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Published: 2010-10-12 07:56:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 1811; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 19
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I decided a try for *shilohs wonderful art site competiton here - [link]Everyone should give it a shot!
Rules
Must be 100% Your own work.
No photo-manips please. One entry per person.
Anyone who breaks the rules will be disqualified from the competition.
Here are the categories!
1) Fierce gamer - Relate to video games and their phenomenal graphics or perhaps the gamers themselves?
2) The artist - Turn the canvas the other way around, look at art through the artist.
3) I can't fly - A study of wings, or not as the case may be..
4) Gatsby
PRIZES
1st Prize: Full colour digital commission by Shilohs.
3 month Deviant Art Premium membership.
Signed Shilohs Art A2 Poster. (From what is in stock)
2nd Prize: Traditional Pencil sketch with digital touch ups.
1 month Deviant Art Premium membership.
Signed Shilohs Art A5 Print. (From what is in stock)
Runners Up: Three runners up will receive a Shilohs Art signed A5 Print. (again... From what is in stock)
All commissions are delivered digitally. All prints are professionally printed. (These are not cheap inkjet printouts they are quality prints)
DEADLINE: 30th November 2010. Winners announced within 2 weeks of competition ending.
IMPORTANT ----Email your entry and details of the piece to salomon@live.co.uk
Don't forget to add your name and the email you wish to be contacted on should you be a prize winner.
if you do not respond within 2 weeks the prize will default to someone else.
Everyone should certainly give it a try!
Anywho, so this took quite some time, I worked on it a few hours for about two weeks. I don't think I want to really do another sunset/sunrise picture like this again yet. I didn't use greyscale style, because I wasn't sure if it would work as great as normal color/paint as you go does.
There was no reference for the pose. I tried at least 15 other poses before just slamming my head on the desk and pushing through to this one- so sorry for anything anatomically incorrect.
I decided to add a frame to it, in hopes that it would look not so much spacey.
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Comments: 36
Beautiful lighting and detail. The background is so stunning!
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Thank you soo much! 
How's everything been going for ya?
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*scratches head* I can't even remember the last time I spoke to you
I stopped playing Horseisle and pretty much let ~HorseIsle run off the tracks, (not sure if you knew I was the person running that). HI2 was gorgeous and had lots of great features but it just wasn't the same for me - too laggy, and too many people. What did you think of it?
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I noticed- that's okay I believe there's another HI group on DA #HorseIsleNanners that's dedicated to HI right now.
It's nice- the horses are more difficult to capture, which is kinda amusing, there's tons of money/subs trading between the two games which (as long as they follow through) isn't against the rules. I get tons of lag- I didn't used to, but recently it's been nuts. The most people I've seen on HI Pinto has been 90 (that was a VERY busy night) It's really a quest oriented game, and it's meant for subscribers with good benefits and no scams.
If you haven't been on HI1 yet, you might not have noticed but we have a different artist.
She's decently good- a few draw backs with the horses not having enough contrast, looking a little too similar, and mane issues/animation glitches.
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I was checking both HI1 + 2 for a while just to see the new horses - that was always my favourite part of the game. Some of SpottedRose's horses have turned out to be my most favourite of all. And that's another problem with HI2: all the horse breeds are so impressive I can't decide which one is my favourite, let alone which color
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Thats because there are so many at once. There are two artists for Hi2.
Jenny- Friesian, belgian, lipizzan,Shire, AM, American Paint,etc.
Kelly- Warlander,Morgan, Clydesdale, gotland etc.
Once you get used to the styles, you'll begin to notice the difference between the two. I admit Kelly is getting better though, but the manes and lack of proper muscle contrast can be a dead giveaway sometimes.
I currently love the TWH, and still wish they would REDO the friesian. Maybe make it look a little like this.. [link]
Okay not like that 
How about more like this- [link]
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Well both images are amazing, the second one looks too much like an arabian though. Somehow I find playing 'The Endless Forest' more peaceful than HI, you don't even have to talk to people XD
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Yeah, cept my sign somehow became the same as someone else's. All I know is- I had it first.
I get a bit frustrated sometimes with it though, cuz it's hard to tell if someone just want ta avoid you or your being the one stand-off ish.
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*shugs* I just moo until somebody dances with me.
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I probably should put it back on this computer, but I've got tons of work to do and the cats tend to hop on the keyboard randomly.
Dude i went the bathroom and next thing i know the screen rotated 90degrees to the left and the cat opened over 300 tabs.
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Aw animals and technology XD My rat sleeps next to the air vent at the side of my laptop.
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Yep they can be quite a handful though. Brats... They have a cat tree in my room- it has a little thing that make it so that it's "level" or held by the ceiling. They've knocked it to the corner of my room (and they STILL lay on it!) and proceeded a few nights ago to knock over my mirror- thankfully it didn't break.
