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Sunni
07:20:45 Sunni bunny
Bye Ivy, take care.
Also a few people in my family are.
Crestwood Eq.
07:19:58 Ivy / poison ivy
Ta Ta my loves!
Sunni
07:19:57 Sunni bunny
Ivy, it's okay I know you didn't mean it that way, everyone has their reasons.
XD
Crestwood Eq.
07:19:52 Ivy / poison ivy
I must go now
Crestwood Eq.
07:19:45 Ivy / poison ivy
Sunni

Some of the world's smartest people have autism. I probably have some. Just not medically diagnosed.
Sunni
07:18:06 Sunni bunny
But he loves kids,
I believe he has autism.
He can't work to my knowledge but he is extremely smart.
Crestwood Eq.
07:17:20 Ivy / poison ivy
ZEZ

I didn't mean it like that.
Sunni
07:17:14 Sunni bunny
Her other son, isn't even related to my dad. Dad really did some bad things to him growing up.
And she didn't treat him no better.
I still see him as a bother even tho we aren't related.
Crestwood Eq.
07:17:03 Ivy / poison ivy
sunni

poor man
ZequineZ
07:16:51 ZEZ - ZZ
Ivy, As someone who will never have childeren, assuming someone ‘has something against’ them is probably not something best said out loud
Sunni
07:15:58 Sunni bunny
Ivy it's okay, I all ways make the joke I am an open book.
my step brother got messed up in the romantic department.
His girl left him after being together for 1 years.
She apparently been seeing someone behind his back.
She got pregnant within 1 months of leaving him.
Mythological
07:15:44 Crowley
Thanks Sunni
Crestwood Eq.
07:13:40 Ivy / poison ivy
Sunni

Hmm. Suspicious. What's her son got against kids? Sorry i'm being very nosy...
Sunni
07:12:55 Sunni bunny
Ivy I don't trust her with my own children, but she's been oddly nicer to me since I am older.
Probably because she knows her son won't give her grandchildren.
Lynx
My mom has all ways been very understanding about things.
Maybe a little to over protective but she did right with me and my brother.
Sunni
07:11:04 Sunni bunny
Crowley I hope everything goes well.
I'll keep your mom's dog in my prayers tonight.
Lynx Glory
07:10:42 ⛈ whisper/lynx
sunni
bro that's crazy. im glad you're mom was understanding about it though
Crestwood Eq.
07:10:36 Ivy / poison ivy
Sunni

Me too... but i really makes you wonder....
Sunni
07:09:58 Sunni bunny
Ivy I am scared to know what he saw XD.
Id be running to the door.
Crestwood Eq.
07:09:50 Ivy / poison ivy
Well that's good
Sunni
07:09:32 Sunni bunny
We did find out grape seed is really good for a UTI.
I would take it daily and it generally helped easy pain and kept them under control.
I never had to go in medication for them.

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Sunni
07:20:45 Sunni bunny
Bye Ivy, take care.
Also a few people in my family are.
Crestwood Eq.
07:19:58 Ivy / poison ivy
Ta Ta my loves!
Sunni
07:19:57 Sunni bunny
Ivy, it's okay I know you didn't mean it that way, everyone has their reasons.
XD
Crestwood Eq.
07:19:52 Ivy / poison ivy
I must go now
Crestwood Eq.
07:19:45 Ivy / poison ivy
Sunni

Some of the world's smartest people have autism. I probably have some. Just not medically diagnosed.
Sunni
07:18:06 Sunni bunny
But he loves kids,
I believe he has autism.
He can't work to my knowledge but he is extremely smart.
Crestwood Eq.
07:17:20 Ivy / poison ivy
ZEZ

I didn't mean it like that.
Sunni
07:17:14 Sunni bunny
Her other son, isn't even related to my dad. Dad really did some bad things to him growing up.
And she didn't treat him no better.
I still see him as a bother even tho we aren't related.
Crestwood Eq.
07:17:03 Ivy / poison ivy
sunni

poor man
ZequineZ
07:16:51 ZEZ - ZZ
Ivy, As someone who will never have childeren, assuming someone ‘has something against’ them is probably not something best said out loud
Sunni
07:15:58 Sunni bunny
Ivy it's okay, I all ways make the joke I am an open book.
my step brother got messed up in the romantic department.
His girl left him after being together for 1 years.
She apparently been seeing someone behind his back.
She got pregnant within 1 months of leaving him.
Mythological
07:15:44 Crowley
Thanks Sunni
Crestwood Eq.
07:13:40 Ivy / poison ivy
Sunni

