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cele1989
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Topic: [WIP] Magical horse
Posted: 18 September 2011 at 2:50pm

Hi, it's a long time I've done something arty... unless you consider making aquariums is arty :D.
Anyway I started off this week with a hand drawn picture of a horse/pony...considering the build of the animal I'd say pony :)
Anyway, I scanned it, got the colorcount down, then resized to preferable size, 300x300 pixels... here it is...and now I'm out of inspiration...I'm sorry I started off with a hand drawn picture, because it was to hard to do a horse with pc only...:S

new update:

I don't know if it is a good idea to start blocking out the colors

Edited by cele1989 - 18 September 2011 at 3:46pm

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Posted: 18 September 2011 at 8:10pm

the head seems really huge. is there a particular reference you're using?

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Posted: 19 September 2011 at 1:23am

I think horses have pretty weird anatomy in the first place. but the legs and head might be a little off. Im pretty impressed by how good this looks while its just done sketchy. Hope to see the end result and not miss out it looks promissing!

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Posted: 19 September 2011 at 4:02pm

Yeah the proportions are way off. The front legs are almost T-Rex small. This image should be a good reference:

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Posted: 20 September 2011 at 7:19am

well, I wasn't really using a ref, but I studied my pony at horseriding school very good, so I must say he has a rather big head to be a pony, and I think the ref snader posted is a horse with a rather small head. I depends on the breed a lot how horses are builded. I think I can refer best to my pony as a mini-tinker horse... because he's actually a mix of different breeds.
Looks a little bit like this one:

Also I need to used a technique to shorten legs because of the angle of the horse:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkorting_%28schilderkunst%29
This is a Dutch article that shows how the arm of the girl in the painting is shorted for getting the right perspective.

I wanted the galloping to look very powerful so, the legs are rather high: like this pose:

I like the shape and I don't see much wrong with it...I'm just struggling with color, pixelpatterns to give it the right structure....

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Posted: 20 September 2011 at 8:16pm

You not seeing anything wrong, doesn't mean there isn't anything wrong. Currently, the cranial area of the horse is nearly as big as its ribcage, and the head+neck is as large as the entire body.

And if you want to make a beefy horse, sure go ahead. But right now your limbs aren't beefy. They're the thickness of a slender horse, and they're very bony. If you want a beefy horse, look at photos of the Dutch Draft (sometimes spelled draught) and belgian draft

Thing is, for a beefy horse the proportions are a bit off, but because you've rendered the limbs as skinny and have quite visibly defined muscles - it looks like it's supposed to be a recreational horse rather than a worker. And for a recreational horse, the proportions are a lot more off.

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Posted: 21 September 2011 at 2:37am

well, by coincidence i found a picture that almost looks exactly like my pony. Big head, strong body, but not very thick legs. And the colors are almost exactly the same... he even has a blue eye. When I saw this one for sale I thought, this can't be true, they are selling my pony! But luckily the other photo's showed some differences and apparently the location of the sale is different. But I was amazed by how much this horse resembles mine :o

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Posted: 21 September 2011 at 3:39pm

I'm sorry for the wining, but sometimes I get in a bad mood when it comes to artwork, I apologize. Despite I have some good idea's I'm a bit frustrated because I barely get a piece finished. My last finished work dates 2007. In mean time I had periods of trail and error and periods of hiatus...I hope you understand my bad mood and therefor are able to forgive me...
I guess I'm not patient and stubborn enough to work at a single piece till it is finished. I tend to have this with digital art even more, just because you can keep working and working on it. I also am a painter (acrylics) and I also make pencils as a base for painting or pixeling. Somehow I tend to be able to help myself better out when it comes to pencil and acrylics, work towards the thing I have in mind and finish a piece within the time I estimated. But I'm just a computer addict I guess...
Can someone please give me some advice on how to cope with such things...because I won't quit on art, somehow I keep loving it...:)
Anyway, I did a little edit in mean while so check this out:

