"Unicorn 2" by Sara Brodin

Did the unicorn get scared or something because the main is standing on end but besides that its cool

Sara Brodin replies: "No, see, the early form of horses (donkeys, zebras and such) have those kinds of hair in their manes that don't grow any longer than this. So their manes stand up. And so is the case of this baby, aswell as the stripes on his legs that all primitive horses have."

Just a couple of quick comments...first the work is fantastic. I have issue with the legs though. They are a tad too short and substantially too skinny to hold up a beast of that size. The musculature is anatomically correct, it just needs to be proportional to the size of the animals body. Especially the back haunch would be much larger to give the animal a powerful gait to match her stature. The head is a not quite long enough if it's actually a horse, but correct if it came from zebra stock. Everything is shaded beautifully and she is an amazing looking animal over all.

He looks so real! I really like your all your work, but I just couldn't pass this one up without a comment. Kudos!!!

Mustangs of Spanish descent have legs like that. I like it...good job.

I love your unicorn and I'm glad you didn't make it all pretty and preppy looking. I think I would like the tail better if it was like a real horses, but other than that I love it. The primitive like markings is called dun in real horses.

I absolutely love the realism you've put into this! It's not the stupid My Little Pony version, this is a real unicorn...even though they're fairy tale but hey work with me here!

Wow, beautiful picture! I love this version of a unicorn, it looks so real. The body looks just like a Norwegian Fjord horse with those zebra-striped legs. Wonderful! But I think the head looks a little small.
Anyways, great picture!
-Michelle

Wow! This is great work. Your very wonderful unicorn reminds me of the extinct Giant Forest Horse of ancient Europe. What exceptional research you do. I love it!

Checkout "Sorraia Horse" on the web for an example of a surviving, primitive, forest horse.

http://http://www.spanish-mustang.org/startsms.htmMissing [/URL]![/URL]

There are only about 250 of them being kept on reserves in Portugal and Germany. They even have a small group (50 ?) of close relatives here in the States, known as the Sorraia type mustangs. They even have the same grulla coloring(sometimes yellow dun), leg stripes, and wither bars. Their tails even tend to be short haired at the top, a primitive trait. They are, however, much more "gracile" in build , and lack any "feathering" on the legs - or the horn .

Let me try that URL again.

http://www.spanish-mustang.org/startsms.htm

You may need to drag and drop to the address bar.

http://www.spanish-mustang.org/startsms.htmMissing [/URL]![/URL]

How’s that?