful piece of software
i think i'd stick with just the pen tablet, since I don't really see much need for the touch feature...?
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it is, yeah.
haha, i know what you mean. the touch feature is good if you're interested in things like digital paintings/digital sketching, where it can be handy. i only use mine if i've lost the pen, bwahaha.
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bwahaha that sounds exactly what I would do-lose the pen xP though i might take up digital painting some time soon-how exactly would you benefit from the touch feature if you were doing digital painting?
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haha! yeah, i'm always loosing it, even though i should be putting it back in the pen-holder on the tablet.
i suppose the touch feature allows you to, in a nutshell, paint with your fingertips, pretty much. it's just an option if you find it better than the pen, everyone is different. i prefer the pen as i believe it's more precise, but some prefer the touch as they believe it feels more natural. it's just up to the user.
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bwahaha I'm always losing things too xP
hm... I think the pen is a bit more suited to what I do, as i have a bit more control with a pen/paintbrush than with my fingers (though I don't truly know, since i've never tried writing with my fingertips)
plus I do a lot of pencil drawings of horses, so I think the pen would feel a bit more natural
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ahh, yeah, the pen would probably be better for you, in that case.
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yep, probably! and I just downloaded the new version of Seashore (my graphics program) and it's like... awesomeness in pixel form! it has this whole new layout and loads of new tools and features-it's at least as good as Photoshop!
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really? thats great to hear!
hahaa you should totally get photoshop, it's like... insane.
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haha yeah I should... but the cost isn't great :/
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haha, yeah, thats true.
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definitely! and I think I'm going to ask for another critique, maybe tomorrow, once I finish a new manipulation I've been working on
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sure, thats fine!
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great! thank you!
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oh and i love the little chain saw ma in the descrp.!XD [link]
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haha! yeah, i thought that was hilarious, hhaa.
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haha congrats-Egyptian Arabian Club 
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