Velvet-Stain

Photos: :bulletred: Do not use any of this stock for abusive/sexual/mature content. :bulletorange: Do not claim as your own. :bulletyellow: Do not alter a smidgen (i.e change the lighting, coloring, size, etc.) and post on another stock site (or on dA). :bulletgreen: You may create stock with it ~ i.e Make Pre-Made Backgrounds,  Pre-Cut Images, etc. But you may not sell it for monetary gain. No exceptions. :bulletblue: You may use it in digital paintings or manipulations (or any form of art) and sell it, this you must notify me for first :bulletpurple: You must tell me where you used it :bulletwhite: I ask you show me your finished work so I

I'm thinking about starting a journal series on the horses I use in my stock. Most of the recent horses I've posted are very involved in my life, so I know quite a bit about them, including this first horse: The red-bay colt with the star you often see To me, his name is Ion. He is a Percheron/Thoroughbred cross, specifically 75% Thoroughbred and 25% Percheron. He was 6 months old/a weanling (just weaned from his mom) who was feral from a Canadian PMU farm. I was a freshman in college. I worked with him as his sole trainer for the three years he was with me. We went to National Mounted Police Colloquiums, showed off our skills to many police departments, but the police department that chose him was Richmond, Virginia. To my surprise, I also got the special privilege of badging my baby boy, now man, who has a job protecting his city and the citizens in it, but most of all his loving officer. His new name is Aslan - renamed for his big heart, willingness, and bravery. So, if you see him

You all should expect to see some new stock up by the end of tonight (EST), if not tomorrow. I finally got around to choosing pictures I wanted to use as stock from a recent photo-shoot with horses (surprise). It was an arid day, so there's a bit of dust. All are usable for reference images; most of them are usable for manipulations; some are usable for close-up/high-detailed manipulations. Be sure to check the Black Horse Stock, Chestnut Stock, Bay Stock, and the Herd Stock galleries! I've already uploaded a few to the Chestnut Stock folder, so check them out! Also: I would love to hear back from you all about what photos you want, as I h