Hmm. Suspicious. What's her son got against kids? Sorry i'm being very nosy...
Sunni
07:12:55 Sunni bunny
Ivy I don't trust her with my own children, but she's been oddly nicer to me since I am older.
Probably because she knows her son won't give her grandchildren.
Lynx
My mom has all ways been very understanding about things.
Maybe a little to over protective but she did right with me and my brother.
Sunni
07:11:04 Sunni bunny
Crowley I hope everything goes well.
I'll keep your mom's dog in my prayers tonight.
Lynx Glory
07:10:42 ⛈ whisper/lynx
sunni
bro that's crazy. im glad you're mom was understanding about it though
Crestwood Eq.
07:10:36 Ivy / poison ivy
Sunni

Me too... but i really makes you wonder....
Sunni
07:09:58 Sunni bunny
Ivy I am scared to know what he saw XD.
Id be running to the door.
Crestwood Eq.
07:09:50 Ivy / poison ivy
Well that's good
Sunni
07:09:32 Sunni bunny
We did find out grape seed is really good for a UTI.
I would take it daily and it generally helped easy pain and kept them under control.
I never had to go in medication for them.

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Body Prep Tips <3 January 30, 2024 07:44 PM


SilverFern Stables
 
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Ever since I started doing art I have really struggled with body prep... in particular the smudging step.

I find that I always seem to over smudge and loose detail and make things all muddy, then I try again after turning my brush settings down a tad and there is barely any effect. I usually manage to make something that looks okay using layers and opacity etc, but it still feels like the effect isn't uniform and there is almost always texture left over that really annoys me.

I want a more realistic look to my pieces so I want to preserve a fair bit of detail and I'm not aiming to repaint the whole horse (I'm not good enough to paint all the detail back in lol). But I don't feel I can leave the stock untouched either... I want em smoothish!

Does anyone have any tips that might help me strike a better balance? I use GIMP 2.10 so it would be extra awesome to hear from fellow gimp users but most other software has tools that translate over.

Here are some recent examples, not sure how obvious it is in the final product but it still frustrates me lol (here is my gallery for more examples)

Thank you in advance <33

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Edited at January 30, 2024 08:11 PM by SilverFern Stables
Body Prep Tips <3 January 30, 2024 08:08 PM


Florestä
 
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No advice here but..
Your body prep was what I tried to replicate when doing my recent pieces :)
Whatever you're doing, I think it looks great 🤷‍♀️

Edited at January 30, 2024 08:08 PM by Florestä
Body Prep Tips <3 January 30, 2024 08:13 PM


SilverFern Stables
 
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Oh my that's such a compliment thank you!!!
Maybe it's my perfectionism getting to me.... I just struggle to grapple with small details not being exactly how I want them... maybe what I need is some perspective xD

Florestä said:
No advice here but..
Your body prep was what I tried to replicate when doing my recent pieces :)
Whatever you're doing, I think it looks great 🤷‍♀️


Body Prep Tips <3 January 30, 2024 08:14 PM


Tranquility
 
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So, to me, your smudging looks pretty good honestly. Personally, I would lower the opacity on the clipping layer more. Don't smudge the face (especially if you have good stock) or if you still feel like you need to, do it on another layer and lower opacity even more than the body. Sometimes I do this with legs too. Also avoid directly smudging shadow lines or really bright lines too. Unless your planning to repaint the lighting of the horse. You've got a good start, something that helps too, is going back in a repainting highlights and sometimes lowlights in shadows and things of muscle. I didn't think it was worth my time either, but it truly does make it pop. I think,... hmm. I can't quite remember the artists name, but she does like, those quick art manip videos on YouTube and one of them really helped explain how to do them well and in depth with a good example to follow. if anyone knows who im talking about please help lol. She was an amazing artists on HEE a bit ago too!
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Anyways, with smudging, it takes very little to overdo it. I personally don't think it's very over done at all with your art. Smudge in circles. And carefully. Take your time. Use lower brush levels and opacitys. It will take longer but it will look just more professional. <3
.
Use better horse stock. In general, they will be less grainy with will let you preserve more detail without repainting it all back in.
Body Prep Tips <3 January 30, 2024 08:21 PM


Tranquility
 
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Oooh it was Wings. Wings of Glory. But I don't know what her youtube was called. Anyways, she had some GREAT videos that I highly recommend watching!
Body Prep Tips <3 January 30, 2024 08:31 PM


KPH Equestrian
 
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Tranquility said:
Oooh it was Wings. Wings of Glory. But I don't know what her youtube was called. Anyways, she had some GREAT videos that I highly recommend watching!


