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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