#shirecorn

[shirecorn]

How tall is Shirecorn?

It occurs to me that I never specified how tall my fursona is. Horses are typically measured in Hands, which is about the width of an adult's hand, measured from thumb to pinky and stacked like so:

The hands reach up to the withers (shoulder) of a horse, rather than measuring up to their head.

The top of the withers is actually determined by the long bones that protrude off the back of the spine, rather than the upper edge of the horse's shoulder blade. It's a bit of a misnomer to call them bones, as they are part of the vertebra, not joints connected to it.

You have spines too, but yours are not as pronounced as those of ungulates (hoofed mammals) nor as epic as spinosaurus.

in horses, the muscle that lays on top of these bones determines the height of the withers.

A "Hand," understood as a standardized unit, is equal to 4 inches, 10.16 centimeters. Modern competitions and the professional horse world measure exact to the withers height in centimeters, but your average cowboy still talks in hands.

The first horse is 14 hands, so 56 inches/142.24 centimeters at the shoulder. That's on the smaller end of average for a horse! For those whose perception of height is compared to their own, that's 4'8, so the shoulder is below the top of most peoples' heads.

The tallest horse breed in the world is the shire horse.

These massive horses can reach 19 hands tall! To make it even, let's have both our guy and our shire be 17.5 hands tall. That's 5'10, 178 CM at the shoulder and top of withers.

Where does Shirecorn fit into this?

I represent myself as a shire unicorn with fluffy feet and a blueish coat. Until today, everyone has had to guess my height whenever drawing or picturing me. I haven't really gotten into it because I knew I needed to explains hands, withers, and average horse heights. But with all that out of the way, I have created a height chart to show Bo vs a typical shire, vs a human.

Don't get distracted by the typical shire silhouette. I just threw that in there to show how I measure up.

This is me:

That's right, I am 1 hand tall. That's 4 inches, or about 10 cm, measured at the withers! If you use the top of my horn, you'll get the wrong height.

But now that you know how to measure a horse, you can picture me in all my Shirecorn glory.

Go ahead, put in pocket. Take on adventure. Set me free. Stack shirecorns up to measure horses and humans alike. The power is in your hands.

#shire #shire horse #shire unicorn #art tips #horse #horse height #shirecorn #fursona #bo #shire draws #ponysona

[drafthorses-official]

We're hosting a 17-artist charity stream on 30th March!

We've been teasing something for the last couple weeks, and it's finally time to reveal it: The Draft Horses channel is hosting the Gartic Horse anniversary stream, this Saturday 30th March! 17 pony artists have teamed up and we're gonna be playing Gartic Phone live on stream to raise money for Cancer Research UK! So come join us!

Head over to the stream page now, and hit Notify Me so you get pinged when the stream is about to go live!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3CeHoSDxgE

If you're wondering "what's Gartic Horse?" Well, a year ago, on March 26 2023, @falloutfurret united a bunch of pony artists to raise money for The Trevor Project by playing Gartic Phone! It went amazingly well, and from there, the idea dawned to make more pony-themed YouTube art content! And so Draft Horses was born! We're returning to our roots and introducing some new friends, so come help us have fun for a good cause!

#charity livestream #gartic horse #gartic phone #stream announcement #my little pony #mlp g4 #draft horses #falloutfurret #wavecipher #bl1nkyyy #anxietymonstrr #gorgoalice #timsplosion #shirecorn #ravenpuff #punkitt #thebirdgang #poxyboxy #pastacrylic #syrupyyyart #crookedbeetles #jimmyboltonart #caspia_hibiscus #melodymelancholy

[jsalim-art]

First friendly fire! Been a while since I drew something equine shaped kinda rusty but I think I did this character justice.

This character belongs to @shirecorn

#artfight 2023 #teamwerewolves #shirecorn #other peoples ocs #jehan draws a thing

[bipolar-ramblings]

First attack of the year, @shirecorn's Gossamer! I saw this boy and immediately fell in love, such a pretty design! It was a bit challenging, but I hope I did him justice <3

#mlp #my little pony #unicorn #gossamer #shirecorn #bipolar ramblings #art fight #art fight 2023 #team vampires #art fight team vampires

[aedensolus]

An ArtFight vs @shirecorn

Mondu the yakuza boss and Gossamer the former entrée turned something a little more spicy

#my art #artfight #art for others #unicorn #tiger #shirecorn

[octahedral-chaos]

Shoutouts to the one time @shirecorn thought that I was going to draw an Alicorn who’s the god of mouths… I ended up drawing this… thing

You heard of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, now get prepared for the Alicorn of the apocalypse! Why does that actually sounds really good?

