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Description
Off-site commission.

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Zoom in for details! First time using CS5 [which my sister somehow managed to delete... lucky GIMP can open PSD files, otherwise that would've been 5 hours' work gone].
Sorry about the horrible JPEG quality. deviantArt was being a bum and uploading a PNG image would've taken forever :<

"Peponi" means "Paradise" in Swahili
The horse's pose was too unique to just file away for later use... in this manipulation, it's like he's trying to make a break away to paradise

I n s p i r a t i o n
Peponi (Paradise), a cover by ThePianoGuys, which you can listen to by clicking here: [link]

I n f o
Time: Seven hours
Layers: 32, unmerged
Tools: Photoshop CS5, GIMP 2.6, mouse, laptop touchpad
Other: I'm actually pretty pleased with this one. I mean, not bad xD
CS5 is really advanced, actually. I can see why people would use it. Didn't get around to trying out actions and all, but I think it actually made the whole project more difficult because there were so many tools (with different icons, too!) to choose from. I messed around with them a bit.
One of the biggest problems I had was painting the mane and tail... at first, I couldn't find the brush presets to set it to 'fade out', so I derped around wasting time there LOL. I'm still not fully satisfied with it, but I'm trying out a new technique... it's okay.
Tack removal was a real pain, especially because I was removing it at like, 11 at night. Couldn't exactly see what I was doing, and I was feeling extremely woozy xD

S t o c k
Thank you to all of my stock providers!
Horse by ~a72cool
Background by ~planem997
All else painted by ~storms-and-lightning

Description
Off-site commission.

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Zoom in for details! First time using CS5 [which my sister somehow managed to delete... lucky GIMP can open PSD files, otherwise that would've been 5 hours' work gone].
Sorry about the horrible JPEG quality. deviantArt was being a bum and uploading a PNG image would've taken forever :<

"Peponi" means "Paradise" in Swahili
The horse's pose was too unique to just file away for later use... in this manipulation, it's like he's trying to make a break away to paradise

I n s p i r a t i o n
Peponi (Paradise), a cover by ThePianoGuys, which you can listen to by clicking here: [link]

I n f o
Time: Seven hours
Layers: 32, unmerged
Tools: Photoshop CS5, GIMP 2.6, mouse, laptop touchpad
Other: I'm actually pretty pleased with this one. I mean, not bad xD
CS5 is really advanced, actually. I can see why people would use it. Didn't get around to trying out actions and all, but I think it actually made the whole project more difficult because there were so many tools (with different icons, too!) to choose from. I messed around with them a bit.
One of the biggest problems I had was painting the mane and tail... at first, I couldn't find the brush presets to set it to 'fade out', so I derped around wasting time there LOL. I'm still not fully satisfied with it, but I'm trying out a new technique... it's okay.
Tack removal was a real pain, especially because I was removing it at like, 11 at night. Couldn't exactly see what I was doing, and I was feeling extremely woozy xD

S t o c k
Thank you to all of my stock providers!
Horse by ~a72cool
Background by ~planem997
All else painted by ~storms-and-lightning