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Its finally here!!!!

Part one of the huge series of tutorials I'm planning.

For full details on all the tutorials to follow, go here: [link]

Horses:
Mistletoe Kisses
Faerie Promise
Walking with Angels
Peregrin Took

Explanations:

First - I am not trying to insult anyone's intelligence with this. Not at all. I am simply starting right at the very, very beginning, with the idea that someone who has never looked at a saddle in real life before, can learn as much about drawing them as someone who rides daily.

Second - side saddles will be covered entirely separately.

Third - This is information that I personally have gathered. People have different methods of tacking up, or different names for saddle parts all over the world, so it may simply be that I know a different variation. By all means, ask if you think anything I've said is outright wrong; but I have endeavoured to ensure it is all factual.

Fourth - Please, please pay attention to my rules of use. I really want this to be useful for anyone here on DA who wants it, but it took a lot of time and I will remove it if my work is not respected

This Tack Series is intended primarily for HARPG use, but should be relatable to rl situations.

In rl, a saddler or more experienced person should be called on to correctly fit a saddle, as I haven't gone into detail on fit of the panels around the shoulders. You can't rely solely on this to fit a saddle to a real horse!

The how to draw section was added due to a mixed response from my watchers. Some wanted it, others wanted more focus on other parts. I decided it couldn't hurt to add in that extra bit.

When Drawing: Just remember you don't have to do it this way. I don't even do it this way; but I used to, because it was easier when I didn't understand shapes in my mind so well. And always remember that sketches can be shoddy and scribbly and you can change them. Don't try to get it perfect on the first attempt. You'll drive yourself mental, I guarrantee it.

Rules:

Do not, under any circumstances:

Distribute this image anywhere off of DA!
Copy any of the images/artwork/text on it for use in your own art or tutorials.
Leave comments saying "That's not how I do it!" (As I said, I'm aware everyone has different methods)
Disrespect my artwork by ignoring these rules. I want to share this, and I am really eager to get the whole series out, but I will take them down if I find it distributed without my permission, or any of the images used elsewhere.

Please do:

Learn from it what you want
Ask questions if there's something you don't understand
Link back to it if you use it in your own work for any reason
Link it to anyone you know, if they're looking for something to help them with tack
Send me a link if you use it to help your artwork - I really want to see people benefit and I'd love to see what comes of your work!

Next up: Bridle Basics. Featuring more of the Lakewood Horses.

Once the Basics tutorials are over, the specific ones can start. It is these ones that I will be borrowing the volunteered horses for; so you still have a little bit to wait. But thank you so much to those who've let me borrow horses ahead of time

I won't lie to you - so I don't know when the next bit will be up. I'd like to see how this goes down first, but I promise, I will try not to take forever.

I utterly lost count of how much time went into this.
Tiny sketches scanned in and everything done on Photoshop, with text typed in paint then embedded.
Believe this if you want or not - but no refs were used. Just a heck of a lot of experience, obsession and research over the years
Art, characters and tutorial image are copyright to ~Tattered-Dreams
Do not take, copy, edit, redistribute or manipulate.

Description

Its finally here!!!!

Part one of the huge series of tutorials I'm planning.

For full details on all the tutorials to follow, go here: [link]

Horses:
Mistletoe Kisses
Faerie Promise
Walking with Angels
Peregrin Took

Explanations:

First - I am not trying to insult anyone's intelligence with this. Not at all. I am simply starting right at the very, very beginning, with the idea that someone who has never looked at a saddle in real life before, can learn as much about drawing them as someone who rides daily.

Second - side saddles will be covered entirely separately.

Third - This is information that I personally have gathered. People have different methods of tacking up, or different names for saddle parts all over the world, so it may simply be that I know a different variation. By all means, ask if you think anything I've said is outright wrong; but I have endeavoured to ensure it is all factual.

Fourth - Please, please pay attention to my rules of use. I really want this to be useful for anyone here on DA who wants it, but it took a lot of time and I will remove it if my work is not respected

This Tack Series is intended primarily for HARPG use, but should be relatable to rl situations.

In rl, a saddler or more experienced person should be called on to correctly fit a saddle, as I haven't gone into detail on fit of the panels around the shoulders. You can't rely solely on this to fit a saddle to a real horse!

The how to draw section was added due to a mixed response from my watchers. Some wanted it, others wanted more focus on other parts. I decided it couldn't hurt to add in that extra bit.

When Drawing: Just remember you don't have to do it this way. I don't even do it this way; but I used to, because it was easier when I didn't understand shapes in my mind so well. And always remember that sketches can be shoddy and scribbly and you can change them. Don't try to get it perfect on the first attempt. You'll drive yourself mental, I guarrantee it.

Rules:

Do not, under any circumstances:

Distribute this image anywhere off of DA!
Copy any of the images/artwork/text on it for use in your own art or tutorials.
Leave comments saying "That's not how I do it!" (As I said, I'm aware everyone has different methods)
Disrespect my artwork by ignoring these rules. I want to share this, and I am really eager to get the whole series out, but I will take them down if I find it distributed without my permission, or any of the images used elsewhere.

Please do:

Learn from it what you want
Ask questions if there's something you don't understand
Link back to it if you use it in your own work for any reason
Link it to anyone you know, if they're looking for something to help them with tack
Send me a link if you use it to help your artwork - I really want to see people benefit and I'd love to see what comes of your work!

Next up: Bridle Basics. Featuring more of the Lakewood Horses.

Once the Basics tutorials are over, the specific ones can start. It is these ones that I will be borrowing the volunteered horses for; so you still have a little bit to wait. But thank you so much to those who've let me borrow horses ahead of time

I won't lie to you - so I don't know when the next bit will be up. I'd like to see how this goes down first, but I promise, I will try not to take forever.

I utterly lost count of how much time went into this.
Tiny sketches scanned in and everything done on Photoshop, with text typed in paint then embedded.
Believe this if you want or not - but no refs were used. Just a heck of a lot of experience, obsession and research over the years
Art, characters and tutorial image are copyright to ~Tattered-Dreams
Do not take, copy, edit, redistribute or manipulate.