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sVa-BinaryStar — A Classy Boe
Published: 2011-01-18 04:56:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 4372; Favourites: 224; Downloads: 0
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Here we go with the most complicated picture I've ever done. Wow, I'm not sure how many of my horses will officially compete in harness classes. lol But I love Boe so much I had to enter him in the soonest class I could. This is my enter for the Fine harness class for the #Natural-Drafters class.Horse: sVa Boeden the Brave
Breed: Vanner
Age: 7
Height: 15.1 hh
Color:Sooty Dunskin Tobiano
Genetics: Ee/Aa/nCr/Dd/nSty/nT
Discipline: Halter, Harness
Sire/Dam: Imported
Class: Harness for #Natural-Drafters
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Comments: 85
Your drawings are so beautyful ,but this one is my favourite *___*
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This is so beautiful. Really, you are such a talented equine artist!
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Wow, How beautiful he is! the art is amazing! I wish i could do things like this on the computer.
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Yey! I'm glad you think so!
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I love the linework and the bg is really nice as well... gorgeous char too!
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Thanks! I ended up just making up some of the tack and the way it all connects b/c I couldn't figure out how it goes. lol But thank you!
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I would never be able to tell. I know squat about tack.
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You did quite an excellent job on the harness and carriage. Just a couple small things to note. The tug loops go THROUGH the end loop on the marathon shafts, not behind. Your holdback strap (the one that goes from the breeching/butt strap to tie around the shafts) has double-duty in keeping the traces (buckle from the breastcollar to attach to the carriage's single/swingle tree) from drooping too much so the trace should be running through the loop of the holdback strap rather than just dangling separately. It should also be further back on the shafts. The breeching looks a bit tight, as if he's trying to back up a hill (or it's just plain too tight) as it is pressing into his thigh. The false belly band (the second "girth" that the tugs are attached to) should be fairly loose. It basically keeps the tugs from bouncing around too much and should follow the same line that the tugs show. A properly balanced cart should be light in the tugs and if there is pressure in them, it should be downward rather than upward. Carriages have their own balance independent of the horse so it isn't as imperative.
I know these are nit-picks, so feel free to take it all with a grain of salt.
He looks wonderfully handsom in his harness and I love the background/setting you put him in. Classy. Was it all done by hand or was there some painting over/filtering in the far background?
Good luck with the show!
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Or taken with a spoon full of sugar. 
Ooo yes there is a bit of photograph of a cottage in the far back. I put in the bushes that go up to his shoulder and then beyond that is the picture. Everything else is painted-painted with a foliage brush atleast.
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Whichever makes it more palatable *grin.*
You did a good job of getting the colors to match and have it set-in. There's still a little that makes it stick out a little, but for the most part it is a good blend.
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OH! o.O He is sooo beautiful here! WOW! 
lol please tell me, how do you get that faded out look with the background?
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The far bg is a picture of a cottage and I just have that as the 2nd to last base layer, then I lowered the opacity down (you do have to have a solid colored layer under it) till I liked it. Then the parts of the bg I painted go on top of it. The fading thats to the left is just a really like eraser. So is the texture all around the pictures; it's all just lightly erased. You can get the same effect with the faded out bg too with a very light once over with an eraser. Its just more controlled when you do it with the lvls.
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ohhh my god this is gorgeous! waaaaaaaaaah i'm gonna book a breeding with this boy for sure!
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Yey!
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Oh boy, doesnt her look drop dead GORGEOUS! I may just look into a breeding(if hes open) XD
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I seriously love this. Such a gorgeous horse and I love how the detailed picture fades away into grey! Wonderful piece!
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I did the ground, the flowers and grass and the side bushes. But the far far background I didn't do and it's a photo of a cottage. used just as a space filler.
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oh ok it's so stunning and WOW!
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Wow I want to hug him...
Its so awesome! Great job
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Oh my goodness, this is so beautiful... And his name is perfect <3
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I am eternally impressed with this boy! And the incredibly rendered tack too
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Yey! I'm glad you like him. I wish there was a bigger Vanner population in harpg.
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Yey! I'm glad you like it!
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OH MY GOSH!!! thats INCREDIBLE!!! 
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Hahaha Yey! I'm glad you like it so much. He would make a great plushie eh?
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omg 
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This is wonderful. He is absolutely gorgeous!
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I love this one! Love the way you color and how we can still see a bit of a sketch at the edge!
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Yeeeaah I had to do that. There was noooo way I was going to do the whole cart.
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Hehe, I would do the same!
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