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EshiSnu [2019-03-21 20:44:51 +0000 UTC]

Hi, I am from

First off, I wanted to say, I think it's nice to see some good old sketching and using a different mediums like, ink. Many people would shy away from using permanent stuff for sketching. 

Starting with the anatomy, I think for the most part, it looks pretty good. The size of the neck, face, muzzle, ears and main all to be in proportion with horse's physic.  Most of the time the horse's main lays flat naturally.  But, you have the hair standing up. I know depending on the breed, the main can grow that way. I have also seen the main styled like that for shows and performances.  I do believe, that young colts have mains like that as well. And your sketch does look like that of a younger horse. If I am not mistaken?

I like the details you added as well. You took the time to add wrinkles on the neck showing that horse's head is pulling back or as if the reins being tugged on. The veins are also placed well on the horse's face. They look very natural and placed in areas where real veins would be. You also put a good amount of emphasis on the eye lashes. Many people over look how long and lush horse's lashes can be. And you captured that well. 

I noticed that bit piece that goes in the mouth, is under the chin? Not sure if that was intentional or the horse was being naughty and spat it out. But, normally, it would be fitted into the mouth. Speaking of mouth, I noticed you also paid attention to giving the horse teeth. They are bit hard to see at fist but, I can make out line and see the individual teeth. Nice job on that.

Shading, from what I can see, you actually did a nice job. You left a spot white on the main to indicate a patch or white or different color hair, and you shaded the teeth, being in the mouth the would be darker and you made the muzzle darker to show more details and shoe the different color on the nose and mouth area. But, to take it a step further. I would have shaded around the under side of the neck, and little areas under the bridal . 

But, the easiest way to shad is to first, figure out where the light source is coming from, how many light sources, what type of light and the surface the light is reflecting on. For example: the light from a sun set from behind the horse would cast different shadows and light up other areas. A horse standing in a filed in the morning would have a different light and shadows casting.  Also, light would reflect differently on fur that it would materials like cloth and metals. Pieces that you find on the horse's bridal.

And since you are using ink, you can shad in a bunch of different ways. Like cross hatching, stippling, hatching. this little video has some tips

youtu.be/X6497XcnavY


But, over all, I think you have pretty solid sketch.  Ink is fun to play with, have fun

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NewHorizontStudio [2019-03-18 18:17:11 +0000 UTC]

Very good job mow i should wrote 200+world of critc but i only wanna saod keep it this is aamazing 

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KoreOfEmAll [2019-03-16 16:36:56 +0000 UTC]

WOAH! The detail of the hair is amazing. And the details of that... thing on his head (idk what it's called) also shows good detail too. horses normally look like they're sad (kind of), but the lines above the eyes and the one next to it... it seems to display actual emotion. 

Nice job. It looks very realistic. 

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SlicedLemons [2019-03-15 11:54:40 +0000 UTC]

Neat, the face is a little short so that makes it look like a young horse; a colt.

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