@Golden

Well, I'd say you're off to a wonderful start! Very nice job cutting out the horses and the mane looks wonderful! Main thing I'd look at is lighting. Especially in the first one, you have a very clear light source. Therefore, the horse should be lighter and darker in places to match.

Well I fucked up a lot on this but hey, when do I not? I am a fuck up x)

Really want to improve my manips. Any help is appreciated 👌 I forgot to blur on this one so, uh, just ignore that, don't need to be told bout that part lol. Am just a dumbass.

@Gem

Thank you! (spent forever trying different techniques for the mane lol) Yeah, I definitely see what you mean. Do you have any tips for fixing lighting? I am kind of stuck at the moment trying to figure that out

@misha

i can't really see the nostrils that well. And maybe blend out the coat a little more.

@Mish

I both agree and disagree with Cain. Would like to see to nostrils a bit better but I like the coat the way it is. The main thing Inwoupd look at is the lighting. Especially stronger highlights and shadows. Beautiful mane and tail, per usual 😉

Only other suggestion is to add a clipping layer set to 'color' above the horse, then use an airbrush in reds and purples to ring the horse and help it blend. Great work!!!

@Golden

My go to lighting technique is to first make the horse as dark as it would be in the image without any light source. Form there, add layers set to 'overlay' above the horse and use a white soft brush to add highlights, blurring the highlights as needed to make it more natural <3

I feel like something is missing besides credits

Cain,

to me there is a lack of shadow under the horse. The hair looks good, but I would add a slight shadow under the hair to make it seem a tad more realistic. Other than that, I think it looks great!

Ignore

Double, sorry.