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Published: 2012-12-22 09:12:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 604; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 5
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Lo and behold, here is a brand-new oeuvre d'art from yours truly.
I present to you my ESS (Equine Secret Santa) for the year 2012. My recipient this year is *RidingInLongSocks , who requested a picture of Myrant, an OC stallion who was born blind, hence the weird blue eyes. I realized too late that he had no tail, so I just made his tail super-duper-short. Here's the full story, for you curious little monkeys: [link]
I hope it turned out okay. At least I got my entry done at the appointed time, for once. I think it helped that I used my tablet for this, and I forced myself to not be quite so picky about the lineart. I think the broad, sweeping strokes turned out rather nicely, don't you? As for those "dots" that surround the character, all I used was the soft brush and a very light shade of blue.
Merry Christmas, mates, and happy holidays!
Myrant © *RidingInLongSocks
Image © *unicorn-skydancer08
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I had some suggestions for your horse anatomy so I made a redline for you. Hope it's helpful.
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Also, while making the redline I noticed that your image is very large. Just a suggestion but, while it's good to make the original file big, wen you submit it online it's a good idea to shrink it down. Often you should work at 300 or 360 dpi, but when you submit it online you should shrink it down to somewhere between 72 dpi and 200 dpi... 250 usually is the most.
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What's dpi, and how do you shrink it down? If I make it too small it looks fuzzy.
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"dpi" stands for "dots per inch"; essentially it's a printing term where image resolution is determined by dots of ink. It's translated to the screen as pixels... so maybe a better name would be "pixels per inch". XD But anyway, yeah, it's a term for image resolution.
When working with digital art, the standard is 300 or 360 dpi. Your image is over 500 which I guess you could work with but like I said, 300 or 360 is the standard.
When setting up a new document to start painting on, set it for 300 and then decide how big you would want the image to be if you printed it (over-simplifying it but that's the general idea). So, if I wanted to make a picture for a small poster, I would probably set it up for 300 dpi, 15 inches by 11 inches. And then I start my work! 
Walk through time. I just downloaded your image here, but it not only took forever to load; it took forever to save, which is a good clue that it's way too large for the internet. Currently, your image is around 10 by 7 inches, with a resolution even higher than I remembered--600 dpi. Way too large for the internet. In order to shrink it own, I open the navigator window and set it on 100%, like I said. Then I open up your "image size" window from the "image" menu and, with all three options selected (scale styles, restrain proportions, and resample image) I shrink down the dpi. Before my eyes I can see the image shrink down to a smaller size, and I can decide how small is too small, how big I want it, etc. Voila! That's how you do it.
Another tip: when saving your art for your portfolio it is good to save it as a lossless, high-quality file type like PNG or, as I'm lately learning, TIFF. However, for the internet you should submit it as a JPEG, which is much smaller and easier for the internet to handle.
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Thanks for the tip. I'll try to do that for my next image.
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Glad to help. ^^
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You learn with each new image. That's what art's really all about: learning to get better and better.
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It sure feels good to post art again. I've missed it as much as anyone else.
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But I'd say that tablet was a real bargain.
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Wow, very nice. 
But he's very interesting. I may read more about him. Great job and congrats on making the deadline
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Yeah, maybe that'll help it go quicker and smoother.
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Yeh, it really helps take the stress off your art.
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And make it more fun!
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Yupyup! :3 I'm glad to see you're taking the time not to let it bother you as much, and to just relax with it. ^^
I still need to ink & colour your gift, but hopefully I can get it done before December ends.
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I can wait. Take your time.
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Like I said, I've been keeping other people waiting. So why should I complain about waiting myself?
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I'll try not to keep you waiting too long. ^^ Hope you like it when it's done. :3 *hugs*
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Knowing you, it will be worth the wait.
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Aw, you're too kind.
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Quite the contrary, you can never be too kind.
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It's one of those things where, no matter how much you give it, it never seems to run dry.
The more you take from the well, the more the well overflows.
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Hey, that's a great way of putting it. :3
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I have a way with words, don't I? 
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So beautiful!! Thankyou so so much:') 
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You're very welcome. He was a lot of fun to draw and color. 
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and to you!
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Ho, ho, ho!
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Thanks, Ashley!
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Disability doesn't always mean total helplessness.
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I agree. Being blind/disabled doesn't mean we are wanting to be pitied. That really angers me when others do that. Just something to remember.
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Yeah, I believe in helping them when they sincerely need help, but we shouldn't do everything for them or treat them as if they're bound to break at any given time. I know I wouldn't like that.
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Don't I know it. 0_O I know some of these people mean well, but it comes off as rather ignorant at times.
Especially when I get complete strangers stopping and asking me what happened. I'm half tempted to say I got on the bad end of a bear fight. Lols!
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Now, wouldn't that be a sight!
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I know, right? 
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Haha! 
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmhm.
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Well, anyway, the main thing is that even disabled people are still people, and therefore should be treated as such.
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I even saw a blind guy on my campus and bus a few times. He managed quite well on his own; he didn't even use a seeing dog. Just used this long stick and waved it around to know where he was going.
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Of course. That is what was normal for him so it's easy for him to get around that way.
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