#shire unicorn

[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.

[itsmeglycine]

previously: L4D2 squad

[skyscrapergods]

are unicorns based on any specific deer, or just deer in general

deer in general! Some specific unicorns I base on other species of deer, sheep, or antelope. It's very much I Do What I Want rather than having a specific science thought.

in addition, I actually make a stylistic choice whenever I draw them that is not correct to any deer.

I'm perfectly capable of drawing deer necks, and I don't have a scientific reason for the horse neck. Just aesthetics.

So yeah! it's deer in general but not quite deer.

[shiresome]

Do you want a glimpse into my beautiful mind

[electricfied-wolf]

Some silly Storm photos from Rory's vlog short because she's such a cutie and I love draft horses so so much.

[charliescreatures]

A nervous unicorn

[bug-memory]

Halloween icon for Lochinvar!

[lady-charinette]

The Last Unicorn but it's these motherfuckers as unicorns:

[acapellapotato]

millie wears her hair long so she can hide her ears, a dead giveaway of her elven ancestry.

[shirecorn]

Trick or treat!!!! Perhaps!!!! :]

You Get! Extinct unicorns as a prehistoric superfamily of ungulate mammals. A recent recent scientific breakthrough about their horns has forced paleoartists to revisit long-held beliefs about their anatomy

The long horn on the unicorn's forehead was neither exposed bone, nor covered by a keratin sheath. Instead, the horn was coated in soft fur, with tendons running up the front and connecting to the back at the horn tip. These tendons allowed the unicorn to flex the skin on the backside of the horn, which raised or lowered a crest of long, stiff hairs. It is theorized (due to differences in tendon connection points) that bucks sported large crests, while does had little to none. Both sexes still sported fuzzy, skin-covered horns, however.

This new school of thought must now be applied to all or most of the unicorn species known to paleoscience, unless an exception is found to support bare bones or keratin sheaths.

The smallest species have been reconstructed with the largest crests, able to stretch them upward or pin them flat at will.

As science advances, we are able to guess more fascinating and complex details of extinct species. It is a wonderful thing to better understand extinct fauna, even if goes against popular interpretations. protesting will not change how these creatures courted, fought, and lived!

For an exclusive look at worldbuilding as it happens, you can subscribe to my art discord, otherwise, check out my worldbuilding blog at @worldofvonder for the small fraction of it I have actually published

[transurgender]

me reinstalling starstable every 6 months just to buy the newest cool horse and then fuck off for another 6 months

[onyxwingsart]

Monoceros, the Ghostly Knight

(Date Finished: 14/10/24) Monoceros is a ghostly unicorn armed with the protection of the ghostly royals. In this artwork, he is depicted bowing to the king of ghosts after the mission to free him from imprisionment. Within the image you can see a unicorn, a shire horse with a glowing green fiery horn. Upon their skin is a galaxy in, mixes of red and blue. But he kneels in front of the bleeding king who does not fear him and yet the king doesn't know who he is

Monoceros, a name which drifted through time. His name had changed through the centuries but his strength and his mission had never faltered. Through times he would change, a white perfect unicorn, a unicorn made of reds and blacks. But with each new ruler of the ghostly kingdoms, he would stand aside them. Even when they are not meant to be. He would fight along side them, though if they were not worthy of the admiration of the solider of the stars, he would bring their ruin. The king who had taken his place was send to ruin, fought against by a child who had no right to be king. To be king was not an easy task, and the princeling had learned what life had decided would be his path. The knight had no one to watch, and such he ensured that his princeling would live. A young and hollow ghostly soul who begged and pleaded for his parents. Only for them to be who left him behind. One with an evil grin, the red of the dead coated her grin. The other, left in shards of broken glass and blue blood which turned black. Yet Monoceros stayed, he healed the young one. Protected him. And once the princeling had found a home, Monoceros belived that his journey was to be over. He silenced inside of the princelings mind. Aware that he could be saved once more, but the knight of the crow did not leave. For he knew there were still things yet unsaid. The king did not know of his crown. Monoceros, bowing before the unknowing king who has lost his son. The king who never knew what it was to be a king, neither a child. A king who had died so young and yet never allowed to grieve for the time which had been lost beneath the waves of green. The king who had fought for freedom of his own soul since the moment he drew his first breath. The king that Monoceros knows will take the place with pride, even if he does not know what it will entail.

Monoceros bows, for the king has lost so much. The knight of ghosts knows, he does not come bearing good news. With stars along his skin and galaxies inside of his words. He cannot assure the king of the finality of time. Of how moments of loss cannot define him. Monoceros cannot tell him the death of the prince, for they were never his words to say. Nor can he assure him of the safety of his family. Monoceros knows he cannot return them to what they were before the fires. But Monoceros bows, for he knows that before him, albeit injured and ruined, bloody and broken. His king will stand before them all, and his king will return the world from ruin. (This is a drawing based on Chapter 15 of The (Un)Living Weapon which is my Anonymous DCxDP fic)

[cogentranting]

Ranking Animated Horse Designs Take 3

This time I really am back by popular demand because the other two posts have been getting a steady trickle of notes for over a year now.

