Horsebot updated concept thumbnail possibilities, please let me know what might work better?

[deborah Haagenson]

What if the horse gets into the sugar and gets hyper? He could still eat the flowers and throw the girl off.

[Coley]

@deborah-Haagenson fun idea! Will let that percolate at the back of my brain until I start drawing later today. Thanks

[Coley]

I'm also trying to figure out if the horse bot should be built from stuff that Lisa found around the house , eg right now it's bum is a metal colander from the kitchen. Or if it should be more polished and from a robot kit. Any thoughts on that appreciated.

[burvantill]

@Coley I like the colander. I would say go with bits from around the house.

[Coley]

Omg I’m still coming up with ideas lol.

[EliaMurrayArt]

@Coley oooo love the apple one! So much movement! I wonder have you tried playing with the angle a bit? What if the viewer was behind the apple, and the horse was lunging up at "us" - and the girl was falling behind. - Then we could see the little girls face of shock, and the horse's face of joy.

[Coley]

@EliaMurrayArt awesome thought, thanks! I might give that a go in a sketch. I’m liking the apple one the best too. I like the swoopy circular composition so I want to keep that. 3/4 view might work

[Jeremy Ross]

Hi @Coley, I like A! So original! May I suggest the horse looking at the camera with huge smile and dentures? How about adding some grandma reading glasses too?

[Coley]

@Jeremy-Ross thanks . I’ve moved on from that idea at this point but I thought that idea was fun will do it sometime in the future !

[Coley]

Final or close to final sketch. Will look at it with hopefully fresh eyes in the morning. I might need to change the back legs to look more like they’ve just pushed off the ground. Luckily all the years I spent in school drawing horses and not doing my schoolwork is helping me lol!

[Coley]

If anyone sees anything majorly wrong, if you happen to not be tired of me posting soooo many times lol, let me know. I’m a bit tired of looking at it will take a break and fiddle with it after a day or two.

I’m wondering if the lines to indicate motion are working or if anyone has a better idea.

[EliaMurrayArt]

@Coley this is looking great! I'm thinking you might want to bring some more branches/leaves into the mix. The lone twig with an apple seems a bit sparse to me. Perhaps look at some apple trees and add a whole one in to give more of an environment. You've still got time!

[Coley]

@EliaMurrayArt thanks! Will play with that and see what it looks like! Lots of time left for sure

[demotlj]

This is great! I don't know if you need the motion lines -- your characters convey the motion well to me.