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Published: 2009-02-20 02:17:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 31385; Favourites: 2022; Downloads: 364
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Burn......Climbing embers spiral between the crevasses, breaking the threshold of roots. A breathing rhythm chases between bark and vines. The Fire Spirits left nothing but their pulsing hoof prints in the ground as they fled into the woods, echoing after a storm far greater than themselves…
Thought I’d challenge myself and draw a more dynamic pose. This was extremely fun to work on, and with colors I don’t usually use. More experimenting!
Horses have a pad on the bottom of their feet called the frog. It’s always looked like a heart and for me it symbolizes the magnificent pulsing energy of this animal. This was done in watercolor pencils on 90 lb. paper. It took me a week to find the courage to apply water to it since 90 lb. paper buckles really bad. I had to be careful not to saturate the paper, which was all a great learning experience.
Flames are so unpredictable-I usually end up drawing them like branches or leaves. Enjoy!
Reference photo © to Wojtek Kwiatkowski: [link]
Thank you for the comments and faves as always ^^Image © to Amanda Klammer. Please do not use this image in any way without asking ^^
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Comments: 227
I like it!
Keep up the good work!
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It's beautiful! Is that Rapidash from Pokemon?
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Great work
I love how it blends with the background
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this is wonderful you my friend are a very talented person
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Beautiful work! I love the colors and the pose!
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its rapidash!!!lol I had my fun now.
the picture is relly beautiful.
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What a tour-de-force! Do you wet the pencil tips to get that "wash" type of blending? This is one of the most beautiful creations ever!
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I didn't wet the tips of the pencils for this picture, though you can do that and it will make the colors much more saturated/vibrant
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I love your technique and your beautiful imagination!
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Wow... That's really beautiful. I love the pose, it's got action and passion behind it. And the flames add to the dynamic of the picture. Great technique, too. I always have a lot of trouble with watercolor pencils, but you make it look effortless. Wonderful job!
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I love the flames. It just draw the eye and all I can do is go 'ohhhh' pretty.
There are some proportion problems that i see between the head and the body and the pastern is a bit larger then I'm used too (it may be right if it's a draft but I'm not sure. I'm used to wbs and tbs and it looks a bit big) or it may just be the angle for me, so don't listen to my rambling. But the muscles are just lovely. Did you use a reference because I love that head. Also the shading of the hock. It must have been hard with the position.
Love it. This has so been faved.
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The frog was the only part of the horse I knew about
These colors really do stand out from other deviantions.
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Awesome lines. This turned out really nice. I know what ya mean about flames...I have so much trouble with them too
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Congrats on the DD, I knew you would get one one of these days 
You're so deserving.
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Very nice work, I ussually don't see a draw so beautifully made with colorpencils(watercolored). This remembers me of a Final Fantasy series logo(and I love the logos of final fantasy, hmm!)
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I do think that the flames go out to look like branches, but I think that's great about them, and the colours and transformation, it's all awesome 
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Can I be honest? I don't really like the pose (I feel like I'm looking at the horses butt).
But the colouring in this is just magnificent and it totally deserves a daily deviation. Well done.
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I love it. Watercolors are fun to work with! I love your choice of colors. Perfect for the summer time. XD
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this is so beautiful. I love absolutely everything about it.
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This is amazing...I absolutly love the idea and the colours/shades you have used. I like how the tail turns into the flames, and near his face...looks almost like he's going to go up in flames completly
Great work!
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One word: Amazing.
No really, incredible detail. It looks just like fire.
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Amaaaaazing work!
I love how you used the colours in here.
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This image reminds me of how my character/muse came to me years ago. It was in a dream filled with fire and she lept from them. 
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It's Rapidash! Haha, pokemon reference.. really tho, that's an impressive piece of work. I love the blending of the warm tones and the actual horse and its flames. Oh, and good job with the water and the paper not buckling!
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That's a very lively piece of work you got there! I like how you made the orange mix with the yellow! It's very bright and lovely!
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very lovely work and congrats to you on your DD!
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really well done. i love the colors and how u blended water with some of them.... 90 lb. paper?? 
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