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SteelBlue · Dec 1, 2022 10:30 AM

EDIT: all requests made before New Year’s Day will receive free art! It may take me some time afterwards to complete everything. Get your requests in now!

Original post:
Hello!

I’m offering to make free custom pixel art that you can use to tattoo your horses!

I make it myself pixel by pixel, so I can do transparency effects if that appeals to you.

Here’s two tattoos I made:

Walywoohoo · Dec 1, 2022 4:18 PM

Thanks! I'd love to make a tattoo, though I have no idea what I want haha

BoredCowgirl · Dec 1, 2022 7:27 PM

I’d love a tattoo for my horses. I’m not tech savvy enough to do that myself. Could you do a “seed of life”?

SteelBlue · Dec 1, 2022 10:59 PM

@Walywoohoo once you have ideas, let me know! :)

@BoredCowgirl do you mean the symbol with the interlocking circles? What color for the lines? Do you want the spaces in colors also? It could be cool with slightly transparent spaces, or color gradients.

Are you going to put the tattoo on horses of a particular color or pattern? That would help me figure out how to make sure it’s visible without being stark. I’m excited!

BoredCowgirl · Dec 3, 2022 4:29 PM

I’d like it to look like a proper freeze brand, but some of my horses have a lot of white… so perhaps a fine grey outline so it will show? I’d like the spaces transparent so the horse’s color shows through if possible.

SteelBlue · Dec 3, 2022 5:27 PM

Excellent, that gives me a good picture of what you’d like!

The very innermost loops that make the small central six-point star won’t have inner spaces (too tiny) but I’ll make the rest transparent

SteelBlue · Dec 3, 2022 7:36 PM

@BoredCowgirl here’s my first attempt at it:

I tested it against dark and white backgrounds. The shading is semi transparent, so it will look better on the horse. The rings will become much clearer on horses that are Classic Champagne or darker.

If you have specific feedback, I’m happy to make changes / start over from scratch

If you like it, be sure to save a copy to prevent image hosting shenanigans!

SteelBlue · Dec 3, 2022 7:36 PM

https://freeimage.host/i/HBkyqmb

https://iili.io/HBkyqmb.png

SteelBlue · Dec 3, 2022 7:55 PM

Here’s how it looks on a Red Dun background, for example:

LumosRain · Dec 5, 2022 9:32 PM

That's so cool you can make those! If you can I'd love either a wyvern or wyvern/dragon wing. I breed mostly bays with cream dilutes so I dunno what color would be good, could it be red or green? Or whatever would be better

CoppiLane · Dec 6, 2022 11:50 AM

These are so good! Do you think I could get two? I need one of a Tolkien leaf, and one of a white coffee mug :)

SteelBlue · Dec 6, 2022 2:01 PM

@LumosRain in 25 square pixels, a wyvern might not come out well, but I can definitely do the wing. (I’m going to try a full wyvern first, but I make no promises)

@CoppiLane the Leaf of Lorien brooch and a coffee mug? You got it. Give me a bit to mess around with the wyvern challenge first.

SteelBlue · Dec 6, 2022 3:40 PM

@LumosRain

Behold, the World’s Littlest Wyvern!

https://iili.io/HCL6CWQ.png

Here’s how it looks on a cream bay background:

Feedback is much appreciated! If it’s just too smol, I can do a wing.

If you like it, be sure to save a copy to prevent image hosting shenanigans!

SteelBlue · Dec 6, 2022 5:13 PM

@CoppiLane coffee mug

https://iili.io/HCQYh9j.png

Fgbchorses2 · Dec 6, 2022 5:39 PM

Oh my gosh these are incredible! Would…a super simple b/w border collie head or silhouette be doable?

SteelBlue · Dec 6, 2022 5:49 PM

@Fgbchorses2 I will give it my best attempt! I will try for the head.

Facing front? Ears floppy or pointy? Natural colors?

I’m going to work on CoppiLane’s second tattoo for a bit, but you’ll be next up!

SteelBlue · Dec 6, 2022 8:24 PM

@CoppiLane leaf brooch

https://iili.io/HCZzwvV.png

Fgbchorses2 · Dec 6, 2022 8:39 PM

@SteelBlue black and white or black/brown/white, prick ear, and whatever way is easiest to make it for front or side! You’re amazing!

SteelBlue · Dec 6, 2022 8:49 PM

if you own a border collie, you’re obligated to show me a picture ;)

LumosRain · Dec 6, 2022 9:00 PM

WOW that wyvern is amazing oh my goodness I love it
Thank you!

VenemousGiant · Dec 6, 2022 9:04 PM

If you are able to get around to it eventually, I’d love one

LumosRain · Dec 6, 2022 9:07 PM

SG1 Hogwarts Give 9
It looks so good! Thank you!

Newamber · Dec 6, 2022 10:54 PM

If possible, I'd love either a tiny cluster of 3 snowflakes, (Amber tinted with one slightly larger) or if it's easier, one single larger one? (also amber tinted)

SteelBlue · Dec 7, 2022 9:01 AM

@Fgbchorses2 I hope this is what you had in mind!

https://iili.io/HCp4T4j.png

If you like it, be sure to save a copy to prevent image hosting shenanigans!

SteelBlue · Dec 7, 2022 9:09 AM

^ I shoulda saved some in-progress shots from the dog face, it started as a terrible green blob while I tried to figure out the proportions

@Walywoohoo and @VenemousGiant , I’m happy to make you art whenever you give me ideas!

