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NOTE: Hey art thiefs! There are hidden copyrights on this image, can YOU find all 10? 'cause I sure can! And use them to get your butt banned and maybe even take you to court.

Hol-al-ee crap. This took foreverrrrrr!

Lemme back up a bit, this is for mah loverly fursona Iridescent Catastrophe. She had posted a request on a studio I was browsing, and it grabbed my attention, so I asked Carrot if she'd mind me doing it. Obviously Carrot gave me to go ahead and 8 hours later here we are!

Catastrophe is a part arabian Pegicorn who has a faintly dappled coat, black mane, light tail, and ice-appearing horn. She also can manipulate shadows and transforms into an artic wolf at will (Note the wolf in the moon). She's a bit mistrusting and cold towards others, and also happens to live in the realm of ice and snow.

My first challenge was finding a horse that struck my fancy. First I was just trying to find a dapple gray, then I decided I wanted a little challenge, so I set out for a white horse. That didn't work to well either. After a while of searching I got the strange urge to REALLY push myself and got it in my head that I wanted to colorize my mare Holly. After all, she's a fine looking girl and half arabian. The only problem was she's chestnut. Here's the original picture: [link]

3 hours later I was finally happy with the result, my god did I have some serious hand cramps. So, once I was satisfied with Holly's new paint job, I moved onto wings. I'm aware that they're pretty dang big, but don't they have to be to lift a 1 ton animal? The horn was easy, I found it premade from a stocker I'll list below.

I seriously lucked out with finding a background picture. Granted it was day light, so-so quality and had a dog on it, I still love those cliffs and clouds. So some fiddling later and a buttload of space brushes, I now had my background.

One of the hardest parts was blending the legs into the snow. I'm still not super happy, but its gotta do. Ashie and I racked our brains to no avail. I'm also not super thrilled with the shadow or wing blending. Ah, well, I did my best. The wolf and moon gave me a hard time also.

I'm sure I was going to say more, but my brain is fried. After 8 hours of work I'm very pleased with the overall result. I hope Carrot and you guys feel the same. ;^D

Credits:
Horse: Me.
Dapples:
Wings:
Horn:
Background: Sxc.hu
Moon:
Wolf:
Brushes: Various artests who's accouts I can't locate. Help anyone?

Steal and I will not hesitate to presue you legally.