I'm working on a Year of the Horse card design for the upcoming, Chinese New Year. Before you know it, it will be January 30, 2014 and of course I need to have a Year of the Horse design. Thought I'd share my process.
My original thought was to do my version of
The Running Horse -however that is an iconic asian horse image - and I thought I needed to come up with something more me. Then I thought of doing the Horse version of my Year of the Ox design. Somehow it seemed too simple and safe a solution.
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OX! Happy Birthday card © Diana Ting Delosh click on the above image to see more details -including what years are OX years. Click HERE to see more of my Chinese Zodiac Animal Birthday Cards. To date I only have 6 out of the 12 animals: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake. |
Decided to do a horse in a Mandarin style outfit but on all fours as opposed to being upright like the Ox and very anthropomorphic. Here's my final sketch.
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Horse in a Mandarin suit - pencil sketch © Diana Ting Delosh |
Here's the ink. I"ve inked in a geometric camelia pattern to the jacket with a Ying & Yang pattern on the cuffs. Originally I was going to do the pants too but it made me think of the pattern on a giraffe. FYI - I'm using double and triple zero radiograph pens on watercolor paper.
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Horse in a Mandarin Suit -Ink © Diana Ting Delosh |
Incidentally I always scan my inks -just in case I mess things up when I paint. I'll be painting my horse in a bit and I'll share the finished version shortly.