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   inspiration ;;
     No inspiration whatsoever. I just happened to have the horse out working on it when I remember a contest somebody had asked me to enter. ;)

   my thoughts ;;
     No painting! This was so much quicker being able to just use the mane and tail that were already there. I am happy with this - mainly because the little bit of background combining I did blended well enough I forgot I used two background. XD

   work stats ;;
     Pretty much I started with the horse. He was going to be used for a tutorial, but then I forgot to take screenshots of the different steps...

Anyhow, started by cutting him out. Then decided to give him a more dished profile. Lifted the head and neck. Lengthened the legs. Nothing major, and there was nothing wrong with the original image. I was just playing around and wanted to try to make him look more elegant and upbeat.

Smudged the horse, realized he needed to be bay, so recolored him and added dark points. Recolored the mane and tail.

Found a beautimous background for him... contemplated what he would stand on. Placed the lovely rock/waterfall at the front of the image. Realized that somebody seemed to have actually manipulated the original background (some little details that should be gone now). Decided to just stick with it.

Added fog! Added shadows (now almost invisible). Applied about ten layers for different colors and saturations. Used the dodge and burn tools where needed. Cropped this, and decided I liked the cropped version better (kind of wraps the image up nice, that waterfall does).

Image still didn't feel complete, so I threw on some "nebula" images, then faded and adjusted them so only a few stars could be seen. Added the birds. Added the text.

All done. :D


   credits ;;
Horse: ~stockhorse
Background: =Eireen-stock, douglasearl @ flickr
Birds: ~ObsidianDawn

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:iconcorruptangel315:
Absolutely gorgeous!

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A special thanks to *khaosdog for the avatar! <3
:iconmadeline-love:
love it. this is a flipping awesome idea, also love the mane and tail!

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:heart: Danke.

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:iconoppositesattract:
This is just beautiful. :heart:

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:iconaltered-humanity:
:glomp: Thanks!!

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three words.

you. are. epic.

:heart:

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It's a lot like nuts and bolts. If the rider's nuts, the horse bolts.

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:iconaltered-humanity:
:hug: Why, thank you. Epic is such a strong word. Lol.

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