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©2005-2009 ~MightySquirrel
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Submitted: January 4, 2005
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So, yay, I got myself to do another. This is Hershey, a little gelding my university leased from a summer camp. He was sent back to camp ::annoyed little cough:: Anyway, he's a really nifty color - chocolate (liver chestnut with cream mane & tail). QH/Morgan cross. He was young and more than a little hyperactive. Sorta like Reggie - immature.

I feel like it's missing something, but don't know what. I'm stumped on background ideas.
Most pleased with his forelock and ears - this is reduced in size by a *ton* and it's lost a lot of the detail, but there are hundreds and hundreds of individual brushstrokes in his hair. I seriously think my hand is damaged... ::rubs wrist:: and I'm pleased with the effect of light. I chose this photo to draw from because his tail looked cool.
His muzzle ended up too small/narrow, which is my least fav part. I stopped referring to my sketch and it just happened.

photoshop, about 5 hours work.
[link] Full-res detail
Daily Deviation, 2005-12-14

Daily DeviationHershey by =MightySquirrel is a beautiful painting. Very well lit with beautiful perspective. (Suggested by $ewm and Featured by `neoikeia)

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OMG that is :jawdrop: ... that is awesome, very very well done! :+fav:

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beautiful work. love the title

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beautiful! amazing job with the lighting
damn nice! i like :D

you must teach me how to do that O_o

btw what was the original resolution of the image?
WOW!! Beautiful!!!

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Thanks :) Original, full size is 3000 x 2400 pixels at 300 pixels/inch. My computer struggles slightly from time to time at this size, and it gets worse the bigger I go :( Someday, my dream is to get something printed out in a very large size to see how it would look...

Here's a detail of Hershey's forelock at full res [link]
v ncie, im curious, did you use a round brush with low flow for the pic? im probably wrong but can ya tell me what brush and flow you used ? :D
I pretty much do 98% of every picture in the same brush - the round, hard edged brush in photoshop. The very first one in the drop down menu. I just vary the size. And it's always at 100% flow. I don't think I've ever paid any attention to the flow thingy... not quite sure what the benefits are. I'm not too good with brush experimentation... I'm dying to try out a different program, like open canvas or corel painter, but I only have corel painter and I can't get it to cooperate with my tablet so I've pretty much abandoned it :P
Goodness this is an incredibly beautiful painting. I absolutely love the sun rays you have painted through the mane, and the colors are striking. Great work my friend!

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Wow.. this is just amazing. The shading looks superb and the horse has so much form and weight. Very realistic and stylish. Nicely done

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