Edited by cele1989 - 21 September 2011 at 3:41pm

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cele1989 Commander Joined: 25 December 2021 Location: Belgium Online Status: Offline Posts: 163	Topic: [WIP] Magical horse Posted: 18 September 2011 at 2:50pm
	Hi, it's a long time I've done something arty... unless you consider making aquariums is arty :D. Anyway I started off this week with a hand drawn picture of a horse/pony...considering the build of the animal I'd say pony :) Anyway, I scanned it, got the colorcount down, then resized to preferable size, 300x300 pixels... here it is...and now I'm out of inspiration...I'm sorry I started off with a hand drawn picture, because it was to hard to do a horse with pc only...:S new update: I don't know if it is a good idea to start blocking out the colors Edited by cele1989 - 18 September 2011 at 3:46pm
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cure Commander Joined: 23 March 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2859	Posted: 18 September 2011 at 8:10pm
	the head seems really huge. is there a particular reference you're using?
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Qemist Commander Joined: 31 August 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 239	Posted: 19 September 2011 at 1:23am
	I think horses have pretty weird anatomy in the first place. but the legs and head might be a little off. Im pretty impressed by how good this looks while its just done sketchy. Hope to see the end result and not miss out it looks promissing!
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PixelSnader Commander Not a troll! Joined: 08 January 2026 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3194	Posted: 19 September 2011 at 4:02pm
	Yeah the proportions are way off. The front legs are almost T-Rex small. This image should be a good reference:
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cele1989 Commander Joined: 25 December 2021 Location: Belgium Online Status: Offline Posts: 163	Posted: 20 September 2011 at 7:19am
	well, I wasn't really using a ref, but I studied my pony at horseriding school very good, so I must say he has a rather big head to be a pony, and I think the ref snader posted is a horse with a rather small head. I depends on the breed a lot how horses are builded. I think I can refer best to my pony as a mini-tinker horse... because he's actually a mix of different breeds. Looks a little bit like this one: Also I need to used a technique to shorten legs because of the angle of the horse: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkorting_%28schilderkunst%29 This is a Dutch article that shows how the arm of the girl in the painting is shorted for getting the right perspective. I wanted the galloping to look very powerful so, the legs are rather high: like this pose: I like the shape and I don't see much wrong with it...I'm just struggling with color, pixelpatterns to give it the right structure....
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PixelSnader Commander Not a troll! Joined: 08 January 2026 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3194	Posted: 20 September 2011 at 8:16pm
	You not seeing anything wrong, doesn't mean there isn't anything wrong. Currently, the cranial area of the horse is nearly as big as its ribcage, and the head+neck is as large as the entire body. And if you want to make a beefy horse, sure go ahead. But right now your limbs aren't beefy. They're the thickness of a slender horse, and they're very bony. If you want a beefy horse, look at photos of the Dutch Draft (sometimes spelled draught) and belgian draft Thing is, for a beefy horse the proportions are a bit off, but because you've rendered the limbs as skinny and have quite visibly defined muscles - it looks like it's supposed to be a recreational horse rather than a worker. And for a recreational horse, the proportions are a lot more off.
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cele1989 Commander Joined: 25 December 2021 Location: Belgium Online Status: Offline Posts: 163	Posted: 21 September 2011 at 2:37am
	well, by coincidence i found a picture that almost looks exactly like my pony. Big head, strong body, but not very thick legs. And the colors are almost exactly the same... he even has a blue eye. When I saw this one for sale I thought, this can't be true, they are selling my pony! But luckily the other photo's showed some differences and apparently the location of the sale is different. But I was amazed by how much this horse resembles mine :o
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cele1989 Commander Joined: 25 December 2021 Location: Belgium Online Status: Offline Posts: 163	Posted: 21 September 2011 at 3:39pm
	I'm sorry for the wining, but sometimes I get in a bad mood when it comes to artwork, I apologize. Despite I have some good idea's I'm a bit frustrated because I barely get a piece finished. My last finished work dates 2007. In mean time I had periods of trail and error and periods of hiatus...I hope you understand my bad mood and therefor are able to forgive me... I guess I'm not patient and stubborn enough to work at a single piece till it is finished. I tend to have this with digital art even more, just because you can keep working and working on it. I also am a painter (acrylics) and I also make pencils as a base for painting or pixeling. Somehow I tend to be able to help myself better out when it comes to pencil and acrylics, work towards the thing I have in mind and finish a piece within the time I estimated. But I'm just a computer addict I guess... Can someone please give me some advice on how to cope with such things...because I won't quit on art, somehow I keep loving it...:) Anyway, I did a little edit in mean while so check this out: Edited by cele1989 - 21 September 2011 at 3:41pm
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