Howrse Coat Winged Mustang WIP

This is the current coat for Howrse I'm working on during those unheard-of times I have free time. Mostly these come in the form of 3-hour long lecture classes.

Anyway... one of the friends I have on Howrse asked me once to do a winged mustang as that's what she's breeding. So as I was doodling coat ideas I started working on this one. I like the challenge the wings and feather detail will provide.

I figured people might be interested in seeing the process I go by as I do these. I "block out" the horse's body using a sketch I've done set on low opacity, then draw in the shadows and "line work" on over it in a different layer. Here you can see me part way through my establishing shadows layer.

The colors here are not what they will be once I'm done, though I do intend on it being a buckskin. The wings are going to be based on those of a red-tailed hawk.

Again, heavily watermarked due to the rampant art theft on Howrse.

Pose from here --> [link]
Eventual feather detail reference here --> [link]