Bella Sara - Holiday

One of the illustrations I did for the Winter Festival cards by Bella Sara back in spring of 2011.

This is Holiday, page of herd Elemyn. Even though the final card does have a background, it was provided afterwards and I didn't paint it, so here she is as I drew her, along with her trusty fairy companion. Even though I knew what the background scene would look like, I had no indication on where in it the little unicorn would be, so drawing the lighting in a way that would work regardless was interesting. (Not to mention the fact that she had somehow stand out against a rather snowy scene, despite being white.)

Corel Painter 9, Wacom Intuos 3, about a day, plus another day's worth of looking at cute little baby horses to figure out how they tick.