Ohhh I like it a lot, very well done. I especially love the markings ^^

Since you asked for advanced critique I wrestled some up- while no photmanipulator myself my art teacher once told me that we all recognize what is 'good' art, even if we aren't artists...or something to that effect. SO ANYWAY.

You did the markings really well and I can see some shading of gray on the white to make it more realistic, but they still look too shockingly white and painted in. I would recommend shading them more and having only parts of them so very white, and make the rest more...weathered looking. Also his feet I see you tried to make it so it looked like he was standing in the wet sand (or is it low water?), and I'm not really sure how you could fix it, but he looks like he's dissolving lmao. Possibly rather than have the wet sand over his legs make it more like he's on top of the sand and paint in impressions of his hoof prints. Or if it is shallow water have sprawy coming up from the water hitting his leg.

everything else looks awesome ^^ I love the moon btw.

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Yea painted on markings, especially white, are very difficult. Not that I've ever done them xD but on all the photomanips I've seen. And for first time very good.

No problem glad to help what little I can :B

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Oh. My. God. Please tell me how you made the water look like that! It's so dreamlike!

Smudging the edges of the white markings a little more will help them look more realistic. Especially the one on the shoulder. Good job though, at first glance I couldn't tell they were painted!

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