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Dragon Horse
Medium: digital painting
2019

A digital painting redone from an old 2016 painting by request of the American Quarter Horse Museum and Hall of Fame. Very honored to have been asked!

Happy Halloween

Trick or Treat Pets
Medium: digital painting

Winged Draft Horse

Cloud Stomper
Medium: digital painting

Thunder is caused by horses playing and running in the clouds.

Horse and Unicorn

Do What You Love
Medium: digital painting mixed media

Available to purchase on Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/unicornarama/works/31147641-do-what-you-love-horse-and-unicorn?asc=u

Autumn Horse

Autumn Run
Medium: digital concept illustration (digital painting)

Happy Halloween!

I feel like I should have posted these yesterday...

Candy Corn Pegasus, character study
Medium: digital painting

Pumpkin Pegasus, character study color alteration
Medium: digital painting

Solar Eclipse 2017

Solar Eclipse 2017
Medium: digital drawing

Are you excited? I'm excited!

LOTR Horses: Galadriel

LOTR Horses: Galadriel
Medium: digital painting

Here is Galadriel in my LOTR Horses series! She didn't turn out quite as well as I'd hoped; her anatomy is a little off. But oh well!

Summertime Horse

Summer Waves
Medium: digital painting

Spring: http://kristengracehall.blogspot.com/2017/03/springtime-horse.html

Pony Cas

Pony Cas Does Not Understand
Medium: digital painting, mixed media

Only those inside the fandoms will understand this painting. XD

MLP OC

Unicornarama
Medium: digital painting

I finally drew my little winged fire unicorn character in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic style! I designed the original character to represent myself online so as not to show my face in profile pictures, etc., so it's made to represent things I like and things that represent me.

The original character is a winged unicorn/alicorn (because it wasn't meant to fit into the MLP universe), but for this drawing, I just made her a simple unicorn because I don't want to presume that I'm somehow better than everyone else, that I've reached a higher plain of understanding, etc. I chose a Unicorn rather than an Earth Pony or a Pegasus because both Earth Ponies and Pegasi are associated with physical abilities, such as great strength, stamina, speed, etc., none of which that I have. Fluttershy is an exception to that rule, but I didn't want to make myself an exception. I'm definitely a thinker, and any physical talents I have are small-scale coordination, like art, not full-body coordination. I think a Unicorn works best for that!

The colors are simply my favorite colors (pink and orange), so no real self-analyzing there. I kept the fire mane and tail from the original design even though regular MLP ponies don't have special manes and tails. It was the key part of the original deign, so I kept it. I guess if I didn't paint it as fire, it would just be regular hair, but in those colors. The fire represents how I'm passionate - sometimes too passionate - about issues I care about. There are a few things in life that I'm "on fire" for!

The cutie mark represents several things. Obviously the heart symbolizes love, because everything I believe comes from a place of love, even though some people might have difficulty seeing that, especially if they're already opposed to what I believe before we even begin. For example, I oppose animal cruelty because I love. I believe all people should consider adoption first because I love. The starburst around the heart represents purity, so in this case, pure love. I believe love (including romantic love) can be pure and should not rely on physical intimacy to sustain it. Physical intimacy is a wonderful way to express love, but I do not believe it should be a crutch for love. The sparkles represent clarity. I believe in keeping a clear mind at all times for all things. Logic and rationality are very important to me, and while everything I believe is rooted in love, I view the world through a lens of rationality. Essentially, the cutie mark symbolizes truth and love.

Springtime Horse

Spring Blossoms
Medium; digital painting

Pull out the tissues! Spring is here! And Happy early Easter, everyone!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Be My Unicorn
Medium: digital art

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!

Fire Alicorn

Sparkling Flying Unicorn
Medium: pixel art

Christmas Horse

Frosted Pine
Medium: digital painting

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone!

Disney Princess Ponies (post #1)

Disney Princesses as my little ponies! I'll be drawing them all, hopefully, but these are just the ones I have so far.

My Little Ariel
Medium: digital painting

My Little Pocahontas
Medium: digital painting

My Little Anna
Medium: digital painting

My Little Elsa
Medium: digital painting

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

The Two Princesses of Bamarre

Addie and Meryl
Medium: digital painting

Rhys and Orn
Medium: digital painting

The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine has been one of my all-time favorite books ever since I first read it when I was 11 or 12. Everyone knows Ella Enchanted, but I think Two Princesses was much more emotionally intense, for a children's book. I think it would have made a fabulous Disney cartoon!

I enjoy doing "species-benders..?" on characters in books and movies, so here are my favorites as horses. Yeah, I totally gave them cutie marks like in MLP, and I don't care. I think they help tell about the characters in a very simple way. I'd like to think that at the end of the story, Addie's mark would change into a blossoming rose, rather than a rosebud. :) I also made Addie a more slender mare, as she was described as fine-boned compared to her robust sister.