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This is the second part of a three-way art trade between Inderz, Eeferz, and myself.
This one is for teh Inderz.
So silly Ms. Inde didn't give me much to work with in her request, in fact, she truthfully didn't give me anything xD so I spent a long while thinking of what to do. And after I finally figured out the idea (read in 'behind the picture' ) it was a matter of finding the perfect stock. I am very pleased with the results, I hope Inde likes it too :)
As always C&C is welcome and encouraged.

behind the picture
So it took a while to develop the idea behind this picture. What I finally decided to do was try to make a picture depicting Inde, obviously not as a human hehe. I wanted to give her a picture that represented part of her. Or if nothing else I wanted to give her a picture to put on her desktop that brings relaxation and serenity with it. I hope I at least succeeded at one. The quote is something I could see Inde saying .... I really hope I'm not way off hehe.
I didn't change either picture all that much but I think they look good together. The biggest thing is the poor excuse for hoofprints I have in there >.< I think I might remove those and repost because the do not look good.

Time: Approx 3 hours. (Including the stock search).
Layers: 9

thanks to
horse link
background link
bird brushes ~StckUnlmtd | link
quote - Original by George Bernard Shaw, but I kinda butchered it to work with the image and Inde.
Everything else hand drawn / manipulated by shadowraven1

The only person who has permission to save/morph/whatever this in any way is Inderz.

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:iconeefera:
this is very peaceful and serene, darling. You really did a nice job :hug:

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I am a poet, but sometimes words fail me.

:iconshadowraven1:
Aww ^^ Thank you Eeferz :hug:

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-"He's the God of Fertility...you castrated him!!!"
"Well....now he's a eunich."

"The wall lied to me!" ... *whispered* "You're the real victim here aren't you wall?"
"Yeah I have my Seahorse double parked outside."
~Tony from NCIS
:iconthedmw:
Just thought I'd point out for you- when you have reflective surfaces like water-covered sand you get two things going on. First, a shadow cast on the surface of the sand (at a 90 degree angle to the horse) and second a reflection on the water that looks like it's going straight down. See here:
[link]
Mostly reflection: [link]
Just shadow angle: [link]

Also, in soft sand the hooves will sink down quite a bit- they go under quite a bit when the sand is really wet and loose.

And one last tip- when you are doing a reflection don't just do a simple vertical flip because the feet won't all match up. Crop off each of the legs individually and overlap the reflected hoof under the real hoof just enough so that the outside edges match up exactly.

(Miss you! Hope that helps a bit.)
:iconshadowraven1:
Thanks it certainly does help :) Yeah I knew it needed a reflection and I tried a ridiculous amount to get one in there with much fail :/ So I finally said forget it (hehe bad I know). And I hadn't even thought about the hooves sinking :)
Also that's a really good tip for the shadow, I don't think I would have thought of that.
Thank you Ms. W! I miss you as well and hopefully we can get together soon to either just hang out or play some DnD xD

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-"He's the God of Fertility...you castrated him!!!"
"Well....now he's a eunich."

"The wall lied to me!" ... *whispered* "You're the real victim here aren't you wall?"
"Yeah I have my Seahorse double parked outside."
~Tony from NCIS
:icondiscordia-stock:
:thumbsup: nice pic! Good tips about the hooves needing to be sunken slightly. :D

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Even if the voices are not real, they have some good ideas.
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my main account
janarey
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:iconshadowraven1:
Thank you :) And yes hehe, I need to stop being lazy and actually edit that.

--
-"He's the God of Fertility...you castrated him!!!"
"Well....now he's a eunich."

"The wall lied to me!" ... *whispered* "You're the real victim here aren't you wall?"
"Yeah I have my Seahorse double parked outside."
~Tony from NCIS
:iconextraordinaryxstock:
oh my goodness this is gorgeous! thank you so much for using my stock, and of course letting me know :D
:iconshadowraven1:
I'm glad you like it ^.^ And thank you very much for providing the stock :)

--
-"He's the God of Fertility...you castrated him!!!"
"Well....now he's a eunich."

"The wall lied to me!" ... *whispered* "You're the real victim here aren't you wall?"
"Yeah I have my Seahorse double parked outside."
~Tony from NCIS

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Oct 12, 2007, 4:34:21 PM

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