 03:33:34 Dream| Solid white or mostly white mares have a special place in my heart 🤍 |
03:26:58 Athena - AAs Eyrie
lol i hate when that happens |
03:26:00 Granny C yep, one of my boys is a maxi sooty too.
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03:22:35 Sting| One of the pretties horse Avis ive seen! |
03:15:33 Storm| Nope. Just sooty on his patterns |
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is this a Chimera? |
03:14:00 Granny C lol doesn't matter what you'd rather.
Hope that whatever it is, it's strong and healthy. |
03:13:30 | Ooo! Sound exciting, Loxwood! |
03:10:04 Matt -Click-
My girl had her 45 day scan the other day, baby looks almost like a horse now, compared to a weird blob like it did at the heartbeat scan! Sex scan is in 2 weeks and I don't know whether I'd rather have a colt or a filly |
03:08:31 Eyrie Lol was capturing to try to complete the PP capture quest and got this instead XD
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03:05:39 DD| you want the weaknesses of a horse to match the strengths of another, basically covering those, for example, stud is low in spd and str, mare needs to be strong in those two, if she's not you csn use glasses medallions of svens to help |
03:01:27 | I haven't played in a hot minute and have just bought a stud but I'd like to breed some decent foals with him |
03:00:56 anyone wanna explain how matching works
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Hey all! I'm new here, and while I love the horses in game and all the different activities (breeding, training, etc), I loveee to lurk in the art shops and look at everyone's artwork! I do digital art too, however I stick mostly to HARPG and DARPG art (not photo manipulation.)
I've decided to give it a shot though- and I've come this far: I was looking for help mainly on these points... any tips welcome!
- When adding white markings how do I add them on top of the horse and make them look natural? I want my white markings to look crisp but also blend with the piece.
- How do you all sugget I go about smoothing out the horse's body and/or changing the overall color?
- EYES!!! How in the world do y'all draw eyes to match the rest of the pose/expression?
- And do you suggest doing background first or horse?
Thanks so so much!!! Credits are listed for stock image, but if they aren't clear, the original image belongs to BelleMisty on Deviantart. |
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Hi! Welcome to the game! - If you want your white markings to show more of the definition & detail of the horse stock underneath, then play with different layer settings. Also, with a soft smudging brush, go along the edges of your white markings to "feather" it out. This helps the edges look natural and apart of an actual coat rather than something painted on with sharp edges.
- For smoothing out the stock horse's body, everyone has slightly different techniques. Some smudge, and some use other tools. I personally only denoise the stock image. For color changes, it is a lot of trial and error, playing with different colors, layers, and layer settings. I believe there are some tutorials on DeviantArt & YouTube, and likely some here on this site as well in the art help section.
- I find where the eye naturally is in the stock piece, and then with one color, I make a half-moon on the bottom half of the eye. With a slightly lighter shade of the same color, I make a thin line along the middle of that half-moon. Then I smudge it to blend, and play with layer settings to get a look that I like.
- Personally, I source all of the stock images I'll need at the same time. It helps me get a picture in my mind of the finished project. Then I place the background stock, and if I'm blending two or more stock pieces to create my desired background, then I go ahead and get that done. Then I start working on my horse. So much of the horse's details will depend on the background you choose - such as lighting and shadowing, color tones, etc.
I wish you luck on your art journey! I really recommend looking through art help and checking out all of the guides - there are a TON of great tutorials there. Here is my tutorial, I geared it more towards artists who are just starting out or who are beginner-intermediate. :) |
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I didn't subscribe so I never saw this! THank you SO much for taking the time to type this all out! I'm going to try de-noising the body next time and see if that helps! And thank you for the link! I'll go check it out now!
WildWillow said:
Hi! Welcome to the game! - If you want your white markings to show more of the definition & detail of the horse stock underneath, then play with different layer settings. Also, with a soft smudging brush, go along the edges of your white markings to "feather" it out. This helps the edges look natural and apart of an actual coat rather than something painted on with sharp edges.
- For smoothing out the stock horse's body, everyone has slightly different techniques. Some smudge, and some use other tools. I personally only denoise the stock image. For color changes, it is a lot of trial and error, playing with different colors, layers, and layer settings. I believe there are some tutorials on DeviantArt & YouTube, and likely some here on this site as well in the art help section.
- I find where the eye naturally is in the stock piece, and then with one color, I make a half-moon on the bottom half of the eye. With a slightly lighter shade of the same color, I make a thin line along the middle of that half-moon. Then I smudge it to blend, and play with layer settings to get a look that I like.
- Personally, I source all of the stock images I'll need at the same time. It helps me get a picture in my mind of the finished project. Then I place the background stock, and if I'm blending two or more stock pieces to create my desired background, then I go ahead and get that done. Then I start working on my horse. So much of the horse's details will depend on the background you choose - such as lighting and shadowing, color tones, etc.
I wish you luck on your art journey! I really recommend looking through art help and checking out all of the guides - there are a TON of great tutorials there. Here is my tutorial, I geared it more towards artists who are just starting out or who are beginner-intermediate. :)
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