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My half of an art trade with the super amazing `Agaave She gave me some liberty in choosing one of her characters - I had a hard time choosing at first (so many beautiful ones to decide between), but in the end her beautiful boy Sidus just called out to me. He is currently a foal in her storyline. But I took a little liberty, and decided to do a "future" image of him, running in his full grown anomaly splendor. He is described as wise, with an "old soul." I imagine he would be quite at home in an ancient (and possibly magical) forest, full of life and things to observe.I really hope you like it hun!
Pencil sketch, PS inked/colored.
Horse pose ref from: fav.me/d2to8q7
Multi background ref's from screen shots (Google) of Last Unicorn and Sleeping Beauty forests
Sidus © `Agaave
%Cavitto © *Cloudrunner64
Art © me - may not be used or replicated in any way.
Veratis Points = +3 (Full body + painted background)
And please check out her phenomenal half of the trade... I just can't say enough how much I love it:
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Comments: 37
Beautiful work! I especially love the background.
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Thank you so very much. A comment and 
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You're very welcome! And thank you as well.
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omergush....ITS AMAZING!!! You have put so much detail into this that I am just so astonished, the background is so beautiful and just lovely ...I am sure agaave will be sooooooooooooooooooo happy with it
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Thank you so so much luv!
I had so much fun drawing him for Agaave. And am very happy with how it turned out.
Thanks so much for being an inspiration for me during your last visit... I had so much fun! Can't wait to do it again! And thank you for the
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AHHHHH, YOU FOUND A TREE SPIRIT EMOT!!!!! insta save....
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This is totally awesome! I am speechless - let me just squee for a while! 
Ok, now I can comment.
I love your idea of flashforwarding his tale. What a handsome young stallion he is here in your painting - you did such gorgeous job drawing him in the future!
His markings(!), anatomy, flowing mane and tail, feathered feet reflecting the colors - everything is perfect.
In addition of his beautiful look I love the way you took also his personality into account in the picture and its background story.
I just downloaded the larger versions and have been staring all the details astonished.
The background is a-m-a-z-i-n-g. You seriously have nothing to worry about with your background painting skills - I couldn't even imagine better backgroud for the picture!
The place looks so magical; If I could I would jump there and spend the rest of my life there with Sidus, smelling fresh grass and observing all those fascinating plants.
Thank you so much dear for this picture! I am so proud to have this stunning picture of Sidus in my art collection! 
I'll do my best to finish my half asap (although I am sure I cannot draw anything this beautiful but I try to kick and beg my watercolors to do a decent job. 
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I can't even tell you how much it means to me that you like this.
Your Sidus is just so amazing and beautiful, and I knew he would translate (fast-forward) into a gorgeous stallion. I'm glad that you like his aged-up version as well. I had so so much fun working on him. It truly was a pleasure for me to draw him. And I'm so uber-happy you like the background too. It was worth the extra effort and references to get it right for him/you. And I know what you mean about wanting to jump into that setting with Sidus, can I come too?
All I wanted was for you to be happy with my drawing of him. Knowing you like it means everything to me. Take your time with my half, and no pressure - really.
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How couldn't I? And not just like, I LOVE this!
Of course you can jump with me there too - you're the creator of the setting! And when we're there you can paint more gorgeous flowers and plants for us to observe with Sidus.
I really appreciate that you put so much effort in your half - makes me feel warm and fuzzy!
I have made progress with my half; lineart is ready. It is sitting there on my desk, staring at me and waiting for the colors.
I have took progress shots so when the pic is ready I can show you them too. Or maybe I put them together and make "this is how I draw" tutorial-thingy. We'll see! But the most important thing is to finish the picture in decent time - even if you said no pressures.
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It really was my pleasure. I'm so glad to have been able to participate in an art trade with you!
And I'm serious... take all the time you need on your half. I have no worries it'll be done when you have the inspiration and time (and getting those 2 things to line up can be quite difficult, I know).
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You're too kind! I am just used to be the first one finishing the trade and now I am feeling guilty of being so slow!
I am not going to say anything about the timetable because I am having crazy times at work and haven't been at home during weekends... but it should get less hectic soon!
Thank you for being so understanding!
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No guilty feelings allowed, hun. I am not even worried, so you just take all the time in the world that you need.
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Thank you so much! And thank you for the
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This is SO amazing! Sidus looks gorgeous, and you complimented him so well with the background!!!!! What a beautiful piece of work!!! I love it!
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Thank you so so much hun! Sidus is a gorgeous horse, and pleasure to draw. And I'm really glad you think the background works for him too!
Thanks so much for the kind words and
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Holy cow. This is beautiful!!
