Sunset River Arabian
04:53:27 Athena - AAs
Jester
Damn. I thought the best friend trope would get people
Versailles
04:50:49 Versa
Hopefully she returns to normal soon <3
Mythological
04:49:36 Myth/Crowley/Grinch
Lambs seem fine mother is acting off.
Greenheart Stables
04:48:45 Green|Gren|Grenlin
So mad at myself for not showing anything yesterday, not even the BM. Had no motivation after work and class
Versailles
04:48:18 Versa
Cute! I feel like working with baby lambs would be too daunting for me. A lot more fragile than the zoo animals I work with
Mythological
04:47:00 Myth/Crowley/Grinch
Had twin lambs born so been dealing with that.
KPH Equestrian
04:45:30 Rapcoon | Jester
athena
Totally rooting for Kaiden xD
ooh yay!
Sunset River Arabian
04:42:49 Athena - AAs
I am almost to the halfway point! Starting writing chapter 22 of 50!
Versailles
04:42:42 Versa
I did however get part of my task done, which was ordering new medical wrap for the bird perches lol
Versailles
04:41:56 Versa
You're okay, Myth. I'm just chilling today
Versailles
04:41:23 Versa
Never mind, I took one step out there and it is WAY too cold. I retreated lol
Sunset River Arabian
04:36:19 Athena - AAs
Jester
What do we think lol
Mythological
04:33:03 Myth/Crowley/Grinch
Sorry I poofed, Versa.
KPH Equestrian
04:30:00 Rapcoon | Jester
versa
xD
Versailles
04:29:18 Versa
KPH,
Oh he'd absolutely think it's his. He already rules his "kingdom" that is actually my bedroom and art room lol

I'll talk to everyone in a little bit, going to be scrubbing out a bird cage real quick!
Sunset River Arabian
04:25:37 Athena - AAs
now the chances of either of those ever happening are slim to none because one of use lives in ID and the other in ND lol but we can dream
KPH Equestrian
04:25:29 Rapcoon | Jester
versa
at least if he ran his own cafe(because he'd totally believe it's his xD) he'd have people around every corner to bend to his every whim and wish xD
Versailles
04:22:36 Versa
KPH,
Perhaps they'd actually ENJOY his opinions. Oh man, when he wants loves, he makes it KNOWN! He'll squeak and keep squeaking until I pick him up!
Revel Ranch
04:22:26 
Maybe I should get my cat a stroller
Versailles
04:22:00 Versa
Athena,
That's super cute, too! I just like making cookies and cake and such. Maybe a cat bakery would be better. :)
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Mews marvellous guide to creating admirable art March 15, 2022 01:58 AM


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Welcome to my guide :) i hope it's at least somewhat useful to you guys
anyways, let's get on with it
The stock i used in this guide was from Chunga-Stock

Art Programs

There are several different art programs that you can use, and by no means do you need photoshop and an expensive art tablet , i use Ibispaint in my phone and i cope just fine. Some kf the programs you can use are:
Ibispaint ( free or not ) , GIMP, Procreate , Medibang, Clip studio paint,. I'm sure there are more out there , these are jsut the popular ones

Stock hunting

Stock hunting is 100% essential to doing manips, so your gunna want to find good quality stock, right? Some places you can find good horse stock is deviant art and Unsplash , DA is better in my opinion. I urge you to get a DA account so you can download the higher quality versions of said stock. i really like Chunga-stock, LuDa-Stock, colourise, Elaine Selene Stock, Buckleighh, and more ( if you'd like me to list more , just ask )
As for background stock , i use Unsplash , it has insanely high quality images. I would also recommend getting an unsplash account , that way you can save folders of images .
You can also use paid stock providers such as Adobe Stock, Shutterstock etc.
PS: PLEASE always read the stock provided terms of use ( DA ) and always correctly credit your stock providers.

Body prep

Once you have the stock on your canvas , cutting and body prep should be the first thing you do.
i chose this stock to work with , i flipped the stock to fit the background after i cut it . I recommend using a hard brush to cut out stock, don't use a soft brush or anything that has blurred edges. Use a small size when going around detailed areas such as the face, or when going into corners. For other things you can use a slightly larger brush to go around the edges. Wether you cut out the tail/mane or not is your own personal choice. Sometimes i leave it as a guide of where to draw the hair.
(i forgot to cut the bit in the corner! ) after that we will start with smudging the horse! This is one of my favourite bits :) first, duplicate the layer then clip and alpha lock the new one.
start with an airbrush on the smudge tool on 20-40% opacity. Sometimes it depends on the stock or canvas size to what strength you need. The size of the brush depends on where you're smidging, More detail ( eg: face ) = smaller brush, less detail ( eg stomach) = bigger brush.Some areas , like the cheek bone , you want smudge light---> dark, but areas like the cheek, belly, horse boobs™️ you want to smudge dark--->light. it really depends on the stick and personal preference wether you smudge light->dark/dark->light, play around with it a bit. One thing that shouldn't change is the general direction of smudging, or pattern of smudging however you'd like to say it. The red lines show where you should smudge :)
then reduce the opacity of the layer to 70-90% again, depends on the stock and personal opinion as to what looks best, i usually stick around 75-80%.
Next, i merge the layers done and grey scale the image, ready for color change! another exciting part.

Color Change

For this i'll do a simple color change , with white markings. Though i can show more complex ones if you guys want<3
The way i do color changes , is i will do the seoerate colors on different clipping layers. Make sure to ALWAYS keep and greyscaled version underneath your base coat layer, so you can duplicate for the other colours.
ps( you don't have to name the layers, i do it so your guys can understand what/where the layers are <3
the first thing i usually do is the white markings layer, there is no particular order you SHOULD do it, i just do it this way, even though it should be the top layer lol . For white markings, add another clipping layer and draw on the markings, you can use whatever color you want it doesn't matter, i just do it so i can remember which layers i'm suppose to change to which color ( much more useful when having 10+ color layers but it became a habit )I'd usually use a charcoal or crayon type brush on eraser, just to make the edges look a little more realistic.
( i painted a BG so it's easier to see whats happening) then unclip the white layer and put a clipping keyed if the grey scaled horse above it. Use the Hue Saturation Lightness tool ( or the equivalent in your program ) and lighten it to your liking . Make sure you can still see details.
Sometimes, though, other areas of the horse are naturally lighter, so you have to go about that i'm a slightly different way. Do , lighten it so that the already lightest area looks good, then use the lasso tool and include all the markings EXCEPT the lightest bit, and lighten them appropriately
then, look at your BG , what's the most dominant hue? if it's an ocean BG then it's blue , so VERY SLIGHTLY slater the hue and saturation of the white markings to a very very very light blue. i cant stress how subtle this should be. Usually though, i make it a very light orangey-yellow, because horses don't usually have completely white markings, they're off white. The next thing i do is merge the greyscale( now white layer ) onto the markings layer and change it to a clipping layer.
WIP <3

Edited at March 25, 2022 03:00 AM by Bermuda Estate
Mews marvellous guide to creating admirable art March 15, 2022 06:08 PM


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Excited!! <3

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