Elemental Unicorns pt.2

Water Unicorn
Medium: digital painting

Then everything changed when the fire unicorns attacked.
 

Fire Unicorn
Medium: digital painting

Lion King Horses: Nuka

Lion King Horses: Nuka
Medium: digital painting

I had a request to draw Nuka from Lion King II: Simba's Pride as a horse, so here he is!

Princess Celestia

Princess Celestia
Medium: digital painting

Princess Celestia with realistic equine anatomy, :)

Princess Luna: http://kristengracehall.blogspot.com/2016/09/princess-luna.html
Mane Six: http://kristengracehall.blogspot.com/2016/05/realistic-my-little-pony.html

Princess Luna

Princess Luna
Medium: digital mixed media

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a cute show, so here is Princess Luna with realistic horse anatomy. I used a combination of painting and photo collages to make this image. Photos are all free stock photos.

Here are the mane 6: http://kristengracehall.blogspot.com/2016/05/realistic-my-little-pony.html

Unicorn Dragon

Unicorn Dragon
Medium: digital painting

A subspecies of the Horse Dragon, Unicorn Dragons hatch with completely white scales and remain that way throughout their entire lives. They are named for the straight, single horn which stands out of their foreheads. This golden-colored horn is prized by dragon-slayers. They are adequate fliers, although they prefer to remain on the ground and hunt by hiding in forest undergrowth. Slayers have reported Unicorn Dragons disappearing into the forest without a trace.

They are slightly smaller than Horse Dragons (about the size of large deer), and prefer to live in dense forests rather than open plains. They dislike human contact and have a reputation for being "shy," although they are quite capable of defending themselves if need be. Unlike Horse Dragons, Unicorn Dragons are solitary; they do not travel in groups. They breath fire and smoke through their nostrils, not their mouths. Some people blame forest fires on Unicorn Dragons, although Unicorn Dragons are generally not destructive.

They breed only once every decade or so, and produce a single egg, which both the male and female watch over until it hatches. The female then takes over teaching the hatchling how to hunt and take care of itself.

Horse Dragon

Horse Dragon
Medium: digital painting

Horse Dragons are named for their equine physic. They are the size of large horses, such as Shires or Belgians. They come in a variety of earthen colors, with rusty red (as pictured), brown, and earthy green being the most common. Their legs are long and built for running. Their feet have two toes each, which are hard like claws or hooves. Because they are heavy, the small wings on their haunches provide them with extra lift during flight.

Horse Dragons are excellent runners. They have good wings for flying a few miles, but they are not distance fliers. They prefer to run over long distances, and thus live in open plains and mountains, but rarely in forests. Because they are not built for crouching, they typically catch prey by spying it out from above and then driving down at it. They live in family groups of about three to twenty, headed by a lead male and his female. Young males are typically evicted from the group once they reach maturity and form bachelor groups until they can form family groups of their own. A female Horse Dragon comes in heat once a year and generally lays one egg at a time.

Horse Dragons are not overly aggressive, but they are very capable of defending themselves when threatened. They do not breathe fire from their mouths, but rather snort it through their nostrils. Their heavily armored underbellies and necks give them protection when rearing on their hind legs, and the spines along their necks and backs make it difficult for opponents to attack from above. This is particularly useful since Horse Dragons spend most of their time on the ground. They also wield a savage kick.

Horse Sculpture

Dapples
Medium: polymer clay over aluminum foil

Dapples
Medium: polymer clay over aluminum foil

Traditional drawings

From a Low Angle
Medium: pen and ink

Portrait
Medium: charcoal

The Pink Unicorn
Medium: marker

Crouched
Medium: pen and pink

Elli Mae
Medium: pen and ink

Horse Eye
Medium: graphite pencil

 

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Love Found Us
Medium: Photoshop paint

Although this movie is not realistic and people have used it to create some pretty strange ideas, I still enjoy it! The plot is simple, but it's a kids' movie after all. I think the animation is some of the most beautiful I've seen, and not just because it's horses. The blend of still art, CGI, and hand-drawn animation is lovely. Hans Zimmer's soundtrack may not have been the best he's done, but it worked very well for the movie, and it's still a fun soundtrack on its own. The only screen play thing I would have changed would be fewer close-ups of eyeballs. In the end, it's a kids' cartoon and should be treated as such, but it's still a fun movie! I'd love to hear your opinion of it.

Characters copyright Dreamworks.

Dartmoor Pony and foal sketch

Dreadlocks
Medium: Charcoal



Frolic Foal
Medium: graphite pencil

 

Toffee

Title: Toffee

Media: Photoshop paint

This is another portrait of one of my friend's horses.



Spirit

Here is a portrait of one of my friends' horses, Spirit...

Title: Spirit

Media: Photoshop Paint