I did a bit of digging(for like 2 minutes lol) and found Wings' TY Channel, it's called Jericho and winter :) (Found it here :3

Edited at January 30, 2024 08:32 PM by KPH Equestrian
Body Prep Tips <3 January 30, 2024 09:02 PM


SilverFern Stables
 
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Tranquility said:
So, to me, your smudging looks pretty good honestly. Personally, I would lower the opacity on the clipping layer more. Don't smudge the face (especially if you have good stock) or if you still feel like you need to, do it on another layer and lower opacity even more than the body. Sometimes I do this with legs too. Also avoid directly smudging shadow lines or really bright lines too. Unless your planning to repaint the lighting of the horse. You've got a good start, something that helps too, is going back in a repainting highlights and sometimes lowlights in shadows and things of muscle. I didn't think it was worth my time either, but it truly does make it pop. I think,... hmm. I can't quite remember the artists name, but she does like, those quick art manip videos on YouTube and one of them really helped explain how to do them well and in depth with a good example to follow. if anyone knows who im talking about please help lol. She was an amazing artists on HEE a bit ago too!
.
Anyways, with smudging, it takes very little to overdo it. I personally don't think it's very over done at all with your art. Smudge in circles. And carefully. Take your time. Use lower brush levels and opacitys. It will take longer but it will look just more professional. <3
.
Use better horse stock. In general, they will be less grainy with will let you preserve more detail without repainting it all back in.


That is super helpful thank you so so much!
I definitely need to be pickier on the stock front... I don't really have the option of using paid stock so I'll have to up my standards while trawling through DA lol

KPH Equestrian said:

Tranquility said:
Oooh it was Wings. Wings of Glory. But I don't know what her youtube was called. Anyways, she had some GREAT videos that I highly recommend watching!


I did a bit of digging(for like 2 minutes lol) and found Wings' TY Channel, it's called Jericho and winter :) (Found it here :3


You're amazing thank you!!! <3
I've never seen them before so a great resource to have

Edited at January 30, 2024 09:02 PM by SilverFern Stables
Body Prep Tips <3 January 30, 2024 09:48 PM


Lucky Ranch
 
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omg your art is gorgeousss ♥️♥️♥️
you can redefine details by making a new clipping layer, take a light or white color and define the highlights parts
set the layer mode to soft light or overlay (you can play around and see which one looks best), then smudge it a bit, and then lower opacity
and do the same for shadows, but with dark color or black
and sometimes multiply layer mode works best for this
heres basically the same thing but with pics lol and from rhiaan, super talented artist!
golden hall stables also has a super cool tutorial in the forums somewhere give me a sec ill find it
edit: found it!
they also have some other great tutorials in this same thread!

Edited at January 30, 2024 09:48 PM by Lucky Ranch
Body Prep Tips <3 January 30, 2024 09:57 PM


Valhalla Acreage
 
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This is willows how to do horses
Body Prep Tips <3 January 30, 2024 10:03 PM


KPH Equestrian
 
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SilverFern Stables said:

Tranquility said:
So, to me, your smudging looks pretty good honestly. Personally, I would lower the opacity on the clipping layer more. Don't smudge the face (especially if you have good stock) or if you still feel like you need to, do it on another layer and lower opacity even more than the body. Sometimes I do this with legs too. Also avoid directly smudging shadow lines or really bright lines too. Unless your planning to repaint the lighting of the horse. You've got a good start, something that helps too, is going back in a repainting highlights and sometimes lowlights in shadows and things of muscle. I didn't think it was worth my time either, but it truly does make it pop. I think,... hmm. I can't quite remember the artists name, but she does like, those quick art manip videos on YouTube and one of them really helped explain how to do them well and in depth with a good example to follow. if anyone knows who im talking about please help lol. She was an amazing artists on HEE a bit ago too!
.
Anyways, with smudging, it takes very little to overdo it. I personally don't think it's very over done at all with your art. Smudge in circles. And carefully. Take your time. Use lower brush levels and opacitys. It will take longer but it will look just more professional. <3
.
Use better horse stock. In general, they will be less grainy with will let you preserve more detail without repainting it all back in.


That is super helpful thank you so so much!
I definitely need to be pickier on the stock front... I don't really have the option of using paid stock so I'll have to up my standards while trawling through DA lol

KPH Equestrian said:

Tranquility said:
Oooh it was Wings. Wings of Glory. But I don't know what her youtube was called. Anyways, she had some GREAT videos that I highly recommend watching!


I did a bit of digging(for like 2 minutes lol) and found Wings' TY Channel, it's called Jericho and winter :) (Found it here :3


You're amazing thank you!!! <3
I've never seen them before so a great resource to have


Of course! And btw DancesWithPonies and Venomxbaby are(IMO) some of the best horse stock providers on DA. Venomxbaby has hers organized by coat color, and DancesWithPonies sorts theirs by breed :3

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