burn it down

A gift for a friend! This is her boy Carnage, who is old as dirt and infinitely more malicious. More god than horse, really. It's kinda simple, but I love it! A pony who has messier hair than I do Plus if you zoom in he's got a great smoulder going on. Which you can see on this close up of the details!
  

Any critiques, whether using the fancy method or not, are super appreciated. I've been practicing more and I think I'm improving but having things pointed out always helps! 

I also tried using this tutorial by the lovely Schwartze schwartze.deviantart.com/art/T… though I don't know if I've quite got the hang of Topaz Clean/Smart Sharpen as I've never used them before!

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horse: colourize-stock.deviantart.com…
background: compot-stock.deviantart.com/ar…


Please do not steal this image!