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Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

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So, this is the Bear x Hana baby.

As you can tell, she likes to jump. x)
We initially wanted another dressage horse, and although her movements are great, we don't think we'll be able to keep her off the jumps for long. So, we'll try her out in a bit of cross-country and focus on her stadium jumping.
I initially intended for her to be bay, but yeah.. I didn't know what to name her, and when I thought of "Blackbird" (getit? Bluebird? x3 I'm so unoriginal), I figured I'd make her homo black! Yeeees.
Screw dice-rolling!

As for the artwork itself. Hot damn was this weird to do... Well, I started off wanting to be able to have a transparent BG. 'Cause they're cool like that. So, I downloaded a free trial of PSP (really crap ass version. x.x; I don't even like PSP.) But, since I can't draw in that program to save my life, I sketched in good ol' OC, and traced the outline of my sketch in PSP (it's blocky, which makes for good transparency-ness, lol). I then tossed back that file into OC, and finished up the lineart and coloring job. Back to PSP once more to make the BG transparent, and voilà. Really fucked up, endlessly long process, with a funky outline. But it's transparent, lol. That's also why it looks so weird.
Nevereverever again. So much needless frustration...
If anyone has a better trick/idea to get transparent backgrounds when you don't have a program that enables it, please suggest away. *so needs Photoshop, it's ridiculous*

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Registered Name: DD Blackbird
Barn Name: Birdie
Gender: Mare
D.O.B.: 07/03/2005
Breed: Hanoverian
Sire & Dam: DD Berahthraben x WCF Chocolate Bluebird
Phenotype: Deep, nonfading, blueish black. LH stocking and RH sock, connected star-stripe.
Eyes: Light brown.
Genotype: EE/aa
Height: 17.1hh
Body: Very sporty build. She's not too heavyset and powerful-looking like her sire, but more lithe, slim, willowy and long-legged, a bit like mum. Her legs are nice and clean, and her conformation is great. She has a bit of a habit of keeping her head up high all the time (especially when you're trying to put her bridle on... >.< ), though, so she kind of has a mild ewe-neck at times, but with a bit of lungework, it should pass.
Breeder/owner/trainer: *Hazel-rah of Double Dance .
Temperament: Jump, jump, jump! That's just about all that runs through her mind when she's being ridden. It can get frustrating to nab her attention long enough to work her properly over a short session, but we're working on it. She also has a habit of fully charging every jump she sees, no matter the height. When we try to make her do trot polls, she cannot for the life of her trot them, but rather jumps them all, lol. She can be extremely difficult to control, but we believe that it's just a question of time, practice and patience. When she isn't undersaddle, however, she's very mellow, sweet, calm, and kindhearted. A perfect pussycat.
Discipline(s): Show Jumping.
History: Born at DD stables, she's always been gallivanting around mum, jumping over rocks and shrubs, getting her blood pumping. She has a lot of energy to spare, and has always been very fond of jumping anything and everything. If we'd leave her and mum in an arena with so much as a few jumps, she'd make her own jump course. We were a little shocked when we first free-jumped her as a yearling over a small obstacle, and she bounced it by over four feet. When she jumps, she curls her tail up like an Arab, and most often, on the way down, her tail snaps back over her back. She has a lot of talent in this field, and we hope she'll one day be able to make it to the national level (ideally, international!)
Awards & Winnings: N/A
Offspring: N/A
Restrictions: Must be bred to realistic colored, pure Hanoverian studs only (DevNote me to discuss otherwise.)
Availability: Currently unavailable for private leases.

Art & character © *Hazel-rah
HorseArt-RPG concept © ~moonfeather
"Blackbird" lyrics © The Beatles

Description
FULL-VIEW!

----------

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

----------

So, this is the Bear x Hana baby.

As you can tell, she likes to jump. x)
We initially wanted another dressage horse, and although her movements are great, we don't think we'll be able to keep her off the jumps for long. So, we'll try her out in a bit of cross-country and focus on her stadium jumping.
I initially intended for her to be bay, but yeah.. I didn't know what to name her, and when I thought of "Blackbird" (getit? Bluebird? x3 I'm so unoriginal), I figured I'd make her homo black! Yeeees.
Screw dice-rolling!

As for the artwork itself. Hot damn was this weird to do... Well, I started off wanting to be able to have a transparent BG. 'Cause they're cool like that. So, I downloaded a free trial of PSP (really crap ass version. x.x; I don't even like PSP.) But, since I can't draw in that program to save my life, I sketched in good ol' OC, and traced the outline of my sketch in PSP (it's blocky, which makes for good transparency-ness, lol). I then tossed back that file into OC, and finished up the lineart and coloring job. Back to PSP once more to make the BG transparent, and voilà. Really fucked up, endlessly long process, with a funky outline. But it's transparent, lol. That's also why it looks so weird.
Nevereverever again. So much needless frustration...
If anyone has a better trick/idea to get transparent backgrounds when you don't have a program that enables it, please suggest away. *so needs Photoshop, it's ridiculous*

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Registered Name: DD Blackbird
Barn Name: Birdie
Gender: Mare
D.O.B.: 07/03/2005
Breed: Hanoverian
Sire & Dam: DD Berahthraben x WCF Chocolate Bluebird
Phenotype: Deep, nonfading, blueish black. LH stocking and RH sock, connected star-stripe.
Eyes: Light brown.
Genotype: EE/aa
Height: 17.1hh
Body: Very sporty build. She's not too heavyset and powerful-looking like her sire, but more lithe, slim, willowy and long-legged, a bit like mum. Her legs are nice and clean, and her conformation is great. She has a bit of a habit of keeping her head up high all the time (especially when you're trying to put her bridle on... >.< ), though, so she kind of has a mild ewe-neck at times, but with a bit of lungework, it should pass.
Breeder/owner/trainer: *Hazel-rah of Double Dance .
Temperament: Jump, jump, jump! That's just about all that runs through her mind when she's being ridden. It can get frustrating to nab her attention long enough to work her properly over a short session, but we're working on it. She also has a habit of fully charging every jump she sees, no matter the height. When we try to make her do trot polls, she cannot for the life of her trot them, but rather jumps them all, lol. She can be extremely difficult to control, but we believe that it's just a question of time, practice and patience. When she isn't undersaddle, however, she's very mellow, sweet, calm, and kindhearted. A perfect pussycat.
Discipline(s): Show Jumping.
History: Born at DD stables, she's always been gallivanting around mum, jumping over rocks and shrubs, getting her blood pumping. She has a lot of energy to spare, and has always been very fond of jumping anything and everything. If we'd leave her and mum in an arena with so much as a few jumps, she'd make her own jump course. We were a little shocked when we first free-jumped her as a yearling over a small obstacle, and she bounced it by over four feet. When she jumps, she curls her tail up like an Arab, and most often, on the way down, her tail snaps back over her back. She has a lot of talent in this field, and we hope she'll one day be able to make it to the national level (ideally, international!)
Awards & Winnings: N/A
Offspring: N/A
Restrictions: Must be bred to realistic colored, pure Hanoverian studs only (DevNote me to discuss otherwise.)
Availability: Currently unavailable for private leases.

Art & character © *Hazel-rah
HorseArt-RPG concept © ~moonfeather
"Blackbird" lyrics © The Beatles