"He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls"

- Tennyson 1851


Name: Tennyson
Sex: Stallion
Age: 9
Breed: Draft Type
Personality: Like an eagle, he is graceful when he moves, he is free spirited and runs with the wind letting nothing get in his way. Most that see him think him to be of a gentle nature, but he has strength and power behind him that is deadly, like an Eagle.
History: Tennyson sees things differently to others, he sees things for what they are and what they can be. He is poetic, and speaks the language of the land. For this he was bullied as a foal, and often left to explore the wilderness. He came to love his freedom, the wild weather and untamed nature, he runs with thunder and with fire, spinning its ferocity into a simplistic beauty.

One day he left and never came back.

He didn't know he was leaving, his hooves just never turned back.

Regret. Does he feel it? He lives the life he wants and that is something he will never regret, but for the loved ones he left behind, I suppose so. A few years after leaving he met Hinto, a Dakota horse. He was fascinated by this horses relationship with man and despite their conflicting views a friendship emerged. Tennyson left, continuing on his unmapped path until fate would let them meet again. They learnt a lot from each other, Tennyson learnt patience and pain, while Hinto learnt how to see life in a different way. Together they travelled, both unsociable characters brought together for an unknown cause.

Courage, strength, kinship

He is widely misunderstood, he is silent and spirited and so has little contact with other horses. But for this he is stronger then anyone else, and he is free.

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"The Eagle" by Tennyson really sums up this character, I have had this idea in my mind for a while, this vision of a powerful and poetic character but I just couldn't find the right design. Till now

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I just really love this guy, his markings and colour are just so unique and bold, which made him really stand out for me. I have ideas for his past, which for some part includes Hinto I think they are similar in a way, they understand each other. I find it hard to create characters which suite me, which is why I don't have many characters, but he just fits It just seems right.

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Adoption entry for ~YOB's contest-type-thing. I fell in love with #5 instantly and just had to try for him. I really like how he turned out but sadly I haven't been able to put the time into it that I wanted to, which is why its a weird 1/2 gradient and 1/2 cell shaded I am proud of the lineart though, the feathers took forever

I know ~YOB wanted us to make this the best piece we possibly could but I am working 40+ a week and have little time for art. I tried my hardest to create my best lineart and I chose the shading because I wanted to show Tennyson for who he really is. He isn't complicated and I thought true gradient shading would spoil it somehow. Is it my best picture? Maybe not but I gave it 100%

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Character (c): ~YOB
Art (c): *Ilyana88 2009
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