Character Style

I'm still trying to find my style with drawing the human characters of the comic. I don't want it to be terribly realistic, but at the same time, I don't want it to be in an anime or manga style...I'm trying to find a happy medium between that is slightly cartoony, but still semi-realistic. It's tough...I don't want to copy the styles of others. It's gonna take me a while to develop a style of my own that I actually like, but I just need some practice.

<3 Fearless

Testing Testin 1...2..3...

Second Chance by Shinedown

(a.k.a. the Halley's Comet song)
In case you were wondering where the inspiration came from for the horse, Hayleigh's Comet...

The majority of horse names for my comic have been inspired by something, whether it be a flavor of lip gloss, a phrase from a song, or a metaphoric representation of something in everyday life. About a month ago, I was on the prowl for horse name inspiration. I just so happened to be in Pittsburgh, at the Hard Rock, eating an insanely delicious bacon cheeseburger, when all the sudden this amazing song came on: Second Chance by Shinedown. The instant I heard the line about Halley’s Comet, I knew that had to be her name. A couple spelling tweaks and it was perfect. Even the title of the song, “Second Chance” perfectly sums up the main theme of my comic. :D

Here are the lyrics to Second Chance by Shinedown from azlyrics.com:

"Second Chance"

My eyes are open wide
And by the way, I made it
Through the day
I watched the world outside
By the way, I'm leaving out
Today

I just saw Hayley's comet
She waved
Said why you always running
In place?
Even the man in the
Moon disappeared
Somewhere in the
Stratosphere

[Chorus]
Tell my mother,
Tell my father
I've done the best I can
To make them realize
This is my life
I hope they understand
I'm not angry, I'm just saying...
Sometimes goodbye
Is a second chance

Please don't cry
One tear for me
I'm not afraid of
What I have to say
This is my one and
Only voice
So listen close, it's
Only for today

I just saw Hayley's comet
She waved
Said why you always running
In place?
Even the man in the
Moon disappeared
Somewhere in the
Stratosphere

[Chorus]
Tell my mother,
Tell my father
I've done the best I can
To make them realize
This is my life
I hope they understand
I'm not angry, I'm just saying...
Sometimes goodbye
Is a second chance

Here's my chance
This is my chance

Tell my mother,
Tell my father
I've done the best I can
To make them realize
This is my life
I hope they understand
I'm not angry, I'm just saying...
Sometimes goodbye
Is a second chance

Sometimes goodbye
Is a second chance [x2]

Sudden Productivity...

So, I was on a productive "high" yesterday as far as art goes. Worked a toooonnnnnnnn on Hayleigh's Comet. :D I'm doing Fearless's Version of Grayscale shading, which consists of about 8 layers all set at different blending modes, plus re-colorizing once the image is complete. I cannot figure out grayscale shading the right way, so my way is okay for now. She looks great so far. I can't figure out what color to make her though. Me thinks she shall be bay, since she looks sweetness as bay.

Images Aren't Loading

Okay, so images aren't loading for me. I tried HTML and I tried the "add image" option for posting. Neither show the image. :P Major set-back, considering that's the whole point of this blog. Gonna try to fix it with Doug's help. But, on the bright side, I changed the colors of my blog. Looks nice now. Although, it's not letting me create a fixed background, which sucks. D: But, hey, it happens. *shrug*

TBs

More TB lineart. (TB=Thoroughbred) :D

My Artwork

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Hayleigh’s Comet

Hayleigh’s Comet is the main horse at the beginning. The comic opens up with her in a horse race. She’s one amazing filly. :D Although, I absolutely can’t figure out what color to make her: bay, black, or chestnut. I’m having trouble with grayscale shading, also. I can’t get the colors to turn out right. I make about 5 different layers with the same hue on them and set all the blending modes different just to get a relatively nice color. Then I have to re-colorize the merged layers with Ctrl U. It’s a bummer. Anyway, here she is! Critique is welcome. :D