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:bulletred:Time: 7-8 hours (over 3 days)
:bulletwhite:Program: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 / Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet
:bulletblue:Element: Water
:bulletblack:Character: Rhydain
:bulletpurple:Reference: Wave: [link] Horse: photo by Bob Langrish out of "The Fact Book Of Horses"

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:wow: FINALLY, it's finished!!
After all these long hours and frustration and suckish photoshop, it's finished!! :w00t:

Yes, so, this is my entry for :iconboribaby:'s Elements Contest. I chose Rhydain and the Element Water. Something about his colours reminded me of mist or a storm or the ocean...;)

I drew this on a giant peice of paper first, not knowing it would be for this contest. I did another Rhydain pic but it's very bad, and definatley didn't have a chance to place in the contest. So, I took this big drawing of mine (because as I drew it I knew it would be Rhydain :D) and scanned it...but the legs were cut off. So I had to redraw them, ugh. (*hates drawing legs on anything :XD:*) Then, lineart, that took a while, shading, oh my GODDESS that took SO long!! :faint:

This was one of the first times I really took my time and shaded/highlighted. No dodge and burn, full separate layers for the shading of the mane, shading of the body, highlights on the body, highlights on the mane, highlights on the markings, shading on the markings, and shading on the hooves. :crazy: The shading threatened to make me go completley mad, and plus, Photoshop decided to take 5 minutes just to load a simple smudging or blurring (my favourite tools ;) ). >__>;; I'mma kill Photoshop one day...

Anyways, I REALLY spent time on this and just really put my all into it. I am just HOPING...HOPING that I place in this contest. Because this is the first time I've ever finished something I started for a contest or something, it's really a big accomplishment for me. :B So, enjoy!



Thanks to ~redheadstock and =Baringa-of-the-Wind for their wonderful splash brushes!


****ALSO!!! I HyperCammed this, so I will be putting a video of the process in which this was done up on YouTube soon! I'll edit this and add the link when it's up! :D Thank you! ****
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:bulletblue:Art (C) *SaphireTheFortunate
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JNBPhotography's avatar
Wow, you're really good at horses. The detail in the mane and tail are especially awesome! :)