Hello everyone, today we're going to see how to draw an animal that is found a lot in fantasy webtoons and is absolutely adorable.

Yes, we're talking about the horse!

To help you draw it, I'm going to give you some basic tips, a few fun expressions you can give it, and a step-by-step illustration where I explain how I do a simple and beautiful coloring with Clip Studio Paint.

Here is the link to my webtoon:

Basics of a Horse

Horses are animals we often see when reading webtoons or comics.

But they can seem difficult to draw, especially at first.

 

Here are the basics of their anatomy:

First, we can divide the horse into 3 main parts:

• forehand(1)

• body(2)

• hindquarters(3)

In these parts, we find:

the forelock (A), the nostrils (B), the jowl and cheeks (C), the mane (D), the back (E), the ribs (F), the tail (G), the legs (H) and the hooves (I).

 

 

Proportionally, a horse measures approximately 3 head lengths, there are 2 and a half head lengths between the beginning of its neck and the end of its hindquarters, and its leg height corresponds to 2 and a half head lengths.

If you have trouble drawing horses, I recommend using this 3D object, which helps me a lot when I need to draw a horse from a certain angle.

Expressions

Here are some expressions:

Illustration

Here is a step-by-step guide to an illustration I made to represent the bond between humans and horses.

Line Art

I start with a sketch of my drawing, which I do on a basic layer.

Then, I move on to the line art of the horse and the girl, which I do on a vector layer.

The vector layer allows you to enlarge lines but also to erase imperfections when drawing.

Then I move on to the line art of the background.

To facilitate drawing the background line art, I use brushes found on assets.

 

 

Coloring

Then I do the flat colors.

For this, I create new layers for each part I color (clothing, skin, hair...). Once these layers are created, I use the “fill tool” and do the flat colors.

 

 

Tip: If your lines are not properly closed and there are gaps, you can adjust the “gap closing” and “tolerance” of the “fill tool”. These two features prevent the “fill tool” from coloring the entire image.

Once the flat colors are done, I move on to shading my illustration.

 

 

 

Tip: To shade more easily, I use a new “multiply” layer (1) that I set as a clipping mask (2). This allows me not to change the color of my brush (the color is automatically darkened).

To add light, I use the “soft airbrush” tool. This allows me to create light effects more easily and add depth to the drawing.

Next, to make the illustration more lively, I add details and effects with brushes I find on “assets”.

Finally, I add some lighting effects.

Author's Words

There you go, now you know how to draw horses!

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