Comments: 43
Emberzini [2012-05-15 07:14:27 +0000 UTC]
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This is an absolutely beautiful picture! You did an amazing job with the markings, and the hair is beautiful (but that's normal, for your manipulations e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/w… " width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Wink)"/>) The background blurring is flawless, as is the recoloring of both the horse and the background. You did an amazing job with the stock choices, and it shows; both of those pictures would be mildly difficult to place, but you managed to find the perfect two and put them together. The overall feel of the piece is pretty and soft, with dazzling lighting, as many of your pieces are. (That's a good thing!)
OK so, I guess since this is a critique, I should point out areas you could improve.
Mane▬Particularly around the forelock area, the strands just look too thick, and they look unnatural, almost amateurish. (If it weren't for the colors, which you executed really well.) The farther-back portion of the mane, however, looks great, except the base of the hair could perhaps use a bit more blending into the horse's neck. I smell dodge/burn tool. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/l/l… " width="19" height="19" alt="" title="La la la la"/>
Cutting▬The cutting in this piece is.... Decent. It follows the shape of the body, but if you actually look at the horse/backdrop boundaries you can easily tell this was done with some sort of lasso tool, using long lines; it doesn't look carefully done, and there are several jagged edges, especially around the horse's rear and the base of the front right leg.
Tail▬This one isn't too bad, I just noticed that towards the end of the tail, the strands are too thick (exactly how I described the forelock area of the mane) and just look... unnatural. I'm really noticing it where the tail is covering the splotch of white.
Lighting▬The lighting effects are beautiful, but I couldn't help but notice the light on the horse is coming slightly from the wrong direction. The background produces a light coming from just above the horizon, low in the sky (so it's around sunrise/sunset), but the lighting on the horse makes it look as if the light is coming from straight up above, high in the sky. Again, the actual way the lighting was done was astounding, it just.... Is coming from the wrong direction.
Not much else other than that. This piece is really amazing, and I have no doubt I would fail utterly at trying to do something this epic. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/l/l… " width="19" height="19" alt="" title="La la la la"/>
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prints-of-hooves [2012-05-15 03:49:39 +0000 UTC]
Wow, this has so much emotion to it! Very well done!!
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karrierudd [2012-05-15 02:40:11 +0000 UTC]
I wanna marry this ouo
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WhiteLotusStables [2012-05-15 02:25:34 +0000 UTC]
Wow!
Loved how the mane turned out!
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FAWN-FRECKLES [2012-05-15 02:13:06 +0000 UTC]
I love the colour change and markings OuO
<3
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