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Published: 2017-04-08 04:37:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 6199; Favourites: 232; Downloads: 0
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Instagram | TumblrSome sketches exploring my interpretation of Artax and Atreyu from The Neverending Story. I like the idea of Artax being some sort of dun, though I kind of want to make him lighter than he is here. I based him on the Russian Vyatka.
* Artax belongs to a race of sentient horses. They generally look primitive and wild, having developed alongside humans without the interference of artificial breeding.
* Compact and strong, they are more agile and hardy than typical horses.
* Artax and Atreyu have grown up together as brothers. Atreyu learned to ride before he could walk and they move like a single creature.
* Atreyu leads as the “older brother” but never coerces Artax into doing anything against his will.
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This makes Artax's death even more sad ;__; To lose someone that is more than your best friend, your brother, how traumatic.
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It might be too much, but I'm a sucker for feelings. *ahem* But I think there would be an opportunity to resurrect him in the second half of the story, too.
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That would restore my broken heart!! I think Artax's death scarred one too many childhoods!
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Beautiful, dynamic design.
I really like how you engineered such an expressive face in the horse character without compromising his realistic proportions and styling, and I love how fluid and organic the poses you chose turned out.
Very impressive.
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Thank you very much! I've been sketching a ton of horses from reference and watching endless videos and I think it's helped a lot in giving me freedom to make up poses and angles. It was really fun to focus on the gesture and line of action for these.
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You're very welcome!
Horses are pretty much The Most Difficult animals to draw, with they're crazy legs and oddly proportioned joints, but once you get them down, a whole WORLD of opportunity opens up in drawing other ungulates.
I know it was literally the hardest thing I ever learned to draw, and I was so proud of myself once I finally figured it out.
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