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Submitted: February 18, 2011
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of Golden Heartsby ~cerona

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Animals

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This is my belated Valentine's Gift to all my lovely friends, supporters and watchers. Thank you all for being so wonderful day after day, year after year ♥

_{(It is also my incredibly delayed Christmas present that turned into a very delayed New Years gift that I never sort of got the time to work on properly.. )}

I decided to draw this as a challenge to myself as well, and I suppose it's worked as I learnt a lot from the whole process. Rather than just drawing the horses side-on, I came up with the crazy idea of drawing them in the pose I hate the most of all - straight on or sort of straight on! It nearly killed me so many times, but here it is and I'm almost a bit proud of the way it turned out in the end

I would have loved to draw a character for every single friend I have here on DA, but that would be an impossible project. So even if your character isn't included in the picture, please don't take it the wrong way and think that you mean any less to me, because I value each and every friend just as much ♥

Anyways, I would like to thank these few people especially for all the help, support and kindness they have given me the last year.

FROM THE LEFT

Bella and ~sunsetluvr247 - A massive thank you to you hun, for always cheering me up and making me smile I don't know where I'd be without you and your kind words ♥

Torrence and *Celleno - A big hug goes out to you for being such an amazing friend You always see the positive side of everything, be it art or life, and being able to share my thoughts with you is very refreshing ♥

Aura and =navybluestar - Your incredible skills are a true inspiration for me, and you never seize to amaze me with your art work You're a truly wonderful and beautiful person, and don't ever let anyone make you think otherwise ♥

Caruso and *Equinus - You are always so kind and sweet to me, and your bubbly personality makes you such an amazing person I am very lucky to have you as a friend ♥

Creed and =boribaby - You're a great friend and artist, and you are such an inspiration to many people here on DA I also love seeing all your original characters ♥

Lucky and *Aomori - Your art is so colourful and inspiring, and it makes me want to push my own art further You're also an incredibly sweet and caring person ♥

~Frithe - You are such an awesome person, and I always appreciate the lovely, poetic comments that you give Your approach is truly refreshing and brings new life to my paintings in a way I could never see for myself ♥
_{(I didn't know what character to draw for you.. I heard you had a golden Akhal charrie but couldn't find out more, so I thope a random golden Akhal will be fine )}
Rhyme for *PearlyPony - You're such an awesome girl - your kindness and generosity know no bounds! There's so few people who are as selfless as you are, and you always know how to make everyone smile ♥

THE MAKING OF "of Golden Rules"

Tools: Photoshop CS5, Bamboo Tablet
Time taken: 40+ hours
Layers: 140
Original size: 5573x2585 px
Credit: Reference from several equine photographs, including photos by Bob Langrish, Mark J Barrett, Ekaterina Druz and ~vadalein

You are not authorised to use this image without my written permission. It may not be used for blogs or sim games, reposted and claimed as your own, or altered in any way. Please respect my wishes.

Character © respective owners
Artwork © Malin Träisk

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~Megafoxy May 14, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

This is beautiful! Its going in my favs.

~Joannamation Mar 13, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Your horses always look so breath-taking

Gorgeous work! I love the variety of colours here

~esnym Mar 2, 2013 Digital Artist

You are my favorite horse artist ever. <3

~AussieKiwi Jan 31, 2013

This is lovely. It's nice and different

~kimbuca11 Dec 29, 2012

I WISH I had this talent - I'm a frustrated wanna be artist!
Your work is "diamond dust" from the universe - be greatful!

~Tejhane Dec 5, 2012 Student Artist

WOW!! These horses are so beautifly drawn, possitioned, and painted. You've also chosen a very elegant background for a Valentines Day drawing. I also admire your other horse drawings.

~Only1Blessed-Cowgirl Dec 1, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

I WOULD LOVE! to have this picture in a frame in my house.

~Magicfreisian Oct 24, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

what sort of tablet do you use?? thinking about getting one, thanks

~cerona Nov 11, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I'm currently using the Wacom Intuos 4 M, but I have been using the Bamboo tablets, and they're great

~Magicfreisian Oct 19, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

how do you do that?? what art program do you use?

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