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Published: 2009-11-15 13:14:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 9563; Favourites: 409; Downloads: 159
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DOWNLOAD FOR BIG FILE! So, here we go! My way of making darker coats, the easier way! It works for me, and I think the results are pretty good for doing it the easy way!
I'm definitely not saying this is THE way to go! It is the shortcut, since you're skipping all the other colours that go with the darker coats, especially if it has blue undertones! Those have purples and burgundies and so on, and they are far more complicated!
But this is a nice, simple route! So, I hope it works for some of you, if you feel like trying it!
The same process goes for manes and tails, by the way! I like doing this method for manes and tails more than for bodies, since it brings out the highlights better! Btw, I used my graphics tablet and Photoshop CS4 Extended!
Thanks for reading!
Images © to Dana Cato
Pose referenced from: [link]
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Wow! This is actually easy.. 
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This is amazing, I failed at coloring black horse but I used this and my picture turned out great.
Used here:
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Thanks so much!
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Thanks this was really helpful, i'll try and use this method more-its much easier and looks better than the way i do it
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All of your tutorials have been extremely helpful! I'll have to make sure I try them out next time I draw a horse
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This is wonderful! I might try using it the next time I do a dark coloured horse.
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Oh, Thank you SO much for this! It helps A LOT and the result is AMAZING!
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Thank you soooooo much for this! i had faved it a long time ago, now i had the time to use this wonderfull tutorial! Just take a look at my next breedingpicture, Blutrache x Summer Starlight. There i uses it ^^
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I'm so glad it was useful for you!
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Fine thanks
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this was sooo helpful while drawing this: [link] 
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You're more than welcome! 
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wow, thank you so so much! I always wondered how you draw your amazing horses... weeh, this is so cool! 
THANKS
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Thank you soooo much!! I just used this as a ref!! It helped A LOT!!
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this is so awesome 
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Very helpful Dana - I'll be sure to try this technique!!
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Wow! I would have NEVER thought of that! 
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Hmmm, thats good...maybe i try...iam not good in shading and lights, meersau helped me a lot by my last picture. i try it maybe after your tutorial when i had a black horse next ^^
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Thanks! This does help a lot. It's also really interesting to see your shading method!
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Do you do this for Trav?
I wouldn't think so, but I'm just curious.
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Hehe no, since she has red/orange undertones, I just use her normal base coat and shade it like that!
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What a great idea! I never would have thought of starting with a completely different color. Usually I just tweak grayscale shading when painting a dark horse. I'll definitely have to try this.
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Hehe I never thought of it either at first!
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Oh my gosh, THANK YOU. I cannot wait to put this into use. I've always been timid about dark horses because I could never get them to look right. You rock!
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If I ever get Photoshop and a tablet, I'll definitely be using this. A lot of my horses are all dark, or mostly dark, and I'd love to be able to color them!
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This is a great tutorial and will certainly help in the future
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Ooh, this is going to be so helpful!
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I often change my results to gain something me pretty, but to start with completely different colour is something new for me
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Awesome! This is so helpful
I have such a problem coloring dark horses so I never make them that way. This is a huge help!
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Lol I never thought of that! Isn't hue/sat awesome? This is great for those that can't figure out how to shade dark horses on their own. I think the blue undertones looks great for fantasy/dark blue horses.
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Hehe I love hue/sat! Especially when you're doing someone else's character and you wanna tweak the colours just a smidge, but its a mission after you've shaded!
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Thank you so much!!! Dark coats have been killing me
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Now how come you can make it look so dang easy?! if I tried doing this mine would turn out looking like an elephant that got dropped off a high building
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OHHHH YAYYA, finally a tutorial about dark shading that I understand XD Thank you <33
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Oh this is so very useful! Thank you so much. I never knew how to shade black horses... without this is would've been so hard. Now it's not... and I want CS4! *jealous* And where do you find an airbrush? I love the way the shading looks so soft!
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A very interesting way of doing dark horses, it never occurred to me to do it that way. I myself start with a grey shade and add darker browns/blues etc. Sometime's even a touch of purple & green. It usually comes out not too dreadful
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I've heard of this technique before but it's much more helpful to actually see it done. Thanks!
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