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The-Vandalist In reply to ArtOfTheHorse [2015-02-01 23:44:39 +0000 UTC]

oh thank you so much! this one was super fun to work on

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The-Vandalist In reply to SundaysPony [2015-01-03 22:10:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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The-Vandalist In reply to HevonenStudios [2014-12-20 19:01:17 +0000 UTC]

omg thankyou<3

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The-Vandalist In reply to Befera [2014-12-20 17:18:58 +0000 UTC]

Bahaha, I actually finished this one a couple of days ago, just never uploaded it. I think my favorite thing about manipulating is turning a subject into something totally different; like I had an extreme varnish roan type reference to use for this character.  Part of me wishes I would'a used a different horse to display those pretty markings more, but I dont feel like a different horse would do this character any more justice than the one I chose. 

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Befera In reply to The-Vandalist [2014-12-20 17:23:05 +0000 UTC]

OH LOL and yesss me too. -looks at original stock- omg you did that color change insanely well like i'm jealous. i obvi don't know anything about the character, but the pose here really makes the piece i think. there's this feeling of "yeah it's cold and windy up here, but i'm still in charge" xD

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The-Vandalist In reply to Befera [2014-12-20 17:25:08 +0000 UTC]

Pretty much! haha. I'm thinking about doing a new tutorial for spots/extreme color changing since people seem to think it's incredibly hard. It's only hard when you don't understand what youre doing! (as well as update my mane/tail tut, since the one I have uploaded is a little dated compared to my new stuff.)

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Befera In reply to The-Vandalist [2014-12-20 17:38:56 +0000 UTC]

ooo yes that would be amazing. changing a darker color to white is the hardest for me. D: but i'm sure i'm just not using the right/easiest method.

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The-Vandalist In reply to Befera [2014-12-20 17:44:07 +0000 UTC]

There's multiple different methods, I use a mixture of curves, desaturation, and exposure, as well as the overlay option with a clipped masked layor above the oirignal horse. What a lot of people don't realize is white is really reflective and picks up the hues around the horse (hence why this one sort of looks blue/has blue undertones). The hardest thing for me is to match a (mostly) white horse with white markings the chosen horse might already have. So i usually have to do a lot of painting -- i dont bother with the clone and/or healing tool unless Im reconstructing/rebuilding a horse. The horse I used for the pintaloosa I uploaded yesterday had a white blaze. I'm -very- surprised it didn't give me more issues than I thought it would. If you look close enough you can still faintly see it, but at a smaller resolution it's virtually invisible. I think my favorite color changes so far are iamnixty.deviantart.com/art/Th… and iamnixty.deviantart.com/art/Th…

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Befera In reply to The-Vandalist [2014-12-20 18:04:09 +0000 UTC]

see i never use curves or exposure so that's probably making it a lot harder xD OMG YOU DIDN'T USE ANY CLONE STAMPING? jeeze that's hardcore xD

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The-Vandalist In reply to Befera [2014-12-20 18:08:27 +0000 UTC]

I dont use it because it always distorts and pixelates on me hardcore D: and im just like 'I dont even know what im doing lololo' So i just paint e_e

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