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This took too many layers and a truckload of time... I hope you like. This is at 35% of the size that I made it in... :) It started as a small something in my head of a horse catching a star, and inspired to make something moderately good-looking this time, I forced myself to put a lot of time and layers in it. :)

I was hesitating whether or not I should put extra things in it, considered i.e. making a blue rainbow or wings on the right thigh and making a shooting star go through the air (because I like shooting stars, I like the stars anyway, I've once for like half a year wished on one very bright-shining star every night when I was 10 or so.) and making clouds in the sky..., but decided it would get too "full"...

This little star-catching critter has no name whatsoever. I hesitated on many things on him, too, i.e. a horn or even a few horns on its head, and lots of other things, but decided that it would fit best to just keep him, well, just a normal horse. Except he is blue and flying in the sky catching a star? Rrrright. o_O

Symbolism:

Of the whole picture: Catch a star, even if you think it as impossible. Meaning that you have to follow your dreams, however irreal they may seem, however uncatchable a star your wish may be... A lot more is possible than we sometimes think. *wink*

Star sign: It's the aries sign. I couldn't find -anywhere- what aries looks like written in the stars, so I just made one up, based on the symbol representing aries. I am an aries, even if I do not have any of aries' features. (fiery, bossy, leadership, dominant... :roll:)

Shackles: The bracelet around the left foot is a bracelet. I got on the idea and I had read somewhere that you should get the different shackles (the icons, I don't know exactly what it is called in english..) from your friends... So I thought of what my friends give to me and have taught me... Here they come, icons named from above to below..:
Tiger: Courage, Respect
Heart: Love
Ying-yang: Trust, Security
Bird: Freedom
Flower: Friendship, Kindness

It turned out into more of a personal picture than I thought it would, not only because of the aries sign in the sky and the bracelet, but also because 'catch a star' is something I should tell myself more often, too. Life is too short to spend complaining...

(yeah, I was going to leave you guys alone for a while with this, but I turned out not doing so after all, did I? :( maybe I am just addicted to drawing. xD...)

(I am, by the way, not really happy with the eye... but I laid myself down on that one...)

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:iconvondijk:
Nice work :) I love the hair and the... vlechtjes -_-

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Who speaks will make a sound... Duh...
:iconajester:
Really spiffy! Great job on the bracelet and coloring. =3 I like the eye, too. Don't worry. ;3

Oh, and pssst... I'm an aries too!

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:iconevertide:
Ooohh...pretty. I especially love the finer details like the little smile, the braided hair, and the charm bracelet (my mom wears one so it's a good bet that's what it's called...though I guess you can call the individual charms a variety of things). You know you have something special when the picture's description is as engaging as the picture itself. Indeed, don't doubt the power of a wish right from the heart: they tend to not just be vague desires for things to be better, but faith that they will be better. Now I'm all inspired.

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:iconmistique-girl-olja:
wat lief!! ^^... dat paard is heel mooi geworden!! :w00t:.. en die symbolische betekenis vind ik ook heel leuk! ^^.. ik moet mijzelf ook heel vaak zeggen "Catch a star, even if you think it as impossible." :D ik zeg veel te vaak tegen mezelf, nee dat kan ik niet, en dan stop ik ermee..=P..^^;
maar iig... het is heel mooi geworden vind ik ^^.. en dat oog is ook heel mooi, al vond je zelf van niet..^^

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:iconpunkyfox:
Braids. :D

You do like hair, don't you? :D
:iconpunkyfox:
Aw, thanks.. ^_^;

Cool that you're one too. :D Does it matches your personality...? ^^;
:iconpunkyfox:
Thank you! And also much, MUCH thanks for your favorite... :glomp: :hug:

I think that it is charm bracelet, in that case. I only know it is 'bedeltjesarmband' in dutch, not-having english as your first language makes you crash on words like these that you never use, haha. :D

And I'm glad that it inspired you... :)
:iconfox007:
thats pretty cool

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:iconpunkyfox:
Bedankt! :) Ja, ik zelf ook, dus daarom is dit ook voor mij wel een goede reminder... :D Haha en een goede geduldigheids-test haha, want soms heb ik met tekeningen ook de neiging om op het laatst wat over-enthousiast het af te maken en dan misschien minder mooi te maken dan het had kunnen zijn. ;)

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