Snow

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I'm thinking of creating a step-by-step walkthrough on how this was made. It won't be a thorough tutorial, since I don't have any screen shots from the actual progress, but more of a layer-by-layer kinda thing. I'll try the best I can to explain every layer and how it was created.

The biggest reason for this is that I want to show this is not a photo manip, since I've had some people thinking it was (not here on dA). Since I know myself it's not a manip, I guess I'll take those comments as a compliment!
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My, this actually turned out much better than I expected (too bad it's too small to submit as a print). As usual, no stealing! *grrr*

This was made for a competition on VHR ( [link] ) and is supposed to depict the color "Snow". Most people would probably picture it as a horse made of snow, but I got this image in my head instead. An arabian just standing there, with her eyes closed enjoying the gentle snowfall.

Painted in Photoshop with my trusty Wacom (and some filters for the falling snow).
Around 4-5 hours.