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AironShiroi [2012-09-25 00:37:38 +0000 UTC]

Overall

Vision

Originality

Technique

Impact

This piece has a really cohesive color scheme going on, the horse looks like it belongs in the picture because it shares the same colors as the fallen tree. The wounds on the horse are realistic and not too vibrant which would give them an artificial feel. The idea to shrink the horse down in a shot that is a close up is really interesting, it makes the viewer take a second look and say “Hey that’s different!”
There are some issues with the mane and tail though. The mane is acting as if there’s a harsh wind coming from the right while the tail flows in the exact opposite direction, and this makes it confusing as to where the wind is actually coming from. Pick one wind source and stick with it to make the piece more unified. I’d personally cut the wind effect all together since the plants at still in the background.
The wing is not in the same perspective as the horse; it comes in front of the near shoulder instead of tucking up nicely behind the shoulder blade where it would anatomically have room for the joint that holds the wing to the back of the horse.
The near rear leg is almost coming too far forward; you can see that where that hoof falls the tree is already starting to turn out of focus because it is closer to the camera. I’d suggest moving the horse back behind the light ridge of wood currently behind the near rear leg. If you were to also move the horse farther to the right you’d be using the rule of thirds, which is a technique that makes your piece have more interest/compositional merit. Centering your subject is generic and rather boring when you’d rather have a picture that conveys a message.
Where the horse is standing is in a shadow, so you shouldn’t have light rays coming across the front of the horse yet behind the mane, simply putting the horse’s body in front of those rays would fix that lighting confusion.
There’s also that thin line of white around the horse that you could get rid of using a soft digital brush. As it is right now it looks like a lazy cut and paste job.
I don’t really understand the reasoning behind the horse skull especially in that orientation, the bark of the tree is curving down off to the left while the skull looks as if it’s sitting on a surface that’s either flat or slanted to the right. Personally I don’t think it adds any merit to the piece as it is at the horse’s feet. However, your horse is looking off the left higher up, if you could find a way to give him something (maybe the skull hanging from a tree limb in the foreground) to look at that would create a more interesting composition.
Now for an explanation of my rating. I gave you a 4 on vision because you did achieve the main concept of the piece with only minor finishing touches missing. I gave you a 3 ½ on originality because you took a generic fantasy animal and put it in a setting which is not traditional, however it is just a generic Pegasus with a unicorn horn, no exotic markings or drastic variation on this classic beast. I think you could really improve in the Technique category, cleaning up your edges, making sure light and wind sources make sense, and a more interesting composition would make this piece much more impressive. Finally with Impact I gave you a 3 ½ because the story you’re trying to tell isn’t exceptionally clear and engaging. I think if you moved the skull so that the horse was looking at it the audience would start asking questions like “did the horse kill that one in a fierce battle?”, “is it on a journey into a land where its kind were killed?”, etc.
Overall it’s a generally well done photo manipulation and interesting idea with just a few little finalizing flaws. Keep up the good work!

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AlaskaStock [2012-08-27 22:10:23 +0000 UTC]

Nice work!! But in the future if you use my stock, please send me a link to your finished work within a week after posting. Thanks.

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lipazzaner [2012-08-23 22:56:18 +0000 UTC]

O,O wow

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ehecod [2012-08-23 22:32:28 +0000 UTC]

This one looks really nice actually. Great job!

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xxtheSilent [2012-08-21 00:43:26 +0000 UTC]

you're gotten so much better omg
please let me love this forever<333333

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MakiTokito [2012-08-21 00:04:39 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous girl!

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ShaleseSands [2012-08-20 16:27:27 +0000 UTC]

Looks good! I particularly like the fact that the top half of the image is where most of the interest lies and that you left the bottom section mainly black.

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