BTW- love your crest you made, it makes me want to do one, but I'm pretty fail at it. ( warning, i might use yours as part of a reference- i know mine will have horses, so your inspirational! maybe teke and friesian/pegasus(Xanthus and Melanthios))) How many tries did it take you to create your crest?
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Thanks 
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No way- yours is amazing!
I've been looking up the meanings behind the symbols. I'm going to do it digitally- so it'll be easier if I mess up completely with having the shield be on a separate layer.
Pegasus- Poetic Genius and Inspiration; messenger of god. (i'll go for the poetic genius, because art is poetic in a sense, and it's a good time for Melanthios to shine)
Horse- Readiness for all employments for king and country
Fox- One who will use all that he/she may possess of wisdom and wit in his/her own defense
I'm thinking the equines will be on the sides facing in, and the fox will be laying on the top, maybe holding part of the ribbon? I haven't thought it through completely yet.
Any Ideas?
If i didn't do it digitally- a ruler would be my best best friend! And even then... I'd die.
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I mainly look forward to entering the TIWHA competitions, I love historical re-enactment <3 Sounds like you're putting a lot more thought into it than I did. I love the idea of the fox lying along the top, I've never seen it done before. Can't wait to see it when you're finished
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it got changed to a wolf, I've got lines right now, I just need to figure out what to put in the center. Any ideas now?
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You can't go wrong with wolves
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[link] - that's what I have so far, no colors down yet- just lines 
I put some thought into the meanings of all the things- but only after I put them (except for the tree and the vines, they had thought put into them after looking for ages through this [link] )
Yeah the picture might be a little over realistic but... i can change it a bit in time.
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Whoa that's way more amazing than I expected 
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Thanks!
I try to not go halfway on fun projects- and it's keeping me from doing homework, that I'll probably get to work on in a bit
You see it feels kinda lacking with nothing in the middle.
Between the vines, there's a little circle, which will be a gem
I was going to have the motto on the ribbon- but the motto was too big no matter how I tried to style it in.
So I might just leave it blank- which happens sometimes in coats of arms.
The motto translates from Italian to English (I double checked to make sure it worked both ways perfectly) find a Light in the Darkness.
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The motto reminds me of Galadriel's gift to Frodo in LOTR, it's very moving.
Oh man I wanna do some LOTR fan-art, so many pretty horses in that series
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One was "No job is too small to do beautifully" but it didn't work out in Italian very well. So I just sat on it for a bit, and thought of Light in a Darkness. brainlessness can work sometimes 8D
there are gorgeous horses in LOTR
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Can I has buy print? This is flipping beautiful and I want to hang it in my room.
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*stares at membership-less-ness* Uhh... I could.. send you the unwatermarked version O.o and maybe take the time to go to kinkos.. eventually, whenever i get the money XD
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Wow this is super gorgeous! I really love the lighting, it is perfectly done. Your artwork is progressing so much, it's great! Good luck in the contest! ^^
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Thanks! I've seen a few of the entries- they're all very creative, and I bet it's going to be a hard time judging for Shiloh.
You should go for it!
Also- Did you know that this month is Nekkid Jockey Month?!
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I was thinking about entering when I first saw the contest but I just don't have the motivation right now to make an entry.
Yeeaahh, I saw some drawings for that but what exactly is it?
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Aww... well you have a bit more than a month, so if you ever get the motivation...
=1pen has it all on her journal
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What an interesting drawing challenge haha It's so awesome that it has gotten so many artists involved :3
I might think about drawing one of my stable members, although I don't have any jockeys. I own an eventing/hunter jumper stable. I probably won't actually get around to it though. XD haha I have so much that I actually need to work on for my stable. I actually kind of quit it for a while because I find that it has been holding me in an art block for some weird reason.
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I know how that feels- the thing with the HARPG i think... for the most part everyone only does quick art- nothing like their normal art... nothing to help them improve; or anything that really practices what they've learned.
Nothing that takes hours like this- unless it's a contest, and even then, some contests are just like "eh... just use a previous race-track background..."
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Oh yes, I definitely agree. I sometimes just barf up some art for my HARPG stuff. Most of the time I try to find the motivation to try out new shading styles and try to get it as realistic as I can though. I also try to find some new things to keep me motivated.
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Oh awesome :3 That would be great to see!
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WOW This is so incredibly beautiful! WOWZA! 
Such a stunning painting of Gatsby you have created.
Just wonderful! 
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Thank you! I'm glad you like it so much! I never thought sunrises would be so interestingly difficult to depict on a horse's coat.
Someone should create a tutorial that warns you about it!
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