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Published: 2015-01-02 17:18:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 884; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 2
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*sighs* Wheerreee do I begin?
I wanted this ref to be absolutely PERFECT because he is my first stock horse and my western baby so of course all hell broke loose -.- I wrestled with the head shape for who knows how long, and then I spent an hour on a background but no matter how I tried to fix it I detested with every fiber of my being and then cried uncle and just used a picture 
Buuuuuuut the good thing is I actually really like the body shape and feel like it's pretty good so I have a win there Hopefully I will have better luck when I am trying to draw him in the future
Name: Frosted Cat
Barn Name: CatGender: Stallion
Breed: Pure American Quarter Horse
Color: Sooty Palomino
Geno: Ee aa nCr nSty Age: 4
Height: 15.1 hh
Personality: TBD
Owner: Scutterland
Designer: painted-cowgirl
Breed Owner: N/A
Lineage:
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Sire: PD Frosted Cash-QH
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Dam: PD Cat Chex - QH
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Breeding: CLOSED
1. painted-cowgirl
2. Mine
3. Closed
4. Closed
5. Closed
6. Closed
7. Closed
8. Closed
9. Closed
10. Closed
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Reference: fav.me/d4zzzhw
Background: fav.me/d3kjv8y
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Comments: 21
This is SOOO gorgeous! I am truly in love with those dapples
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He's so handsome! Oh my goodness, I love his color and that halter is beautiful! And oooooooh, Western!
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O.O You never cease to amaze me. Looking at your art has gotten me back into drawing horses again. My only problem now is coloring and being able to draw and label different breeds. Thank you for inspiring me!
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Awe, thank you so much!
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Mind if I give some tips? You said you had issues with the head, so these will kinda help you be able to get that part
Right now, he looks a little ponyish but I think if you made even just the throat latch tighter (QHs tend to have tiny little throat latches), that'd trim up his neck and he's look bedazzling. Tying the neck up higher would give him better range of motion, making him better on say cows or barrels. You want the neck to not come out too high, but just below the point of shoulders is a good place. The more steep a shoulder is, the rougher and shorter the stride of the horse. A long sloping shoulder at about a 45 degree angle will give a really good range of motion. A horse with the same slope length and degree between the shoulder and hip will be a very naturally balanced mover. If you look at the hip here, you've got a beautiful long slope, but the shoulder is steeper than the hip, which would cause the horse to dump on the front end with extra weight. By cleaning up the neck, you'll find that when you draw the head, it just kind of guides you through a little more. I like to rough sketch the head and neck, but when I draw the head, I try to compliment the neck to it.
I'm used to looking at performance horse conformation in stock horses, so if you ever have an issue with getting angles or proportions right, give me a holler. I think you've got yourself a very nice base to build off, and that you'll get better used to drawing stockies as time goes on, just gotta, you know, dram him more and get practice in
Seriously love it though
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YUSSSSSS
Thank you! 
Oooooh, I definitely see the pony now *facepalms* WHOOPS
Thanks for the tips! They will be super helpful in the future <3
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I seriously am so excited for you
It's cool 
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You're always welcome
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AhmaGOad this is so great!! i love it , the shading is so nice
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Thank you so much! I am so glad you like it <333
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