(Skyscraper Gods AU belong to @shirecorn)

#OCTAfan says stuff #my art #< maybe??? #Cursed images #Sillypost #Skyscraper gods #mlp #tw mouth horror #Tw teeth #tw body horror #Tw eye horror #tw multiple eyes #eldritch horse god of misfortune #How terrifying #Shirecorn have I managed to reach your levels of cursed horse with this?

[mnemonicmew]

hi there @shirecorn I might’ve fallen in love with your mlp creature design

#absolutely in love with the world building and art everything in it feels so organic hitting just the right spots in my brain #fanart #my art #mlp gen 4

[onecherrypotato]

I’m not really into mlp anymore, but I’m a sucker for really good creature design and @shirecorn ‘s designs for the ponies and the whole skyscraper gods au thing was just so good I couldn’t not make fanart lol.

So yeah, umm…also bonus doodle idea thing

#digital art #art #fanart #mlp au

[lemonjestercoffee]

so i said something about alicorns being funky in my last mlp redesign post yeah? well before i get into that-

the beautiful bride and the ugly ass groom

okay okay jokes aside here's Shining's real sheets and Cadance on her own

starting off with design choice notes

Shining Armor - his was like- really hard to figure out and i didn't really know what i was doing, but i did like the concept of him having lost a leg in some sorts of battle. one thing i did know what i was doing with tho was his armor, i never really liked the canon armor so i decided to take my own stab at it. decided to make it cover the more important areas better, added gambeson underneath, put a royal crest on it, and gave them a head weapon. yes the metal horns are on all species armor, it's there not only to protect real horns from oncoming attacks but also give all soldiers an emergency weapon if they get disarmed. the tassels would be colored differently depending on rank

Cadance - the only through i really had going into her design was i wanted her to have a cloud and heart motif, but i'm unsure if the way i handled it is the best. her cutiemark is meant to resemble a Mexican sacred heart because deity of love- like come on. i also wanna kinda change the color of the carnation in her hair to stand out more, but white carnations have a different meaning so it's fiiiinee

okay now what we really wanna hear about, what the fuck did i do to the alicorns?

i decided to tamper with their lore quite a bit, as i was inspired to by the Skyscraper Gods Au by Shirecorn. now mine is no were near as drastic as that au, obviously, but it did inspire me to come up with my own quirks for them.

i went more "alicorns are more like the elves of ponies but because they can only be made by some unexplained rare mystical intervention and live for fuck off long, normal ponies see them as demigods of sorts". i've even given them things like groups or locations that they act as patrons of and prioritize above other things, but that stuff gets a little rambley so imma not do that on this post

for the anatomy tho, i can talk. i'll be using Twilight as a visual example because she's the one i've drawn in all stages

so basically the concept here is pretty similar to the canon, but with some funky add-ons.

first up- when an alicorn ascends, not only do they gain the wings/horn combo and grow an inch, they also gain some other unique anatomy from the other species.

Unicorn- along with the horn, they also receive the ear tip tufts i gave unicorns. these actually have a purpose, they're sensitive to magic energy and allow unicorns to tell where magic is coming from. depending on the unicorn they vary in sensitivity but alicorns are by far the most sensitive Pegasus- along with the wings, the get some of the extra feathers pegasai have on their bodies, namely the ones on their ankles that are used for finer trajectory adjustments in flight. they also receive the sensitivity of their hooves that's used to pick up changes in cloud texture and sense their stability Earth Pony- earth ponies may seem like they don't add shit, but they actually give two very important things. the first thing is a strength boost, as they're stronger than the other two pony species by nature. the other thing is dense as fuck hooves. that sounds kinda lame but they have rock hard hooves that allow for them to dig into dense materials and have a kick with some real bite in it that the others just can't replicate and might tear their own hooves up trying. they also add the visible fluff in the ear canal. but that's just a dust filter and if isn't cleaned properly might actually be more of hindrance

it's worth noting- if you look at Cadance and Twilight side by side- that despite being given extra anatomical traits from the other species they will always look more like the species they were before ascension. this is mostly visible in the ears, tails, and hoof shapes -unicorns have long tails with hair only growing from the underside, basic ears, narrower hooves, and usually have long fetlocks as part of their culture. -pegasai have short tails that are completely covered with hair and have rudder feathers at the base, pinned back feathery ears with restricted movement, and really shallow hooves with no fur around them -earth ponies have medium tails with even hair growth around a third of the way down, basic ears, and slightly taller hooves with varying fetlock sizes.