(If you're looking for stuff like Disney and Dreamworks there are two other posts. Here we've got mostly random cartoons and also the Pokemon horses)

Starlite (Rainbow Brite) 6/10 Little weird that he seems to be drawn in a style that's like 3x more realistic than any other character in this show but hey sometimes you just ascend to a higher plane of existence. (2014 Reboot Starlite gets a 3/10. I do not trust him.)

Skydancer (Rainbow Brite) 7/10 I bumped Starlite down a point because he wants what Skydancer has. Skydancer doesn't need rainbows to fly. Skydancer has a lightning bolt. Skydancer has the Drama. (The one wiki page said he's a Shire or a Clydesdale and um I don't think so. Maybe a Friesian.)

On-yx (Rainbow Brite) This is a rocket powered balloon animal. 2/10

Sunriser (Rainbow Brite) 5/10 Eh. I like her hair though.

Swift Wind (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power/ She-Ra Princess of Power)

Right (older version) 8/10 I don't understand the wing physics going on here. Also not sure if the horn is part of the mask or just attached to the mask. Diggin the bib though. Also love that he's a ginger.

Left (new version) 4/10 If the older version wasn't there this would score higher because just as a character design I don't think it's bad but if these are supposed to be the same character he seems so cutesy and I do not vibe with it. I don't know either show. So maybe that works. But it feels wrong.

Amalthea (The Last Unicorn) 9/10 They gave the unicorn the split deer hooves, and the lions tail and that is automatic points from me. Bummed they didn't go all out and give us the goat's beard. Rude. Any distance shot, I love. Close-ups of the face creep me out with the giant doll eyes and tiny nose.

(Pokemon and more below)

Honey Pie Pony (Strawberry Shortcake) 8/10 Adorable. Fantastically chunky design. The others from this... show? book? brand? are like 6s or 5s depending. But Honey Pie has the It factor. (The It Factor here apparently being that recurring pattern of only the main character's horse being able to talk?? This is the third. Swift Wind, Starlite and Honey Pie have dark secrets about how they come by this knowledge).

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic "ponies" Just as characters they're cute in a "trying so hard to be cute that they almost miss the mark entirely" way. But this is about how they are as HORSE designs. And these are magical gremlins not horses. 1/10 (WHAT is happening on the far right of this set. I do not approve. Zebra is fine though).

My Little Pony: A New Generation Like if the MLP: FM ponies and the Trolls characters somehow had children. Somehow the main character of Bee Movie was also involved. The one on the left makes TikTok thirst traps. -2/10

My Little Pony Tales 3/10 I can almost tell they're meant to be horses. Plus that one has a tattoo of a comb. So. Full extra point for the comb tattoo.

Bratz Horses I can't tell if there's an official video game or cartoon design for these but in ANY given version I found the conclusion is the same: if you look into the gigantic distended eye you will be put under the horse's curse. 1/10

Boxer (Animal Farm) 4/10 All horses are equal but some are more equal than others, but Boxer is not one of them because his mouth is not okay.

Marvin (Marvin the Tap Dancing Horse) 5/10 I mean. Dude's got spats. Come on.

Ponyta (Pokemon) 3/5 The armpit and middle thigh flames were a choice.

Rapidash (Pokemon) 8/10 Look at his face. The angst. He has seen things.

Mudsdale (Pokemon) 8/10 The classic mohawk, dreadlocks and legwarmers trifecta. Love it. Would love to hug him.

Galarian Ponyta 3/10 It's giving sheep, and it's giving dog. Very little horse.

Galarian Rapidash (Pokemon) 4/10 He's angry because his hair is too long and he can't walk and also he has not eaten enough somebody feed this horse.

Origin Palkia (Pokemon) 6/10 A built-in hoola-hoop AND thigh high Boots?! what fashion.

Keldeo (Pokemon) 1/10 Clown goat.

Spectrier (Pokemon) 10/10 Beautiful goth girl horse floating around like a Victorian ghost who's too modest to show her ankles.

Mudbray (Pokemon) 5/10 He has passed through the depths of existential dread and returned world-weary but unshakeable and with a snazzy bowl cut.

Glastrier (Pokemon)

20/10 ICE HORSE ICE HORSE ICE HORSE. I love him so much. He's punk rock

The Fat Horse (Looney Tunes) 10/10 Queen.

[sweatytyrantobservation]

Berserk horses that caught my attention

And my thoughts on them here and there.

Zodd

First off, what the fuck are they feeding this thing, its huge. Must be incredibly strong to have zodd as its rider too. Would NOT wanna mess with it

Skull Knight

Worlds most unphased horse , ever.

