you were the same as me.

"you were the same as me
but on your knees"

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senseless ramblings
the inspiration for this piece didn't come until after i had started blending the sky and working with the water. it originally started only as a project to practice blending, which i haven't done before. the inspiration wasn't initially for a unicorn but rather for any kind of melancholy looking horse.
i had the picture of this horse in my favorites and it was when i came across it again that the inspiration for the unicorn piece came.
it is meant to look melancholy, sort of like a last surviving unicorn sort of thing. and even, at that, it's supposed to feel as if even this particular unicorn is beginning to die, which is why it's a bit dark and he's not looking as proud as a unicorn should.
that's the feeling i got from it and the feel that i worked with, but feel free to draw your own conclusions from it.

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this piece makes me want to cry out of boundless joy and enormous pride.
this piece includes a lot of firsts for me:
first time ever blending backgrounds
first time ever working extensively with water/reflections
first time constructing an entire mane and tail myself
first time ever making a unicorn

about
time: 4+ hours
layers: 60+
program: GIMP 2.0

credits
horse:
landscape/sky:
horn:
blending tutorial:
everything else: me