That horse is gorgeous - I love the almost aurora borealis like marking down his body and the black looks so rich and velvety with your shading 
And like Strider, I know its not meant to be a focal point, but my god I'm in love with that background! It looks like such an amazing, rich woodland, nice and isolated and the rays of sun shining down are just perfect. That tree, too - the bark texture on it is wonderful. And the little cut out slope of grass with the earth bank is just such a simple thing in real life, but its a nice bit of detail to just make the clearing unique and I love how you painted it.
So this is stunning, but the thing that really stands out is the natural textures. You've made it look like such a rich piece with quite unfussy composition and it really works
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Thank you!
I had no idea how to draw that aurora borealis anomaly pattern... and will definitely need to practice that a tad (a lot) more! I'm glad that you like it, and the shading and feathers (still trying to figure out how to shade my crazy full feathered horses).
And I mentioned to Strider (and will say again), it makes me so happy that you like that background! Ecstatically happy. I really struggle with backgrounds and had to heavily reference the landscape and colors/hues/lighting. I just found all my favorite Last Unicorn and Sleep Beauty movie forests, and then tried to make it work together. I spent way too long tring to fix it up... but in the end, it was totally worth all the effort and struggle. I think the tree has turned out to be one of my favorite pieces (now if only I can figure out how to do that again). and the cut out slope of grass was in a ref pic (can't take credit for creating that), and I really liked the effect, so decided I needed to incorporate that as well.
I love your praises... if I could even pretend that I knew it would turn into a "rich piece" with "unfussy composition" I would be so proud... but alas, I didn't really plan it. I got lucky and it sorta happened right for me this time. But I'll take what I can get. And am happy with how it turned out in the end.
I really hope Agaave likes it when she gets back online... since her's is the opinion that really matters I guess.
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You're welcome
I do love it, and for something you went into not knowing how to draw, it came out pretty amazing
As for the background, even if you had to heavily reference, that's a good way to learn. That's how I've been progressing with my backgrounds lately, too. I definitely got the feel of Sleeping Beauty from it, so its good to know you took some inspiration from that (I've never really seen Last Unicorn) but it does come together beautifully. (would you believe, I had to interrupt replying here to go break up a fight in my back garden? Two cats decided to attack each other right next to the sunlounge window where I was sitting. Anyway, I'm back from that).
The slope of grass is something I've seen before in a few places, but what I meant was you did a good job of recreating it, and even just thinking to put it in, because you could easily have just kept a level meadow. I liked the uniqueness that it brings to the picture
And you're right. I'm sure she'll love it, but you'll have to see. I hope you like your half of the trade, too ^^
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Thank you, again.
Hahaha, I do hope the cats were unscathed in their skirmish - at least you were kind enough to break it up before it could get "bad."
Referencing the background definitely gave me some structure and big time help with the forest. I will have to continue to do that for any of my drawings that I would like to have nice backgrounds, as it definitely made a difference. And it was very tempting for me to leave the slope out, but now that it's done, I am really happy I went ahead and put it in, as I do think it helped add some dimension to the meadow.
And it sounds like she likes it - which of coarse makes me delighted. And I can't wait to see what her half of the trade will be.
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No problem ^^ It's deserved.
I think they were okay. One shot off up the garden - he sneaks in a lot - and the other must have scaled the fence as soon as the first ran, because I couldn't find him (I actually think one attacked the other, more than a mutual disagreement, so I was worried for the one that I didn't see run off, but he'd totally vanished, so he was well enough to get away). And even if I wasn't worried about their health, it was kind of hard to ignore; the hissing noises were insanely loud, not even a metre away from me. At first I thought the neighbours' dogs might have gotten one of them...
Definitely, I'd love to see what else you do with a referenced background 
I saw her comment, too - I definitely think she loves it, so nice job! ^^
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Oh dear, I can only imagine how loud those hissing noises were (I can hear my neighbors cats when they get in a fight an entire block away). And at least you were able to stop the skirmish from becoming a full on brawl. Silly cats, don't they have better things to do?
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I never realised how loud cats could be! XD One's never really broken out like that before; usually lone cats just roam through our garden and they're quiet XD
Ah well, its broken up now and hopefully they'll find better hobbies
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I know its not supposed to be the focal point but that background is beautiful!
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I can't tell you how happy I am to hear you say that. I struggle with backgrounds, and spent ages on this one. I feel like I have so much to learn (colors, perspective, lighting, etc), and I tried to take my time with this one. It took forever (my sister might have heard some gripping for a day or two ). But it was worth it in the end.
I just adore `Agaave 's style of backgrounds and details that she draws... and traditionally nonetheless... and wanted to give her handsome boy something to be proud of.
I'm so glad that you think it looks good.
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Thank you so much. `Agaave has such a beautiful horse, I couldn't resist drawing him.
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Thank you!
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