@Newamber I can do that. Question: were you inspired by the Hygge big snowflake background? Because I can design it to pair with those colors specifically

Taking the rest of today off to pamper my wife on her birthday

Newamber · Dec 7, 2022 9:52 AM

Lol yes I was!

SteelBlue · Dec 7, 2022 12:28 PM

Birthday girl is taking a nap, and the pie’s in the oven, so here we go:

@NewAmber you gotta show me it on a horse with the background, I want to see how well I matched:

https://iili.io/HnHnfQp.png

GreenAcres873 · Dec 7, 2022 1:34 PM

Can you please make me a paint brush/palate tattoo for my rainbow herd?

SteelBlue · Dec 7, 2022 3:15 PM

@GreenAcres873

Here ya go!

https://iili.io/Hn2RUfs.png

Note that it might look weird on cream or champagne, just with the palette color

If you like it, be sure to save a copy to prevent image hosting shenanigans!

VenemousGiant · Dec 7, 2022 3:16 PM

If possible, I'd like two? A skull for one, and an ax with VG for the other. If the ax and letters are too much in such a small space, just an ac with V or just an ax

GreenAcres873 · Dec 7, 2022 3:36 PM

Thank you! These are quite cute :)

SteelBlue · Dec 7, 2022 3:44 PM

@VenemousGiant Sure, I can make those for you!

Skull facing front? (Human skull?) Do you want it to be matching colors with the Halloween tack pack skeleton, or more white?

Any particular color(s) for the “VG”?

Newamber · Dec 7, 2022 9:46 PM

It's beautiful, thank you so much!!

Play with flames

The Snowman

Fgbchorses2 · Dec 7, 2022 9:46 PM

@SteelBlue daddy daughter duo of demons. I can’t seem to post a pic but I’ll DM you one because I’m dumb! Both amazing herding dogs among their other sports! And thank you so much it’s absolute perfection!

SteelBlue · Dec 8, 2022 5:12 AM

@Fgbchorses2 Thank you for sharing! They are good dogs.

Not perfect, but I tried some collie edits:

https://iili.io/Hnoh4Wl.png

https://iili.io/HnojFdF.png

https://iili.io/HnojXku.png

VenemousGiant · Dec 8, 2022 5:16 AM

@SteelBlue for the VG, the raspberry color from the tack page! And yes, human skull, facing front. Doesn’t have to be perfectly white or match anything, just spooky haha. Thank you!

BossScorpio · Dec 8, 2022 9:03 AM

@steelblue could you come up with something for a Crimson Saints symbol (football)? If it is slightly bloody looking would be cool also

Fgbchorses2 · Dec 8, 2022 9:16 AM

@SteelBlue Oh my goodness! It’s exactly them! You are absolutely incredible!

SteelBlue · Dec 8, 2022 11:28 AM

@VenemousGiant Here’s the axe logo:

https://iili.io/HnT02ef.png

I tried to make it look good on a variety of horse colors, but if it’s exactly the wrong shade of gray the axe head might look weird.

I’ll get to work on the skull in a moment, thanks for clarifying what you wanted!

@BossScorpio I’m seeing fleur-de-lis logos for the New Orleans Saints. One is mostly black, one is mostly gold, do you have a favorite? Or am I looking at totally the wrong thing

BossScorpio · Dec 8, 2022 11:40 AM

@SteelBlue Yes i like that symbol. also mostly gold but im looking to see if it could be like a crimson color or even dripping red off the symbol

VenemousGiant · Dec 8, 2022 12:54 PM

Oh my gosh the ax one is perfect! Thank you!

SteelBlue · Dec 8, 2022 1:13 PM

@VenemousGiant Skull:

https://iili.io/HnAhTib.png

VenemousGiant · Dec 8, 2022 1:33 PM

that is amazing! Thank you!

VenemousGiant · Dec 8, 2022 1:47 PM

I can’t get over how good that skull looks on my line’s foundation stallion

VGN Resurrection TLT

SteelBlue · Dec 8, 2022 8:33 PM

@BossScorpio

Is this what you were imagining?

https://iili.io/HnamhOb.png

(Use this one instead of the previous two versions)

BossScorpio · Dec 8, 2022 9:11 PM

Ohh so pretty could you change the gold to a grey color like chinchilla?? @SteelBlue

Walywoohoo · Dec 9, 2022 6:46 AM

Oh my goodness you're amazing!! Gah! I had just decided that an interesting looking W would be nice, for walywoohoo (which is just a silly thing my husband used to say) but now... I feel that's a waste of your incredible talent lol.

Walywoohoo · Dec 9, 2022 6:47 AM

Ok, my name is Candy in real life... could you do maybe a Hershey kiss design? Can I use it on Mesa as well as here? Wow you're good, I can't get over it :D

SteelBlue · Dec 9, 2022 8:37 AM

@BossScorpio Here you go! I pulled the colors from a dappled chinchilla horse, but the tattoo should stand out well on any color.

https://iili.io/HnXaldF.png

If you like it, be sure to save a copy to prevent image hosting shenanigans!

@Walywoohoo Hershey’s kiss coming up next!

BossScorpio · Dec 9, 2022 9:10 AM

OMG thank you so much love this @steelBlue

BossScorpio · Dec 9, 2022 9:25 AM

Crimson Refelcts
Thank you so much

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