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I am so sick of working on this. I feel like it's missing something but I just don't care anymore. I've been working on this for about a month now and I'm ready to move on.
Despite all that, I'm still pretty happy with this. It's not perfect, but I like the general idea of it. Originally I planned to make a manip based off the song "Falling Slowly." All the stock I used, and the concept was all based off that song. But, then I heard the song "Take A Giant Step" by The Monkees and I thought it fit this even better.
I spent most of my time working on the black horse's mane and tail. I'm still not entirely happy with them, but they turned out okay I guess. I'm terrible with water, but those are the best splashes I've ever done so even though they aren't great I'm still happy with those. I hate how the reflection turned out. I love how the other horse and the background turned out.
Comments and/or favs are more than appreciated. Thoughtful/useful critique is also welcomed.
Credits:
Sea by ~starflowerstock [link]
Sky and clouds by ~pavel89l1 [link]
Cloud horse by ~Colourize-Stock [link]
Black horse by =Pblu122 [link]
Lyrics from the song "Take a Giant Step" by The Monkees.
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Comments: 20
Thank you. I'm glad you like it.
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I'm totally in love with the mane and tail of the dark horse =3 The splashes are great although I think the other water is a bit too eh well how do you say that (damn my english -.- ) it isn't moved enough I think, when you're moving in water you create splashed (which you showed very well) but also the water around it moves so it makes circles and it doesn't stay in stripes . Phew I hope you know what I mean 
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Thank you so much!
And yes, you're making perfect sense about the water. I guess I should go look for some good water brushes to help me with that effect next time.
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I love the feeling of the image and the horses look just pertyful!
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Thank you. And thanks for the fav, too.
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Beautiful image! I love this! Such a inspirational image!!
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Eee! Those splashes are great! o.o What brushes did you use?
I really like the text as well as the blend of warm and cool colors and the dark horse's tail. The mane looks a bit on the thin side, though the shape seems alright; maybe just try making duplicate layers of the mane to thicken it up? The something missing might be a touch of land. x-x Dunno. I just think that whatever is missing, is right there where water and sky meet.
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Thanks so much! I can't remember where I got the brushes, I've had them on my computer for awhile now. I think I just googled "Photoshop water brushes."
You're right about the black horse's mane being thin. I tried duplicating it, but it looked worse. I would have redone it, but I was feeling lazy. 
Anyways, thanks again, I'm glad you like it.
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Really nice job on the mane and tail. Thanks a lot for using my stock.
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You're welcome. Than you for the kind comment.
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God I love your work. It's always so gorgeous! Do you use a tablet? What program do you use? Your work is so pretty. I don't think you've ever done one picture I haven't fallen in love with.
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Oh wow, thank you so much! 
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I love the colours 
Nice work!
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