Architect: Bad Dog!

<sub>No idea what this category should be in.. Anyone?

In some ways this is a manip but the horse is actually painted with heavy referencing from a photo.. the background is just a stock image though.</sub>

This is a technique i wanted to try, I used a horse stock photo and basically painted over it; almost tracing but not quite i guess? I hand painted with no reference the mane and tail as well as all the markings etc. some of the shading is done free hand while some of it is from the ref image. Complicated weird way to do it but i really wanted to paint a mane/tail and really wanted a realistic ish Archi.

Long story short: I like how this turned out and am proud of how the coloring turned out so realistically

Also backstory: Archi is not a huge fan of dogs; especially ones that pester him in his field! (he's more of a cat-horse haha).
Archi ref here:[link]

Tell me what you think!!

Stock: [link], [link] (BG)

Time: ~4 hours?
Tools: GIMP, bamboo tablet