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Contest prize for ~SilverFlameWanderer for winning 3rd place on the Traditional Category on my contest.Here is her boy, Mor-Naur meaning "Dark Flame", hence the tittle.
I spent 8+ hours on this one, more than the double of time I usually spend on a work, it was totally worth it.
I used several references for the mountains and pine trees, I'm happy with how they look. It took a lot of time to color that background and I'm finally working on the goal that I had set for my art last year: pay more attention to backgrounds. Since I hardly did any work that required a decent background last year, I didn't get to work much on them.
Ashley describes Mor-Naur as an over-sized pony, I hope this looks close enough to that description.
I know that the knee of that right front leg is placed too low, I had already colored it when I noticed, tried to fix it up a little bit but it's very noticeable.
The colors in the sky look much more well blended in person, but other than that the scanner did a very good work here.
Hope you like it Ash! And I'm sorry for the looooong wait
Mor-Naur is © to
Image is © to me.
February 2010
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Hehe, very happy to hear that <3 This one remains one of my favorite pieces until this day!
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It looks great! 
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Thank you so much! That mane/tail and those legs were a joy to work on (although I did spend a little time trying to figure out how to make the color transitions look good and they still look somewhat awkward, but oh well). Thanks again!
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Aw, no, they don't look awkward at all. I can imagine it took you some time to figure out to best make the transitions, and I'd say this did pay off.
You're most welcome.
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Awww, thank you so much! It really means a lot that you think so
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Now this is nicely done. Better than I could ever do. ^^ *faves* inspiring work. (inspires me to try to do better
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Awww, thank you so much! 
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KEWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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He is a very handsome horse. I absolutely love the coloring. The muscles, the mane/tail, and the landscape is so detailed, you have done a fantastic job.
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Aww thank you so much for the nice comments! I really appreciate them
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You're most welcome.
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Had to revisit this...love the mountains so much
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I still don't know how I managed to get them looking that good. It seems that not rushing things actually works... Should have probably figured that out sooner
Thanks Ash, I'm glad you like them!
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Haha...yea. I guess there is a reason that patience is a virtue
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Hello thar, purdy thang. I love it. Probably wouldn't have even noticed the knee if I hadn't read your comments! 
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Really? I thought it was pretty noticeable XD I cannot do anything without criticizing it to death haha.
The chin fuzzies *-* I love them
The snow was so great to draw here! It's the first time I'm completely happy with how it turned out. Well, that's probably because Miss Joana hadn't yet realised that snow is shaded blue and even the objects/animals' shadows are blue themselves *is stupid*
Thank you so much hun! And thank you for the 
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N'aww xD Well, as the artist, that's your job. As your watchers, our job is to tell you to shut up cause it looks fine!
They're epic. I have never seen chin fuzzies so wonderful in my life.
Oh LOL xD That's partly why I love snow. All the blue tones. Although I'm a big enough dork that I'd probably do black shadows anyway, so there you go. xD
Anytimmmmme.
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Awww hun, your comments make my whole year
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Oh now that's sweet to say.
*sniffle*
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Woo! Omg it's always SO challenging to shade a multicolored character 
BEAUTIFUL 
Love the mountains, they stand out so well! 
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Ah, it's hard and there are some areas here(especially the mane and tail) where the transition looks awkward, another thing I've been working on, especially when coloring skies, I need to make the transitions smoother.
Thank you so much for the awesome comment hun!
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The shading is fantastic! And I must say, you did a really great job making the scars look so realistic. 
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Thank you so much hun!
And thank you for the
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Oh my gosh! This is fantastic! I love all the small details that you have added and the background too! It all just looks stunning
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Thank you!
And thank you for the
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This is Stunning! I could tell without reading the info that you've spent a long time on this. It really paid off!
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Thank you so much Laura!
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You're very welcome!
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Beautiful colours, amazing shading and the overall atmosphere of this is just great. It's great to see some more amazing traditional work in the equine community 
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Aww thank you so much!
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He looks amazing! as always I love your use of colours and the way you shade! ^^
The bg is lovely. good job with the snow!
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Thank you so much hun!
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Yes, totally worth all that extra time!
You did a amazing job.
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Haha, this means the extra time isn't going to be extra anymore... Thank you!
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I love the fuzzies on his chin
But this is beautiful. I absolutely love this! And the background is fabulous! Totally fits with where I am right now too
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Haha, the fuzzies were the best part!
Thank you so much Ashley! I'm really glad you like it!
And thank you for the
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Thank you hun!
And thank you for the
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You're welcomes X2!!!
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HOLY FIG, JO!!
You can definitely tell you spent more time on this... WOW. I'm am totally flabbergasted and blown away! The background is beautiful, Mor-Naur is lovely... WOW!!!
Questionage: What kind of colored pencils and paper do you use?
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