Twas a Dark and Stormy Night

Okay, I've been lacking a personal touch to my page layout, so I did what I've been wanting to do for a long time. An attempt to draw similarly to those paintings of horses you may see that are unbelievably realistic. I failed on that part, but I wanted to know what things I did right and what things I did wrong in what I have. Do you mind critiquing my art? Nevertheless, I'm going to use it in my page layout, maybe sell it in a couple of months once I make a new one for my home page. Thank you!

P.S. Please don't comment on how plain it is- I may lightning bolts, etc. soon.

Last edited on 2017-01-04 at 20:24:34 by ♫ℳℯ⍺∂ℴ⍵♫

I would try using a slightly lighter colored horse for the example, as a dark one is hard to see. Also, shading seems to have the light source coming from two different directions, the right and left top corners. you'll want to decide what direction the light is coming from before shading.

I wanted the darkness to give it a more blended effect, and the light to be coming all around as it peeked through the clouds, but I see where it looks like it went wrong. Thank you!

I'd make the light source directly above then, as that is how light seems to reflect on really cloudy days.

Thank you for the tip! Would you say this is at least acceptable for one who has about a week of experience with drawing horses using a mouse? That's my situation right now. Luckily, Youtube has many videos on horse anatomy.

I like the dark color tbh.
I also like it without lightning... too much would be too busy. A couple bolts is okay, though.

SilverWolves is right about the lack of color, however, so I added lightning as an attention grabber in the midst of all the darkness.

If you add lightning, just remember that it becomes your light source. Light would be coming from wherever there is a lightning bolt. (solves the lighting problem too)

Yeah, I was hoping if I put lightning almost right beside, it would look more natural. ^^

I think it's looks great :D

@Wonder Wiki
Aw, thank you so much!

The shoulders and hindquarters aren't THAT round/defined. Also, if the horse was looking the way if was, the neck wouldn't be as slim and even.
As for shading, I've no clue.











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This looks amazing! ♥

Ahh, thank you! ♥