Freedom Elites said:

1.) Do a color balance and try and make the wings better match the horse and backround better (a more pink/orange color)

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2.) The Horse has feet "in" the water. Therefore water should be covering the hooves in the water.
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3.) Where is the tail?

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4.) Lighting. The "lighting" in this picture is coming from behind the horse. So the front should be darker than the behind.
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5.) reflection. The water looks very rough in the picture, so just a shadow should work.
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6.) Blur the background slightly. The focus should be on the horse, not the pretty sunset in the backround and the birds flying and all that.
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7.). Eyes. Make the eye a color. Yellow. Blue. Violet for all I care. It needs to stand out a little.
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8.) Lining. Trace a small white/light color of the backround around the horse and the creases to make them stand out.

hope this helps!

Maleficent Acres said:

Can someone explain why people "line" the horse now? I don't understand why that is the norm now. I always remembered the point of manips to look natural/real, and I don't see how outlining the horse accomplishes that. I sold a lot of art here in the past but I've just started playing again and it seems to be a theme for this game specifically. Not trying to be rude at all, just confused lol

Maleficent Acres said:

Can someone explain why people "line" the horse now? I don't understand why that is the norm now. I always remembered the point of manips to look natural/real, and I don't see how outlining the horse accomplishes that. I sold a lot of art here in the past but I've just started playing again and it seems to be a theme for this game specifically. Not trying to be rude at all, just confused lol