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the crow and the butterfly

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"i haven't slept in what seems like a century,
and now i can barely breathe.
just like a crow chasing the butterfly,
dandelions lost in the summer skies,
when you and i were getting high as outer space,
i never thought you'd slip away.
i guess i was just a little too late."

&& shinedown -- the crow & the butterfly

the crow & the butterfly
Where to start? I'm so happy to have finally finished this thing. I started about two and a half weeks ago during spring break, and had plenty of roadblocks along the way. There were days when I thought I'd never be able to finish this thing, and I must've redrawn the manes and tails a million times before I settled with something that was halfway decent. This may or may not be prettiest thing I have made, but it is definitely the piece I'm most proud of. I had a specific vision in mind when I first started this manip, and I was afraid that my skills wouldn't allow me to create the vision I had, but in the end, I'm rather pleased with how everything turned out.

I tried my hand at partial recoloring/markings here, which turned out better than I expected. And it was my first try at wings in a very long time. A few of the eyes turn out a bit creepy at this size, but they looked rather normal in the original picture, which was about 2300px wide (this resized version is 1000px wide). I do have a normal version of the reflection in the water, but I don't think I'll be uploading that. It's rather plain and boring, and something isn't quite right about how it all comes together. Only reason I like it is because the manes/tails and wings are more detailed and look better. And... that's not reason enough to upload it.

credits
:iconajk-original-stock: sky/meadow [link]
:iconnight-fate-stock: desert (reflection) [link]
:iconmustang4-stock: foal (left) [link]
:iconstarrynight-stock: foal (right) [link]
:iconimnotcrazy-really: bay horse [link]
:iconshi-stock: black horse [link]
:iconshoofly-stock: crow & butterfly & wings [link] [link]

made using Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 & Adobe Photoshop 5.0
manip © 2010 ~SeaLight-Studios
Image size
1000x822px 1.15 MB
© 2010 - 2024 SeaLight-Studios
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slime-stock's avatar
[link] Did you allow Golden Ticket on howrse to use your manip as her layout?