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Published: 2011-06-02 22:53:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 938; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 0
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ETA lol yeah there's a reason for the horrific saddle pad.
Wooooot 8D I had troubles with my Photoshop for the last two days but they're all fixed now (obv)
Been meaning to give these two some air tiiiiiime
WHO IS IT ye ask?
Why tis Marcus & Cob-Cobby-Cob-Web his star dressage thoroughbred.
And WHAT are they doing?
Renvers, dude
practicing for OVEC hewwww.I like how Marcus is actually proportionate to his horse for once.
HOWEVER I AM SORRY COBWEB FOR RUINING YOUR BEAUTIFUL NECK
trololo.Story later...tomorrow...if I feel like it
DEETSTime: Approx 2-3 hours
Tools: Photoshop Elements 5.0 & Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch
Reference: Horse & Rider magazine feature "What is the point of...Renvers and Travers?", Carl Hester performing renvers p36
Brushes: [link]
Art & charas (c)
#HorseArt-RPG concept (c)
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Comments: 21
Looks great! This is truly a difficult pose to draw and it's a great exercise for horses 
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Thanks sooo much 
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Well they have a pretty stong? straightening? in the neck. I have no idea how it's called in english but when the horse's neck gets that nice bow and the neckbone is the highest point and so on. So the muscles that are used usually make the neck look thicker. So I think it's ok, even for a thoroughbred, which can be more muscular too ^^
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Yeah I suppose their necks would be thicker with more schooling work in dressage. We call it "being in an outline" or "on the bit" or "in a contact". I prefer the last term most because I think it indicates the use of the hindquarters most out of all three phrases.
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They both look so handsome! Marcus looks stressed though
I really like the hedgerows in the background as well
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Aww thanks! I was rushing them by the end of this piece so they aren't the best hedgerows I've ever drawn...out of the squillions of hedgerows I've drawn in my life >.> haha, but glad you think they're good
My handsome boyyyyyys 8D hehe. Yeah, I think he's just struggling with renvers which is really hard 
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thats gr8, i can't draw that angle but yours came out lovely
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I usually can't 
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Looks goooood. <3 That horse is lovelyy. <33 His neck doesn't look bad, actually.
I tried drawing a horse from that angle today and it didn't look like a horse afterward. xDD Ohohoh I'm drawing entries for my first show.
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I don't draw enough of Cobweb and I do so love greys.
Yeah usually it doesn't work out but I referenced so hard off the reference picture, it was small but very clear which helped a lot. I've drawn circles and triangles all over it to try and help me with placings of body parts!
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Bahaha I'm sure that helps tremendously. I'll have to try that next time.
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Aww Marcus, we don't see enough of him!
Glad to see him here though.
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Noooo we don't. *will try harder*
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He is a pretty horsehaigh.
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