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"Sleipnir" by Melissa E. Rogers

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Tag As FavoriteComment		Odin's eight-legged steed from Norse Mythology, accompanied by Odin's two ravens Hugin and Munin.

I slaved over this picture. It took days of pouring over anatomy books and horse magazines, and countless sketches so that I could come up with a feasible skeletal and muscle structure. Just so you know, there's a reason why people always draw eight-legged horses in profile. Its because its bloody hard from any other direction! After finishing the beast, I ignored it for a few months, just sick of looking at it. Then I finished up the background in a few hours, just so I could get it out of the way and work on something else. This is Prismacolor pencils (four colors, to be exact) on beige cardstock. (May 2003)


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18 Apr 2008:-) Jess L Rhapsodos
The face is so good. I prefer horses with a more chiseled look, and this is simply perfect. The legs are very good too, nothing looks odd or out of place...even though there are eight! And the delicate ears and flowing mane are nicely done.
18 Apr 2008:-) Twyla Bendyna
wow....this is pretty cool.22
13 Jul 2008:-) Svenja M Vox
Whoa...very nice. Freaky, considering I am an arachnophobic...so now I’m not going to look at it again. Take that as a compliment. 2
4 Aug 2008:-) Justin C LaVoie
a little awkward to ride pro-haps, but I still want one, lol. This is exquisite!
4 Aug 2008:-) Anne Wipf
A great work. I is not easy to draw an eight-legged horse and give to the legs a natural aspect. This one is perfect. Congrats. 1
7 Aug 2008:-) B. "Elven" Krane
Excellent! I’ve got to show this to my sister. She adores Sleipnir.
18 Sep 2008:-) Lydia stephanie Barker
well done, love it
18 Sep 2008:-) Katrin Nieh
It`s like spiderhorse... It`s so cool!
28 Jan 2009:-) Renée van den Kerkhof
How the hell can somebody walk with so many legs t_t
28 May 2009:-) Isa Hartikainen
muhaha i’ve seen the original with 4 legs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can’t fool me, nooo! >1
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About 'Sleipnir':
 • Status: OK
 • Created by: :-) Melissa E. Rogers
 • Copyright: ©Melissa E. Rogers. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Sleipnir, Odin, Ravens
 • Categories: Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters, Normal Animals (Cats, horses, fish, etc)
 • Techniques: Coloured Pencils
Modpick •  Mod Pick at: 2003-06-01 11:25:51
 • Submitted: 2003-05-25 09:24:08
 • Views: 4805
 • Resolution: 524x698


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