#background practice

Spirit, Father of Comet

Read Part 3 Below

Ash Meets Comet | Part 3 | With a huff, Spirit stood between Ash and Comet, questioning the strange stallion’s intentions with his daughter. Understanding his reaction, Ash lowered his head and ears, submitting to Spirit’s rage. The wild buckskin looked over his daughter for wounds, and with none in sight Spirit sighed in relief. Looking back at Ash, he noticed the wounds on his face and hind that reminded Spirit of his own past. Knowing he needed to get back to his herd, Spirit allowed Ash to join them to let him explain more while in the safety of numbers.

Ash and Spirit talked into the early morning, sharing stories of their past relations with humans. Now better understanding, Spirit apologized for acting so aggressively when they met, but Ash shook his head and grinned, knowing full well he would have done the same. A few hundred feet away Comet watched with envy, chewing quietly and listening to as much as she could. Rain reassured Comet with a tail swipe to the leg. The young mare grunted while her mother chuckled and reminded her daughter to be patient. To be continued!

Runaway meets Wild Mare…and her Father

Read below for more context

Ash Meets Comet | Part 2 | In the time it took waiting for the rain to stop, night had fallen. The clouds finally began to dissipate revealing the starry sky, and Ash left the pine that had sheltered him. The first thing he planned to do was wait to come across a herd or another lone stallion to partner up with for a short time. He knew being alone was dangerous for a horse, and being a male would make it difficult to join a herd. In a stroke of luck Ash noticed a lone mare stargazing on a ledge not 200 feet away. He let out a whinny, hoping to get her attention. Indeed the mare turned towards the sudden outburst and saw a strange stallion she’d never seen before. To be continued!

Ash finally see’s Comet for the first time! What do you think Comet’s reaction will be? Stay tuned!

The Runaway

Sorry this is kind of sad but I wanted to properly introduce Ash! He’s a character in my Mustang of the Cimarron AU. I will continue this little story and you’ll see how he meets Comet! Read part 1 below!

Ash Meets Comet | Part 1 | Ash didn’t know how long he’d been running, but his legs were growing weary and he knew he needed to rest. As the rain started to pour down harder, the runaway army stallion took shelter under a pine. A sigh of exhaustion left his nostrils as he laid down and observed the forest around him. As he looked back, he saw his brand scar, reminding him of the hard battles he’d been through and the riders he had lost. Anguish took over his body as he began to gnaw at his scar, trying to rid himself of the memories that haunt him. Hoping that soon he’d be able to start a new life. To be continued!

Midnight Run

Comet out for a nightly run, enjoying the clear starry sky! Wanted to do some more background practice. I’m always pleased when I free hand a pose without using references.

Spirit That Can’t Be Tamed

Drew a sketchy Spirit while I was at work and wanted to make a digital version to practice my backgrounds and lighting! Pretty happy with the outcome.

Original Sketch:

“We’ll find paradise…together.”

Had this idea in my head for a while now and need to get it out of my system. I took the characters from Wolf’s rain and drew them as horses! I loved this anime growing up!

Comet Mustang of the Cimarron

Comet all grown up! This was a good challenge! I was able to do the whole background scene from Spirit, except for the clouds. Those are the original from the movie and belong to DreamWorks. Hope you’ve enjoyed me binge drawing this little lady!

Family Run Under the Sun

Had to draw the whole family together, because Spirit racing with his daughter is adorable. (Really happy with how Spirit looks in my style)

Daughter of Spirit and Rain

Welcome little one, we’ve waited so long to meet you. Thank you so much to juno_foxx (instagram) for this super adorable Spirit X Rain foal design. I think I’m going to name her Comet!

Here’s some background studies based on some postcards I saw in a local shop. Didn’t mean to take such a long hiatus but I had issues with my computer that are now hopefully fixed. :)

~ The perfect picnic spot ~

This is based on an old thumbnail sketch I did in my sketchbook back in 2018-2019. Decided to do this to get some more background practice in

Here’s another wip, I think I’ll get the finished piece up tomorrow or in a few days ^^ Had to take a little break. Here you can see how the sketch of the background actually looked before I started working on it. 

You’re getting a little wip of a piece I’m working on :} I was originally planning this for halloween but decided to challenge myself to draw an indoor scene instead so it’s taking a little bit longer to plan the background again.

Some more background studies based on postcards.

holy sh*t!!! really proud of this one!, recently decided to practice some background using paint over method, and holy fuck, i love the way this turned out! this is the image i painted this over with https://jeollanamdosalad.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/fukuoka-or-a-short-trip-to-japan/
decided to put mob and dimple in just for funsies

more background shit to come!

trying so hard to practice my background using reference pictures, gonna practice some more. also, practicing the mood and lighting in my drawings, so frickin’ hard. new ocs btw 030