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Published: 2010-11-24 15:24:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 1794; Favourites: 70; Downloads: 20
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Description -- birthday card
Because it's my friend Julie's birthday!

I didn't have any special musical inspiration for this, but I was listening to Muse all the time while I made this.

Quite some work went into this. I repainted a fair bit of the horse to soften the shadows a little. I must say; I really hate the mane. Maybe I'll go in and change it sometime.

Very well. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JULES!

EDIT: I did a lot of changes to this. Repainted the feathering and the mane, darkened the horse a bit, added some decent splashes and so on. All thanks to *adverbial-spectra , thank you very much. I'm a lot more satisfied with it now at least, though the tail seems surprisingly thick x.x

EDIT2: Repainted the tail. It's still not perfect, but at least I don't hate it anymore. Did a couple of other, minor changes too; decreased the vignetting and increased the saturation.

-- credits
horse by ~LarissaAllen - background by ~Pluto34atHowrse - splashes by ~grace-stock
Everything else © Camilla Sæter aka *ceileur
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Comments: 29

RidingInLongSocks [2011-09-04 14:57:57 +0000 UTC]

MUSE!! haha. I love this, Its beautiful <3 Would yoou like to do an art trade?? I do horse manipulations too, and I would be so honoured to do one with you

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helkiri In reply to RidingInLongSocks [2011-09-24 14:49:51 +0000 UTC]

I never done an art trade actually, but I guess I could give it a try x)

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RidingInLongSocks In reply to helkiri [2011-09-25 10:16:26 +0000 UTC]

awesome!! would you like to do one with me then??

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helkiri In reply to RidingInLongSocks [2011-09-29 09:07:31 +0000 UTC]

I guess I could give it a try, why don't you send me a note about it and we can discuss it more? c:

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Elchanan [2010-11-28 02:02:20 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work!

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helkiri In reply to Elchanan [2010-11-28 10:41:03 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Elchanan In reply to helkiri [2010-11-28 13:48:35 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome!

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mlint94 [2010-11-26 20:12:21 +0000 UTC]

aw, sΓ₯ sΓΈΓΈΓΈΓΈt! :''D jeg har ingenting Γ₯ gi til den ju o.o

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helkiri In reply to mlint94 [2010-11-28 10:40:46 +0000 UTC]

lag noe da :>

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mlint94 In reply to helkiri [2010-11-30 12:46:40 +0000 UTC]

jeg aner ikke hvaaaa :C

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Pluto34atHowrse [2010-11-26 19:04:24 +0000 UTC]

Ooo! Thank you very much for using my stock, this is a beautiful piece of work.

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helkiri In reply to Pluto34atHowrse [2010-11-28 10:40:33 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Snofte [2010-11-25 09:35:41 +0000 UTC]

I want that for my brithday! It was beautyfull!

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helkiri In reply to Snofte [2010-11-25 09:45:42 +0000 UTC]

thanks (:

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MyWingsFly [2010-11-25 01:29:32 +0000 UTC]

Awh cute

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helkiri In reply to MyWingsFly [2010-11-25 05:52:40 +0000 UTC]

thank you! (:

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MyWingsFly In reply to helkiri [2010-11-25 16:05:53 +0000 UTC]

No problem

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doberman-momma89 [2010-11-24 22:54:48 +0000 UTC]

I really love this image.
May I give a tiny critique?

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helkiri In reply to doberman-momma89 [2010-11-25 05:52:29 +0000 UTC]

thank you (:
yeah, sure, critique whatever you want.

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doberman-momma89 In reply to helkiri [2010-11-25 22:45:29 +0000 UTC]

The position in the tail is bother some. Most horse (when they run) don't have their tail in that kind of shape. It looks too stiff and not wavy enough.
I would try to give it more flow.
You can use this pictures to get a feel on what I mean.
clicky
clicky

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helkiri In reply to doberman-momma89 [2010-11-26 16:31:29 +0000 UTC]

I know (:
I'll try to find enough time to change it soon.

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doberman-momma89 In reply to helkiri [2010-11-26 21:54:37 +0000 UTC]

That would be awesome

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ZeroNitemares [2010-11-24 21:21:50 +0000 UTC]

very nice!

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helkiri In reply to ZeroNitemares [2010-11-25 05:51:55 +0000 UTC]

thanks! (:

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ZeroNitemares In reply to helkiri [2010-11-25 16:19:47 +0000 UTC]

no prob~

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Shilohx15 [2010-11-24 20:54:08 +0000 UTC]

I read it and my name is Julie so I was like "wth? tis not my bday and idk this person! XD" lmao beautifully done, your friend will love it (:

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helkiri In reply to Shilohx15 [2010-11-25 05:51:36 +0000 UTC]

thanks! (:

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Reticant-Nemesis [2010-11-24 17:38:20 +0000 UTC]

Ohemgee, lucky girlie, I'd kill to get a birthday card from you.
And this is amazing, as usual.

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helkiri In reply to Reticant-Nemesis [2010-11-25 05:51:23 +0000 UTC]

haha, thank you! (:

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