Exceedingly Rare

About This Image
This took a little over a week, which honestly it probably could have been finished sooner, but I kept perfecting things. This started off as one thing and then sort of took on a life of it's own. I wanted to have the white raven (and yes that is an actual white raven) looking deep into the unicorns eyes. This is my first time experimenting with the "glow"-y-ness so let me know how you think I did?

I wanted this image to tell a story. The jewel on the end of the unicorn's horn holds within it an ancient power which has summoned the ominous raven to the unicorn, and has placed the stallion into a trance. I wanted the unicorn to have movement and stillness at the same time. Sort of a "frozen in time" feeling.

Likes and Dislikes
Likes: The smallest details such as the right fore hoof and back hoof. I did some highlights and they just turnedout so... As well as the face. I accented his features. I hope it gave a nice affect.

Dislikes: I am not extremely pleased with the tail, but I tried the best I could.

Tools of the trade
All of my images are made in GIMP 2.6
All of my details are painted with a mouse. I do not own a tablet at this point in time.

Credits
Horse:
Raven:
Jewel:
Unicorn Horn:
Background:

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