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Text says: and the rivers ran red at his coming, to water the meadows with blood

So, this one is infinitely better than the last one. Will probably submit this one as is to that contest unless someone points out a glaring error I've overlooked that I can't see...because I really do like this picture lol. And I got the river in this one ^_^

Alright so as before, the vulture one of Ares' sacred animals due to its affinity to battlefields. Mars, obviously, from the Roman name for Ares.
I did my image more based upon the Greek myths for Ares, so a little more hot headed, rash, fight basically for the sake of fighting type Ares. Which is why I chose the horse I did instead of a Clydesdale or Andalusian, as they're heavier horses, their temperaments are known to be more mild, and stick more to the Roman Mars, who had more to do with honour and well, Roman war values instead of the Greeks.

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Entered in the [link] contest

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Horse from ~GloomWriter [link]
Stream from =Cat-in-the-Stock [link]
Textures from =ArrsistableStock [link]
Sky from ~greenleaf-stock [link]
Mars from =deathshadow391 [link]
Vulture from ~cyborgsuzystock [link]
Field from ~greenleaf-stock [link]

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:iconkalmanen:
I have to say I like this more than the first, but maybe you should move the horse back a bit? it seems a bit too close, although I like the effect ^^.
:iconsuntanna:
Me too. I thought about putting him a little further back, making him a little tinier, but 'in your face' kind of factor there, since Ares was not exactly a god that got ignored lol.

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:iconkalmanen:
I know, that's exactly what I meant ^^
:iconsuntanna:
lol well then I'm glad I'm on the same page :XD:

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:iconphantomfan:
Okay I like this one a whole lot better! The horse fits the role perfectly, and the river looks much more real. :nod:
Definitely enter this one.

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:iconsuntanna:
^_^ Yup, I will, probably get it entered later today once I'm done the homework I should be doing...

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:iconrinymph-stock:
Yup, this one is better. =)

But have you tried instead of lightening up the edges darken them, by using the same texture? I don't know it's just like that black color always give... I don't know how to explain (my English isn't perfect)... but it gives something that makes the center of the image to "pop up". :giggle: But if it looks better for you like this, then don't change it.

What else to say... Well, IT'S GREAT!!! :clap: Much more better than previous! And the river there is perfect (i like it a lot).

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:iconsuntanna:
Glad you approve! I played around with making the edges darker instead of lighter, but it ended up making the picture more flat than anything, as everything was more of that same dark, so the only thing that ended up popping out again was mars.
But normally I'm partial to the black borders too, as i know what you mean-generally it focuses you on the center of the pictures and all. I need to do that a little bit more with some of my stuff, I used to put in a bunch of that dark border/texture to pop out the main object, but for some reason stopped...hmm

:glomp: well you can take some credit for that! Now I'll go toss it into that contest.

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:iconrinymph-stock:
Oh, I see...

How do you find the picture this way? [link]

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:iconsuntanna:
I'm not a big fan of the grey honestly lol. And then the first thing that pops out to me isn't the horse, but the bit of colour underneath the text instead.

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