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Published: 2010-08-26 19:09:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 10188; Favourites: 432; Downloads: 100
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Keladry of Mindelan with her horse, Peachblossom. From the Protector of the Small quartet by Tamora Pierce.------
So this has, oddly, become one of my most viewed pieces. Guess..this is what happens when you do fanart. o_O
One question or comment I keep getting, however, is that Peachblossom doesn't look like a roan. It's been...over three years since I read the books, but I thought that Peach was a strawberry roan. At least, I know that I used a strawberry roan for reference when I drew this picture (I am no horse expert and rarely draw them).
[link] <--- that's the reference pic I used. Note the part of the horse that's dominantly white would not be shown in this picture. In the far left bottom corner of my drawing you'll see a gradual fade.
Also, old picture is old. Making things more contrasting when I did this picture seemed to only pertain to the freckles and I didn't quite do very well at emphasizing the white to Peach that she needed.
Hopefully that'll satisfy the horse critics.
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So long as it's credited to me with a link back I don't have a problem with it.
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Gosh thank you for this, I'm reading "Lady Knight" right now and I just couldn't pin down my mental image; but I think you nailed it. Kel is supposed to have mouse brown hair and dreamy hazel eyes and yes, Peachblossom is a strawberry roan with red-brown socks. This is better than the cover to me. ^_^
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I love this, so beautiful, but Peach blossom doesn't seem very roany. Other than that W.O.W.!
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She looks exactly as I saw her... Wow. Even Peachblossom looks how I thought he would. I almost believe he's about to reach out of the screen and bite me, lol! They just look so real...
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Yayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayay and one more time for good measure Yay! 
Have /All/ the pets, and a bad tempered horse ^__________^
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she looks beautiful. i love the way peachblossom is looking at you
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Any way for you to tell us how you did the freckles?
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Er, I actually don't remember. O_O It's been a while since I did this piece and my methods are constantly changing. I'm guessing I used a special brush on a separate layer and used the burn/dodge tool a tad too much. >_>
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Thanks for the help. The last time I tried doing freckles in gimp I ended up just pixeling in small dots and it was annoying trying to get it alright.
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Cool! Great job on the "Dreamer's" long lashes! too cool. A few too many freckles maybe, ^.^ but great job!
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I saw the picture and loved it so I clicked on it to look closer. The freckles are a little out of control, but I still love it.
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It shouldn't be called "common sense" it should be called "UN-common sense" due to its rarity
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wow, it's really cool 
And finally, one where Kel is not arted out like Link
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This is so amazing, it's exactly how I see Kel as a page
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beautiful!!! future reference though, peachblossom is a strawberry roan, not a sorrel. still magnificent art
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Much appreciated, but I did actually reference a strawberry roan when I drew this. The one I referenced happened to have a mainly reddish face that faded to the white along the body. If you look at the lower left hand corner you'll see that I started to imply that, albeit not strongly. But thanks for the compliment. ^_^
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please disregard what i said about peachblossom, i looked again and realised that he is drawn perfectly. sorrrrryy. still love it!
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Haha, it's all right. I had to do a double look up to see for certain that I had used a strawberry roan. I was 99.9% certain I did, but I wanted to double check o_o
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Great job! Especially with Kel. It just looks too nice to be Peachblossom xD
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I love the way you drew Kel. Fits perfectly with my vision of her.
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This is the most amazing representation of Keladry I've ever seen.
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Just thought I should tell you that this picture is absolutely PERFECT. I am inspired to re-read the series.
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It's not very often where the first picture I look at is how I imagine a character! This is one of those rare times!
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blossom? sorry this is great I just have an issue with unfinished sentences
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Would be nice if Dev. art allowed for longer titles. But they don't. So I suffice for nicknames.
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I love your style of art and i like the way you did Peachblossom.
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I think you did a fantastic job capturing the character : )
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wow! it's amazing! ... i always imagined peachblossom to look like spirit from the movie Spirit... lol.
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Great. She looks so determined, but also thoughtful. And Peachblossom's eye is beautiful.
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Beautiful! I love the eyes and hair, and you are very good with portraying horses! I also think the freckles are cute.
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Nice, I just didn't think she had so many freckles.
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You got the "dreamy look" in her eyes just right I think ^^
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It's really pretty. I like Peachblossom's "just you wait" look.
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