Blatant copy and pasting description, as see on

It's always an ordeal picking a category to file these babies under....


Concept art for my long-time-coming comic, Secluded Dream.

Technical blurb....
Media: Open Canvas 1.1 (b? dunno)
Time: I have no clue on that either. D: I'd hazard a guess at an hour....

I have been working on just the first two pages for a shamefully long time, mostly because I don't want to jump into the comic without a sense of where it will go. And I don't know where it will go. xD Despite, that doesn't stop me from abusing the concept of thumbnails, and coming up with what I believe to be the final layout for panels 4/5 on page one. It actually didn't deviate much from my idea a year or so ago, accepting the anatomy is better, I choose a more animated version of AutumnThrust in the main attraction (as opposed to my previous forlorn concept as seen in thumbnail 3), and the anatomy and colors are... better. I inadvertently figured out how to add in a red BG without completely and totally messing it up (not to be confused with my saying this isn't horrible, just saying it could be worse- and so it was.).


What the hell is going on?

AutumnThrust is about to give birth to Serenity, one of the main characters. As per tradition in the that part of the world of Irthylican, the birthing mare will travel to a secluded place at night to foal. In this panel Autumn is experiencing a contraction that will send her to her knees, quite literally, and signal a birthing of typical length (but shortened for the convenience of my readers and myself).

This is Autumn in her "nighttime" coat, you can see her day time coat here: [link] . She is a sweaty mess, hence the amount of shine to her coat that you wouldn't see otherwise. In retrospect, I could have added some white lather to her coat... Or rather dirty lather, since she's an unkempt beast. >.>


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And a shout out to who provided this wonderful photo that I loosely referenced: [link] Seriously, this person has some reasonable ToS (one of my favorite ones, actually) for some kick ass quality images of varying builds and poses, so go over there and show them some appreciation!
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Haha, that sweat in the close up looks like-
....Oh, nevermind. >.>

I draw all my thumbnail blocking prior to the pictures, simply because I have the habit of being unaware of my boundaries, haha.

1: I got a random flash of an image in my mind when contemplating how I want my style to ultimately develop, and had, had, HAD to draw it.
2: Experimenting with ear positions and how the eye could best look pained.
3: A reworking of my original concept. Upon comparing them all, I decided I hated it. :3
4: I got ahead of myself and immediately starting drawing up the larger version. I am pleased with it over all, and did not put any effort into the BG besides laying down the shades (shades that, upon reviewing the Spirit movie scene I referenced, are a bit too saturated- whoops). I drew the head as a stylized skull to make sure I had the anatomy down, and then... well, I was too fond of it to erase it. No, Autumn is not a skell or a horse with a skull on it's face with a body of normal fleshing. She just has a pretty skull. I am satisfied with the red BG hiding in the corners of the eye, tho I think I will make the panel something more interesting than a rectangle and less obstructive than a bunch of LOOK AT ME spikes. I would prefer a bit more pained expression to ring true in the close up, such as in thumb 1. Despite, I am pleased with it.
5: I got ahead of myself and forgot to do the 5th thumbnail... So I drew some random spamdom in it afterward, a silly depiction of panel 3, page 1's original design.