inside you there are two

Horses, toys, horses and other things that keep me sane

[faeriethepony]

Fae loves 🇵🇸♥️

[heavensghost]

[catchymemes]

[chestnutmareenergy]

Idk, horses mostly

[loreleywrites]

you solve the mystery of what to have for dinner one night and you think "hell yeah case closed forever" WRONG there is a dinner mystery the next night too

[chestnutmareenergy]

May I suggest: The Same Three Meals in Rotation™️. You can even spice it up with a bonus surprise fourth meal every now and then like some crazy person.

[tsunflowers]

I don’t give a shit about dire wolves and mammoths. bring her back

[tsunflowers]

we used to have Big Horse in this country and now we just have Big Data - me giving a campaign speech when I run on a platform that’s anti ai but pro genetic manipulation to develop a modern equus giganteus

[microhorses]

Microhorses trivia!

Did you know why microhorse sprites have no eyes? It's a deliberate choice with a strange explanation. The game is meant to feel explicitly like a simple fantasy - a game, a toy.. a doll? The GUI design is inspired by fabrics, paper, postcards, and so on. And where i grew up, a lot of traditional fabric or fiber dolls have no eyes (or no face altogether) because it's believed that evil spirits may inhabit the doll and curse the kid if it has eyes to look with. As a person of many a horse plushie with eyes that actively makes my life better, i'm not taking this superstition to heart, but I used its impact on doll design to emphasise microhorses not existing in our real life and being a computer game to us, and link them to the fabric inspired GUI. Not evil spirits though - from microhorse world's inhabitants' perspective they are just local horses, lovely and nice as usual - all the style and linking and stuff is for the player.

After this microhorse-inspired piece of art by Sobcat, though, i've been thinking.. maybe i should give microhorse sprites eyes? Maybe they will feel warmer and cuter like this? They could be of different colours too.. but then real horses have such expressive eyes and these would be single-pixel dots, forever square regardless?

What do yall think? Let me know in the replies or reblogs ♡

[chestnutmareenergy]

I think having them with no eyes makes them feel more micro to me and I love tiny things. I'm so looking forward to this game and enjoying seeing the development btw🫶🏽

[sometimesanequine]

[rollingblakely]

They don't expect us to laugh with a body that aches.

They don't expect us to dance with a past like ours.

But we do.

We laugh, full-bellied and defiant.

We wear joy like war paint.

This joy?

It's earned.

[chestnutmareenergy]

Unicorn Big Bill. I did this with my old ass graphics tab. I never used it much in the past because I've always liked being able to touch the medium in working with but can I talk about what an accessibility game changer this was for me?

Yesterday was mostly a bed rest day, I needed to save spoons for a big social event. I didn't fancy getting eraser bits or oil pastel shreds on the sheets. I also didn't want to use energy holding a sketch pad up whilst I just used a pen. With this I was able to have my laptop on my lap with the screen angled to my eyes. I could rest the tab on my belly and still see what I'm drawing on the screen. It was great!

Initially I wasn't super thrilled with the end result, but the process was enjoyable and satisfying, and it's all about the journey innit

[fleebites]

junicorn

day 06

‘tattoonicorn’

[chestnutmareenergy]

Sapphic unicorns looking over their gay lil kingdom, as promised

[chestnutmareenergy]

Happy Pride Month and Happy Junicorn! I was delighted to learn that the month of unicorns is in pride month. They are the perfect combo. Will attempt to draw some sapphic unicorns later

In the meantime, please enjoy this gorgeous specimen I found on vinted for £14!

[teathattast]

[chestnutmareenergy]

He's my angel. I cannot even begin to describe how much better my mental health got since I unmasked and embraced my love for horses wholly and loudly again. Even more so the day I met Big Bill.

I think about him always. When my mind zones out and finds itself stuck in the past, I picture his gorgeous giant head to bring me back to a better time. I hope he knows how loved and appreciated he is. Grateful for him and all the other horses in the world. I love u all

[chestnutmareenergy]

Today I got to show Bill his LPS counterpart. It really healed something in me

[sobcat]

[chestnutmareenergy]

Horsie will cronch castle

[auberylis]

You're damn right. Horsie will cronch castle

Awwweh. But! As another horsegirl who likes chess, i already figured out the mental gymnastics required. Chess is a game, right? Pieces play out a battle for your and your opponent's entertainment. So basically the moment your horse piece is taken it just does a cinematic fall-down (a trick it has been safely taught before, no dangerous holywood shenanigans) and goes off board where it is happily grazing. Okay? <3

[chestnutmareenergy]

You are so sweet and so right<33

[sobcat]

[chestnutmareenergy]

Horsie will cronch castle