Just did this today.

So I just tried this today.. It took about 3 hours. It's my first time using this program and I realized that I didn't layer it so please excuse me for the sloppy lines. Also, I didn't draw the horse, I just coloured it.

I like it a lot! It looks soft, which I love in Photoshop

Actually, it isn't photoshop its pixlr.com

I did another one. It isn't as nice I was experimenting a lot and I actually drew the shape for this one.

Great job, practice makes perfect, are you using a mouse or a tablet?

I used a standard laptop pad thingy.

Wow that's rather amazing, i've attempted using my laptop touch pad and mouse but I just don't have the patience for it and it frustrates me, great job

Hehe why thank you. It was frustrating at times because every once in a while I would accidentally erase a strip through it. Thank goodness for undo!!!

Hi there :) Your art is quite lovely and I'd say you are quite talented. I'm an artist myself, by freelance work, and I work with photoshop - though to be honest, all programs are good, it depends on which one you -know- how the artwork turns out in it. Keep it up !

Also if you have a lot of trouble with trying to see where the shade sits, the best thing is take a photo and look where the shade is falling, its one of the very first exersizes in advanced art classes - the imitation of what happens in real life. Your eye will eventually learn to recognize areas that should have shadow in them :)

But to be honest, yours is very nice!

Wow! That first one is very magical...as if the horse is underwater...

Great job! Loving it!