second up- the only uniquely alicorn physical traits that they really have (aside from height) are their hair and beards. unlike normal pony beards that are made of the same hair as their manes, alicorn beards are made of coat fur and will grow a specific length each year that marks how old they are kinda like tree rings. due to this the alicorns don't try to cut them. the manes are kinda funky cause they start out at the roots as normal hair, but then become more "ethereal" after a few inches or so. they tend to start to become ethereal roughly 10 years after ascension

they do have one more weird trait but it's less noticeable and that's the thing with the patterns. when an alicorn is first ascended they gain an extra pattern on their legs, and that pattern gains a second layer around the time they start to get their ethereal manes. you can see it happening on Twilight's lineup.

there's also a bonus thing here that has nothing to do with alicorns as much as it does unicorns- but i like the idea of Unicorn tails (flesh/bone, not hair) getting longer with age. it's usually not too noticeable because they don't normally live long enough for it to be really noticeable compared to younger unicorns, but alicorns do- so former unicorns can end up with some long ass tails in their 1000's

that's all i really got now- if i added in magic and social stuff this would have been way longer. i'm done with my rambles

#my little pony #mlp fim #mlp redesign #mlp headcanons #princess cadance #shining armor #twilight sparkle #kai doodles

[skyscrapergods]

Someone should commission me to write up all about horn growth, injuries, and deformities so I can actually publish all these drawings with words

#meta

[jayrockin]

I joined Art Fight in the last week so I only managed to complete a handful of pieces, but I got to experiment with a lot of supplies and techniques I don’t often get to use. Thanks so much to everyone who attacked me, I got totally bodied!

Characters belong to: MagicArt, @dinoserious, MonsterFangss, ChocolateChipKraken, @artphikiki, @shirecorn, @crankyteapot, @zrllosyn, @captain-chapish, and Iggi.

#jayart #artfight

[shirecorn]

I can't understand a word you're saying!!!

#coyote #wolf #anxiety #flashing #tw flashing #art #coyote art #wolf art #shirecorn #shire draws #animation #glitch #flashing images #glitch art #i was in an incredibly important meeting and zoom turned everything into garbled mess so when it was time for questions i had none because #i couldnt understand what was happening!!!! #i hated it! #my anxiety has been so bad lately #vent #ok to rb

[jubileebloom]

What do you do when you want family cuddles but your family is precariously straddling the divide between mortals and gods and massive size differences get in the way?

Wear each other as hats, of course.

Very rough fan sketch of the skyscraper gods au from @shirecorn because the sheer creativity of the whole thing has wormed into my brain and rewired a few of my neural connections and I just wanted to get this thought out there

#my little pony #princess cadance #shining armor #flurry heart #I probably left out a few details that I'm only going to notice several hours later #as usually happens any time I draw something #ah well

[purpleboytournament]

(High Geologist Shaggy art by shirecorn)

#high geologist shaggy #darkwing duck #purpoll #round one

[kaidacresto]

Sooooooo i maaay have some thoughts rolling through my head (kicks feet twirls hair bats eyelashes)

THEY DONE ROCKED THAT BABY💪💪💪💪

I recently binged all of Shirecorn’s mlp skyscraper au stuff and fell head first into the mlp hyperfixation once more. I meant to actually make this all simple and less reworking and more Stylized for an au, but as you can see that didn’t turn outttttt (sorry beloved friend). BUT NONTHELESS I’m doing my own Mlp Redesign au!! I’ll be posting about it as I get it down >:]

Anywayyyy INFO TIMMEEEEEEE!!!!! ill only explain flurry hearts specific situation, but later ill talk about why she looks all weird dw :]

Blah blah blah flurry heart exists and destorys the Crystal Heart (this actually causes her horn to be shattered in a similar manner (her horns ok dw)), throughout the whole situation she would NOT stop crying, very upset. But during the Crystalling/fixing the heart she finally calmed down, butttt got super attached to the heart. Literally. Would not let go little guy was glued to the thing. Shockingly though, her cutiemark appeared! Everypony was shocked and confused at first, but soon realized the gravity of the situation once Flurry heart became completely unresponsive.

This hasnt happened yet, but as the years go on she slowly becomes more and more infused with thr heart, until she becomes it herself, being the a protector and guardian of the heart and the people of the kingdom! Which is what the second image depicts. Also the castle may have to make some renovations, or move the hearts location, shes gonna get big

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Do not re-upload, sell, or trace my art without my permission. You can use it as reference but you gotta credit me

#KaidaCresto Art #oops ALL alicorns au #art #digital art #alternate universe #MLP #MLP au #my little pony #my little pony au #my little pony: friendship is magic #mlp g4 #mlp redesign #mlp fanart #mlp alicorn #alicorn #alicorns #flurry heart #mlp flurry heart #mlp flurry heart redesign #princess flurry heart #mlp crystal empire #crystal empire

[ausp-ice]

AF23-10: Gossamer He awaits.  For @shirecorn. Personal Website | Discord Server 

#art #my art #procreate #scheduled #artfight #artfight2023 #cw suggestive