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Published: 2015-09-19 13:16:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 2551; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 19
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Description *Horse reference, here: fav.me/d5b7uch . The face and other elements, come from random elements. The horse shape was change lightly because it had to look like a pony.

 -Kelpie? What is it? In short, an evil spirit in the shape of a horse of the British legends. This horse like creature used to catch thrustful people and carry them to a lake or a river (there are different Kelpie kinds and shapes anyway), and to devoure them, basically. Sometimes the Kelpies have a beautiful woman shape, but I like the horse looks better.
I wanted to draw this pic since so long, and finally I decided to draw it with inking, pure inking, a technicle I hardly have used in long time but I love. I used MangaStudio for the inking, mostly; but the light efects were added with Photoshop at end. It has been really pleasing to use ink lines for the shapes and shadows.

 -¿Kelpie? ¿Y qué es eso? En pocas palabras, una criatura maléfica del folklore británico. Básicamente es como un caballo que suele capturar viajeros incautos y llevárselos al fondo de un lago o río para comérselos (hay distintos tipos de Kelpie según sean de río o lago, o la forma que tomen, a veces de caballo o de una mujer hermosa). Para esto, me decidí dibujar el que tiene forma de caballo.
Hacía mucho tiempo que quería dibujar esto y al final me decidí a hacerlo con entintado puro y duro, una técnica que me encanta pero que hacía mucho que no empleaba. Para esto he usado mayormente MangaStudio, salvo algunos retoques del final con Photoshop. Me ha gustado mucho usar tinta otra vez para las figuras y sombras.
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Comments: 22

shellpresto [2016-02-05 21:29:37 +0000 UTC]

Creepy and well done!

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Ameban In reply to shellpresto [2016-03-11 20:11:22 +0000 UTC]

That was the idea. Thanks!

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WormwoodArtemisia [2015-11-05 23:29:37 +0000 UTC]

This one looks really fantastic - the way it seems to be melting out of the water... Great!     

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Ameban In reply to WormwoodArtemisia [2015-11-06 11:04:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. That's what I tried to do, the Kelpie is mergin/melting with the water, being part of it; not just a horse in the water.

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WormwoodArtemisia In reply to Ameban [2015-11-12 21:50:11 +0000 UTC]

Very well done!
I wish you fun and inspiration for all your projects!  

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Ameban In reply to WormwoodArtemisia [2015-11-12 22:13:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I hope so.

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DudelSaur [2015-10-07 02:16:40 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful composition! These mythic beasts scare me more than dragons or werewolves. XD

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Ameban In reply to DudelSaur [2015-10-07 09:29:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the
Well, it's hard to find a balance between "beautiful" and "scaring" you know. Actually Kelpies are quite forgotten and they're more terrific than the creatured you say, actually.

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DudelSaur In reply to Ameban [2015-10-13 18:56:15 +0000 UTC]

Hm. But its the whole natural behavior of these mythical horses that scares me rather than their beauty; horses don't eat people. XD

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Ameban In reply to DudelSaur [2015-10-14 17:38:52 +0000 UTC]

Indeed. There isn't an obvious reason about why so many mythical horse like creatures are related with eaten people and dead. Go figures why it's so.

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Alycat [2015-10-04 01:23:27 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome.  I love how malevolent it is, it seriously oozes through the screen. 

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Ameban In reply to Alycat [2015-10-04 13:43:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much. For some reason, gosthly horses are malevolent or deadhly; I dunno why. So I tried to get that air in my pic. Glad you like and for the

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Shadir [2015-09-21 03:55:02 +0000 UTC]

Da la sensación de que el agua lo tiene atrapado. Muy bueno el dibujo.

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Ameban In reply to Shadir [2015-09-21 10:04:17 +0000 UTC]

En realidad está surgiendo del agua como una aparición, por eso da la sensación que está como atrapado.
Gracias por tu opinión.

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Knockta [2015-09-20 06:23:44 +0000 UTC]

I love kelpies! This is really beautiful!! 

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Ameban In reply to Knockta [2015-09-20 08:57:26 +0000 UTC]

Glad to heard that. Thank you for the

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sandalwood01 [2015-09-19 21:23:02 +0000 UTC]

Buen trabajo

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Ameban In reply to sandalwood01 [2015-09-20 00:03:04 +0000 UTC]

Muchas gracias.

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sandalwood01 In reply to Ameban [2015-09-20 21:32:44 +0000 UTC]

De nada

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scrik [2015-09-19 16:13:00 +0000 UTC]

You really love horses
and you made a magnificent black and white work here

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Ameban In reply to scrik [2015-09-19 16:46:30 +0000 UTC]

Yup! I love them and I love to draw them.
Thank you for your opinion about the b/w work and the

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scrik In reply to Ameban [2015-09-19 19:45:10 +0000 UTC]

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