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Published: 2018-02-06 21:13:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 885; Favourites: 64; Downloads: 20
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Yeah, that's what happens when you let me participate in valentine's day challenge for a Howrse coat. I wondered how I can possibly avoid kitch, glitter and pink, so I finally settled with silver and red
Also it's another "heraldric" unicorn, because it's nice when they are more than just horned equines (or, perhaps, I just like the concept of them)I think it's the first time I used layer modes for such a large part of shading.
Made with GIMP-GPS.
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Solid. I like the subtle heart-shaped dapples. ;}
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Thanks! 
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Phooey.
As you should be!
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This is gorgeous and incredible and heartrending. I'm with you on the horned equine matter. I like when they're clearly something not normal. Something otherworldly.
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Thank you!
I like the fact that heraldric unicorn is almost something familiar (an equine), and yet its non-equine parts are surprising, distinctive for a different type of creature. They can be otherwordly, mythical, mysterious, or just strange and unusual, it largely depends on style and color.
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What kind of metaphor, if you don't mind me asking? I kind of get a feeling of shock and betrayal from it.
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(sorry for the slow reply)
As the theme of the challenge was Valentine's Day, I think that a primary interpretation can be a sudden fall in love, a feeling so shocking and powerful that it struck him down mid-stride (unicorn is a powerful, strong animal, so it can be a figure of wilderness and strenght that yields before a feeling).
I guess that the piece can be interpreted in a number of ways (e.g. as unicorn is a symbol of innocence, there can be a somewhat darker interpretation of amor's arrow as a symbol of lust that kills innocence). To be honest, I didn't have a fixed idea about the exact symbolical meaning when I was drawing him, so I'd leave it open for interpretation.
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So pretty <3 Great work with dapples there,love those little hearts XD
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Thanks!
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No idea if you can see it on Golden Apples small format...hopefully someone will spot it
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Glad you like them! I've seen a lot of heart-shaped patches on pintos or leopards, but not nearly as much of heart-shaped dapples!
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