04-16-2018, 12:39 PM
Adding a back leg would probably get in the way of readability unless it was a very dark value, but I'm not sure if another color could be added when taking into account color limitations.
The silhouette on TheMeadTree's edit is working a lot better at reading as a horse. Silhouettes are really important in art so make sure you've got that down before adding in details. If you're trying to replicate the style that the horse reference you're using is drawn in then I'd say rounded forms are very important. It can be hard to make smooth rounded forms with small scale sprites but I think that's really a key element to translating the way the horse is drawn in the reference to the sprites. I've not seen the my little pony show so I'm not sure if this is true for all the characters but it definitely is an apparent characteristic of the way this character is drawn.
The silhouette on TheMeadTree's edit is working a lot better at reading as a horse. Silhouettes are really important in art so make sure you've got that down before adding in details. If you're trying to replicate the style that the horse reference you're using is drawn in then I'd say rounded forms are very important. It can be hard to make smooth rounded forms with small scale sprites but I think that's really a key element to translating the way the horse is drawn in the reference to the sprites. I've not seen the my little pony show so I'm not sure if this is true for all the characters but it definitely is an apparent characteristic of the way this character is drawn.