Braydan

I don't contest the value of Rosalaun's critique, but I would like to point out that whenever I've seen horses of this shade and color during the winter, many of them seem to blend into the background as well-- if Braydan made this one "pop out" more, it would be a bit too much pop for it to look wholly real. It's like looking at deer in the woods-- many peoples' eyes become trained to see them against the forest camouflage, but to newcomers in the area, they often miss them entirely no matter how we point them out.

So to a newcomer, if we show them paintings or pictures of deer or horses (and sometimes both, the deer often keep them company), the artists among them will often recommend making them stand out more-- when the truth is that blending into the background is simply what they do. Especially during the winter, when horses get a thicker coat with less shine.

So as far as the horse's coloring goes, I think it's perfectly fine, though if you still wanted it to "pop" slightly, you would have to make lighting hit it brightly in certain spots-- in real life, it makes part of the horse (especially as well-groomed looking as this one) seem to "flash". So basically, this would be an issue of taking Rosalaun's advice on lighting, and expanding upon it to accentuate the horse's coloring.

All in all, superbly excellent. I'm very impressed.