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Dances With Butterflies

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This is a little birthday pic for :iconsandraa-a:!

Okay, I realize this is a bit more elaborate than I usually do for birthday pieces, but this is also a long-overdue thank you gift for a good friend. :aww: Sandra has been one of my biggest supporters on DA and given me more gift art than I can count! She even used part of my name for her new breed, the #Kathandra (which I feel just awful that I haven't had more time to support yet! :noes:) This is her lovely mare, Rennes, who I just adore. :love:

You may recognize this lineart from a collab I did with Sandra last summer of Rennes and Ellis. Since she didn't upload the piece to her new account, I thought it would be nice to paint a scene for her featuring Rennes. :dummy: (Plus, I just love this lineart and will never be able to envision it as any character other than Rennes. :giggle:) I wanted to try out some new things with this piece including painterly-style shading and a different grass technique. (The last time I attempted painterly shading on an equine was over a year ago! :faint:) This piece took a while, but I learned a lot, so it was definitely time well spent. :D

:party: Happy Birthday, Sandra! (And thanks for being an amazing friend! :w00t:) I hope you have a wonderful day! :tighthug:


-Wacom Intuos 4, SAI (grass and lineart), & Photoshop CS5 (everything else)
-Rennes referenced from [link] by *Colourize-Stock
-Butterfly brushes [link] (with a good bit of modifying for variation) by ~redheadstock. (I will note that I don't usually use pre-made brushes as they make me feel like a cheater, but I was rather short on time and quite impressed by the quality of these little butterflies! :aww:)
-Everything else painted by hand

Rennes is (c) *Sandraa-a. Art is (c) me, Kathryn Powers. Please do not use my work without my permission. Thank you!
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Crystal-Cinders's avatar
This is so pretty! :love: I have to say, I love the shading! It's very pretty :heart: