Piece description from the artist
Mustang
Here is another mustang in the American West for my equestrian themed art series. A wild horse stands proudly on a rocky, snow covered hilltop. The wind blows through it's dark mane and tail as it looks upon a wide valley. In the distance behind it, obscured by the morning mists, lie pine forests further backed by jagged western rocky mountains.
Mustangs, though thought of as wild horses, are actually feral horses descended from animals brought by the Spanish to the new world and interbred with escaped livestock from ranches as well as lost cavalry mounts. Mustang horses can have any type of coat, and, while generally they have the body of a light riding horse, some also exhibit qualities of draft horses as well as some racing horse body types.
For this one, I wanted to use a slightly different horse coloration than I have before. This one as near as I can tell is a bay roan with white stockings and a bald face. Feel free to correct me. Horse coloration is a complicated subject.
I actually spent a rather long time painting in details on the landscape on this one as I was using it to practice my photoshop skills (having recently acquired the latest version of Photoshop CC: http://fineartbydaniel.com/2018/02/03/how-to-get-photoshop/).
How I make art like this: http://fineartbydaniel.com/2017/12/18/how-i-make-art-3d-rendering/
Tools I used to make this: http://fineartbydaniel.com/resources/
Thanks for looking!
Daniel Eskridge
Daniel is a forty-something living in the Metro-Atlanta area, and he is one of the few people who was actually born and raised there. He is also married and has two sons and a daughter. By day, he works as software engineer at a small company. By night he is an artist producing realist works depicting scenes of American wildlife, farm animals, fantasy scenes, extinct animals, and images of the "American Wild West":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Frontier.
Daniel has dual degrees in computer science and fine art from the University of Georgia. Given his education, it would seem only natural for him to combine the two by producing art using a computer. Daniel practices a new form of art called "3D Rendering":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_rendering, a form of virtual sculpting with a computer. This form of art is utilized by film studios for special effects as well as animated movies, but it can be used to make stills as well. "Check out this video of Daniel creating a 3D rendering!":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvoSvRhYPr4
Daniel’s interest in art began when he was young. As a fan of science fiction and fantasy novels, he became particularly interested in the works of the illustrators that appeared on the covers, such as "Frank Frazetta":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frazetta and "Michael Whelan":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan. In college, he discovered the work of the "French Realists":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(arts), the "Pre-Raphaelites":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Raphaelite_Brotherhood, and the "Hudson River School":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_School, which further influenced him and put his work on a course where nature was the dominant theme.
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