Jem

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This was a request from a friend of mine. I am not happy with it. The original image was only 295px x 363px, was taken at night in the winter, and had a rider and full tack. I have never done a full tack removal before and since the image was so small it wasn't easy, but I am fairly happy with how that part turned out.

I'm going to make my friend another picture that I'm more happy with, but because she had her heart set on me using this image I decided to finish this one first. This is her first horse, Jem, who had to be put down last year. I'll make a better one for her with a horse that looks similar to Jem. It won't be as special but it'll look better (in my mind, at least).

No major critique, please. I wouldn't mind a little on the tack removal for the future, and maybe a few other pointers, but for the most part I really struggled with this one and I just want to be done with it.

And damn, I just realized I forgot the shadow again. Um, well, let's just go with the excuse that dead horses don't have shadows.

Credits:
Horse: No link available. Used with permission.
Ground and trees: ~FoxStox [link]
Sky: *Lausanne [link]
Mane and tail brushes: =arrsistable [link]
Lyrics from the song Perfect World by Simple Plan. Big thanks to =forgotten-phoenix for the suggestion.