Horse Art from a Dog Artist

I am much more comfortable drawing canines, but decided to give my horsey boy Rocky a little love.  I'd love to hear what y'all think of it, as well as any tips on how to draw better horses in the future!



Last edited on 2020-07-02 at 22:38:53 by Storie

That looks really good actually! The only thing that really jumps out at me is that he looks like he has six-pack abs on his chest XP

But beyond that, it really does look good.

Lol, I was just guessing with the muscles since I did it from memory, so maybe I need to have another look at a real horse :D  Thanks!

I love it! Although I'd love to see some doggy art too :D

The general shape looks great! Though like ruby pointed out the chest looks like a six pack xD but you got the general shape of the chest muscles, if you refresh up on the anatomy a little bit you'll have it down in no time! 
The colour, shading and background is goreous though i really love the background and the colours you chose! ♥

Thank you both!  I'll definitely take another look at the anatomy of horsse chest muscles before I do another piece, lol :D

Wow that’s pretty dang good! I know others have said. But horses usually have two booby chests hahah. Other than that, you did a really good job! The background is super pretty

I think if you removed the bottom four chest muscles and lightened up on the shading between the remaining two, it'd look just fine :P just lookin a little circular too lol

My main critique is that tail. Tails are just really ridiculously long hair and so every strand has a mind of its own. Especially with a mane as full of movement, the tail just looks stiff.

Otherwise your piece is gorgeous and your horseh deserves way more love ♥

If I may add, and no offence or anything box. I believe removing the top muscles on the chest would make the horse more anatomically correct.
And tails are unpredictable lol. Your theory is very possible, but it’s hair. Hair flies how it wants in the wind.
I do enjoy your critique though, I like different views. I hope you don’t take mine as bashing you. I don’t mean to! I just feel a little different than you do

Lol, thank you both for your advice!  I tried a lot of tail positions, but since I'm used to drawing dogs, all my other attempts just looked a bit too . . . canine.  I'm too lazy to edit the artwork, but I'll definitely use a reference for the chest muscles next time I draw a horse :D