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NorthStar Estate backgrounds - Public Stable

Let me introduce: NorthStar Estate City Stable

On the outskirt of Jorvik City's city park can you find one of the old industrial areas of Jorvik City. The red brick buildings on this lot was built in the beginning of the 1800s and have been used for many different industrial manufacturing through the years. Now when the industry work is long gone from the city have it been rebuilt to what now is a stable area.

The lot has the main building (oldest parts of the bui...

NorthStar Estate backgrounds - private stable

Here comes the first couple of backgrounds from the private stable! 

Both backgrounds comes in two different versions. For the entrance background; day and night version, and for the stall background; open and closed box door version. 

You may edit the backgrounds to your liking like fo...

Welcome to NorthStar Estate!

Today we want to share the exciting news of a project we have worked on for a long time, it’s in fact a boarding stable; NorthStar Estate ✨

The estate will come with several opportunities, such as breeding privilege to mention one, but this is something we will tell more about later!

Info about the stable:

• The NorthStar Estate boarding stable is for everyo...
  2023-03-24 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Free item - bits

Good afternoon everyone! Hope you have had a great day so far 🤍

Today I released the first revamped StarTack item for the public - the bits!  

As they were a pretty late release on StarTack haven't I felt the need to alter or adjust them too much, they look perfectly fine as they are. But you guys will get a bunch of more bit variations than the for the public. 6 different bits,...

StarTack bits

Happy monday everyone, hope you have had a nice weekend🤍

Today I wanted to release the first StarTack item here on patreon and we're starting off with the bits that was a pretty late release, so therefore I haven't felt the need to alter or adjust them, they look perfectly fine as they are!

2023-03-20 17:14:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Free item - Atla the Hoodie

Hope you are well and feel inspired for the new week 🤎

Today I'm sharing an oversized hoodie with you all! The NS Atla hoodie.



(All items in the picture above is already released previously on Patreon)

The hoodie comes in over 20 color variations and with two arm versions. You are as always free to recolor them and tweak the hoodie to fit your ref better.

2023-03-13 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Gold tier announcement + teaser for future project

Hello guys! Hope you have had a nice weekend ❤️

When I decided to make more tiers on patreon I had no idea that the majority would pick the top tier. Even though we're super happy, humble and grateful that most of you are a part of the gold tier, we have now come to the conclusion, after going back and forth in the thought- and planning process, that we won't continue  sending out multiple annual gifts for the gold patrons, simply because we can't afford it.

With so many ...

Speededit - simple background

Hi lovelies!

Today I wanted to provide you a rather short speededit of a very simple background I have made.

All in all I spent 12 minutes putting this together, so obviously it's a simple one, but wanted to share with you guys regardless.

Here's the background all finished!

Explained:

- I start off with removing the shadows from the horse with the clone...

Free item - breeches

Hello guys! Hope you had a lovely weekend.

Rider apparel is coming your way, and this time I have made a bunch of breeches in side view!

*all items in the picture above is already released previously on Patreon

The breeches comes in a whole lot of different variations, and each color also comes with either black or brown belt. Below you can see all colors, but only shown wi...

Create a saddle with me

Hello guys!

Thought it would be a fun little thing to post a "create with me" from time to time, for example when we make tack. This will of course not take place in the weekly scheduled post, but as a filler now and then. 

This specific saddle is a free commission piece for one of the patrons!

Hope you enjoy ❤️

Hugs from

Speed drawing - My greyscale and coloring process

Hello and happy Monday!

Today I'm going to share a speed drawing, and more precisely my greyscale shading and coloring process.

This won't be much of a tutorial however, but i will write a few key points and short explanations:

🤎 I only use three shades during my shading proces - A main grey for the base, a darker for shadows and a lighter for highlights.

🤎 You might think my ref looks a bit wonky, and very true it does haha! The way I do is ...

Tutorial: horse greyscale

Hello guys!

Today I decided to do two posts, one step by step, that's also available for bronze subscribers, and one in depth tutorial, that's available for silver and gold. In this tutorial you'll get an in depth description on how I do greyscale, from start to finish!

I have also included the colors I have used, in case you want to use the same shades. 

The brushes I have used on the entire piece can mostly be found in my sketching, shading and blending pack, with the...

Step by step - full body horse greyscale

Happy monday! Hope you had a great weekend!

This weeks post I'll show you a step by step slideshow on how I do a full body horse with greyscale, from flat colors in the first picture, to a full render will colors in the last step. 

Both me and Lucia have started to do a lot of greyscale and we're happy to share more knowledge regarding greyscale if that's of any interest! M best tip tho is to start simple. Don't do unique angles if it's your first try, just do a simple side v...

Bonus post: free item - sso inspired sheepskin saddle pads

Surpriiise! 

A while ago, around the time the new sheepskin pads were released on sso, I decided that I wanted to try and recreate the pads in my own drawing style, and since they were pretty easy and fast to make I thought I'd post them as a bonus post and not a regular scheduled one. And here they are!

The pads comes in 6 different color variations. The last one is supposed to be a...

Free item - Casual warm-up blanket

Hello and happy Monday to you all!

Today's post is a warm-up blanket you can throw over your horse's back before your training starts (or maybe after to keep it warm?)

It comes in a bunch of different colors. and you are free to recolor them all.
Some warpping or similar will you most likely have to do to fit your reference/model the best.

2023-02-13 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Step by step: curly hair

Happy Monday, hope you are well!

Today I want to to provide you a step by step tutorial, this time without any text, only picture slides. 

If it's of any interest I can make a in depth tutorial later.

In short:

I start off with making a simple base, basically a blob. Then I start making curly details around the base. Super curly hair is supposed to look messy, so I'm going with messy without thinking much about which way the strands should fall.

In step 6 I ...

Speededit - editing Cath's face

Hey guys, happy Sunday!

Speededits like this, without any form of tutorial, will from now on be posted as an extra post, which is why it's uploaded today!

It's super crusty because of my small canvas with low DPI, but it's something. 

Hope you'll enjoy, and have a good rest of your weekend!

Hugs from Cath ❤

Tutorial/speed painting - Wavy mane

Hello and I hope you're having a great Monday!

Here comes my very first (ever even actually) speed painting. I got a question if i could show how I make wavy hair/mane.

First of; I do use other brushes when i make hair. But as I've had them for a long time and have no idea where i got it, so did i use hair brushes from a new pack Cath is working on for this speed painting. I'm not too familiar with these brushes (as i'm so used to use the ones i use..damn to many "use" lol), so ...

Free brushpack: Starstar's Scandinavian Knit

Happy Monday!

Today you'll receive an entire brushback! This pack has been worked on on and off for quite some time, and now it was about time to release it to you guys!

This pack will probably be released to the public sometime in the future, but of course you get it for free, long before the rest.
It includes 26 knitting inspired brushes, and lots of the patterns can be found it clas...

Free item - Cavesson

Hello and happy Monday!

Today I'm sharing a headpiece with you all, more closely a cavesson.

A cavesson can come in differnt types of shapes, many are only made so they can be used for lunging or other types of ground work, like academic schooling from the ground. This one is made so you can use it for riding as well.

2023-01-16 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

How to: Highlight a horse in just a few, simple steps

Hey guys, and happy new years!

From now on, we're back on regular schedule, can't wait to share more content with you 🤩

Today I thought I'd treat you with a very simple, quick tutorial; how to highlight an entire horse in just a few steps. This is the technique I use to make super shiny horses!

PS: did you know that I almost doesn't shade my horses? I simply just correct the shadows on the sso model, and the rest is done with highlighting. I simply just build and bu...