Hi! Returning from a hiatus, and hoping to get back into making graphics. While I've never been FABULOUS I've done some okay work. Here's my first manip after years off. Let me know your thoughts on how to improve! 

https://imgur.com/JHyp6x4

I think it looks great! Welcome back 💚

welcome back!

this looks great!! especially after taking so much time off. i love the soft colors to this, the horses placement is beautiful. the sun coming in through the tress really give it this overall calming feel and i'm here for it. 

with that being said, i belive the horse should have a slight green hue over it, since it's covered by the trees - you could do this by taking a new layer and "clipping" it to the horse, fill it in with green, random green that looks good from the surrounding areas, and then mess with the filters, like softlight, burn, color, ect.
i love that you made the back more bright than the rest of the horse to reflect the surrounding lighting in the forest. i'd also suggest making the parts of the horse closer to the grassy area darker to really show off the shadows and highlights
lastly, the grounding. it looks like you blended it into the grass, and while there's nothing really wrong with it, i'd maybe use a gras eraser brush and just scribble over the bottom of the horse. that'll help give it the apparence that it's IN the grass rather that almost in it/floating above it.

overall, i really enjoy this piece, it's simple and beautiful. if you wanted to give it a little something you could add a butterfly or a rabbit that the horse could be looking at.
keep it up! i'm looking forward to seeing more from you! ❤️

That is adorable! 

Only thing that I noticed was that the Credits could be a bit more clear. Otherwise, -chef kiss- tis beautiful! 

Exactly what Ephe said, some excellent advice there. It's a really lovely piece with a lovely atmosphere (seriously, well done after being away from it for years! Photoshop can be complicated as heck to reacquaint yourself with), but she's suggested some excellent little tips that will give it those last little finishing touches. ^^

welcome back :)

OMG you guys rock, thank you! 

I think I need to adjust the image sizing when I start a new project, because I was having some trouble with getting the credit text the right size. I had to make it 0.5 px because 1px was massive. I started with a blank canvas of 800x600 because thats the standard HP image size, right? Is there another size ya'll recommend starting the project with? 

I have a new computer and lost all my old fonts/brushes/expansions unfortunately so I have to accumulate those again! I will do some digging for some grass brushes! 

What hosting sites are we using nowadays? is deviantart pretty much the norm?