Joep unicorn - Now with better pics

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October 21, 2011 at 8:49 pm #504136
dragonmedley
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This is a commission for the hardest PYO to photograph ever. (Post edited with more accurate pictures)

Today, the sun graced us with its presence, so I was able to take satisfactory pics. Also, in case anyone else out there doesn’t know this, taking a picture of a basically black PYO on black background = bad and frustrating idea. Just saying.

His owner has an absolutely gorgeous all black horse named Joep – and this is his portrait. His rump and the tips of his mane are sunbleached, and he has blue reflection in the front. I therefore had a blast with metallic paints for an interference look.

I’m really happy with how the horn turned out; it’s metallic gunmetal grey, with metallic black detail.

Hopefully, the weather will cooperate and I can take non-flash pictures before he goes home – he’s ready to go!

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October 21, 2011 at 8:53 pm #860624
Carolyn
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Very pretty . Are his eyes orange ?
October 21, 2011 at 9:15 pm #860628
dragonmedley
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Very pretty . Are his eyes orange ?

Nope, they’re brown. The flash discolored them.

I needz good lighting 🙁

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October 21, 2011 at 9:52 pm #860638
Stephanie
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Loves it!!! 🙂
October 21, 2011 at 11:21 pm #860648
Grayfire_artz
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ooooh I like the effect this one has 😀
October 22, 2011 at 3:58 am #860674
Kelly
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Very nice unicorn. You can make out what the colors looks like in the close up shot you took. I like how you painted his horn. The eyes look like they could be albino. He came out lovely. :bigsmile:
October 22, 2011 at 1:20 pm #860688
dragonmedley
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With black, you can go with basically any eye color; with this scheme, red or grey eyes would also have looked good.

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October 22, 2011 at 2:39 pm #860693
Megan
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Lol!!!! I was looking at “new posts” and saw this… “Joep Unicorn”. My heart skipped acbeat because, well, “Joep” is just not a name you hear/see often, if ever. That plus unicorn????? I was definitly all over that. When I saw that it was my PYO, I was like 0000hhhhhh!
Ok, seriously, those pictures do him no justice! Omg, not even close. The color and blending that you did was fabulous! I can’t wait to have him! Thank you so much for taking this on!!!

For others who want to know what the real one looks like 🙂
Here is my pride and joy, my real life uni 🙂
I can post better pics later but I don’t have any real good ones to get a link from yet. You can see some of the blues and coppery/bronze highlights in his coat.

Dragonmedley: you did a fabulous job!!! Thank you again!
October 24, 2011 at 6:24 am #860790
Megan
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Much better pics!!! Soooo much better! They came out really nice! You did a fabulous job!
October 24, 2011 at 1:21 pm #860795
scenceable
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New photos are gorgeous, you did a great job! Photographing black things is always very difficult, I have the same issue! 🙂
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