Griffith

Very pretty. Not a lot of thoughts on this one, I just like the tack. I bet it gets round the clock treatment just cause its Griffiths.

Guts and Casca

Colour Matching horses! So cute. Suits them, like the little detail of the mark on the horses face with guts's if you look the tack on either horse matches the rider, dunno if it's intentional but I think it's cool.

Pippin

His horse is a shire, shire horses are fucking awesome

Honourable mentions

Princess Charlotte

Look how pretty it is :(

Farnese/ holy iron chain knights

Farneses looks like a fucking unicorn oh my god 10/10

Mozgus

Yeah we never see this horse ever again what happened to it, are they just keeping it in a box somewhere??

Just a panel that contains horses.

In all, I love horses, I love berserk, so why the fuck not? I can appreciate the detail and the subtle differences to a horse that belongs to a character like I pointed out w guts and casca. I was gonna add the unicorns but I can't add more than 10 images. Poor things though, being taken to war and back

In conclusion,

Berserk horses have definitely seen some shit

Part 2 of horses that have caught my eye

[lacunases]

Lord of the Rings- as ponies!! bc i am lowkey getting hyper fixated on My Little Pony (gen4/fim), and I AM hyper fixated on Lord of the Rings,,,, (mostly the Hobbit tho, so, yknow, watch out, probably more to come)

Gandalf is an alicorn- his wings are under his cloak (fact few know/care about). Very powerful

Frodo is a unicorn- very weak and limited magic though (levitation of smaller objects, little light- not much more, and it takes embarrassingly much focus and energy), because he grew up in the peaceful shire and deemed other things more important(he can easily write with a pen with his horn though!!)- he is part of the hobbit subspecies, hence the bigger hooves and extra fur near them :3

(same for Sam, Merry and Pippin, minus the unicorn part)

Aragorn “evolves” into an alicorn once he is crowned

Legolas is an alicorn, though not strong- the time of the elves (tall and slender) is nearing its end

Gimli is a super strong dwarf pony<3

Boromir is an earth pony :3

i was thinking that 25% (maybe less lmao) of Men get to be pegasi, but the people of Rohan are MAINLY pegasi- since horses can’t be their speciality anymore, rip

This was the result of me wanting to practice sketching ponies and also have fun😌 So it’s not a masterpiece lmao

I am far from happy with the Hobbits’ cutie marks but😭 ain’t that just the way😔

Here’s the solo jpegs<3

[spiderziege]

omg i love the 3rd life horses so much <333 do you have a thought process for the specific breeds you assigned people, along with the horses’ armor pieces and such? also, i know you said you’re doing 3rd life horses, so do you have any headcanons for what kind of horse life series players that weren’t in 3rd life like pearl and lizzie would have? (like even if you don’t end up drawing them)

THANK YOU FOR THIS ASK!!! i do have thoughts!!

i dont have specific breeds picked out for all of them but ill just go through each one :]

cleos horse is a clydesdale, i knew i wanted some big draught horses for cleo and ren specifically, and i just looove clydesdales theyre so beautiful. for bdubs i wasnt as sure, his is maybe a quarter horse or something? definitely something fast and versatile. and both of their tack is meant to be fancy but not too over the top (cleos horse has a couple flowers that match the ones in cleos hair, and bdubs' horse has a clock and a red cloth that matches bdubs' headband)

rens horse is a shire, wanted his horse to he as big and imposing as possible. for martyn i also wanted something strong and big, but not as fancy and eyecatching. so that its obvious from looking at the horses who's the king and who's the hand. i think his is maybe a cleveland bay? and then both of their tack is very medieval knight-esque, which i think fits their vibe pretty well.

for joels horse im not really set on a specific breed, but i wanted something small and agile for him, something used for hunting. his tack is also a lot simpler than the crastle & dogwarts people

for etho i was kinda struggling tbh. the first breed that came to mind was something like arabian or akhal-teke, but in a third life scenario it just doesnt really make sense to give a desert horse to anyone except desertduo lol. my other option was some kind of ancient breed - like sorraias/tarpans. but those are pretty small and i wanted something a bit bigger, so i ended up with just kinda. generic gray horse. i wish id have made the markings a darker gray instead of white, and added a stripe on the back, i think thatd work better. he also has pretty minimal tack, and he's the only one who rides without stirrups cause he just seems like that kinda guy (same)

for the other third lifers - desert duo get either an arabian or akhal teke, like i said. kinda leaning towards arabian. they also only get one horse because they still have pizza too of course

imp & skizz & bigb all get bigger working horses similar to martyn probably. i think imp & skizz get very similar horses, and for bigb im thinking maybe black forest horse or something?

tango gets a mustang, i dont really have a reason for that it just feels right

jimmy gets a haflinger because thats like the golden retriever of horse breeds i think

for scott im not sure either - he could be a lusitano kinda guy, but tbh i think flower husbands can just share one haflinger with a million flowers woven into its hair

and then the ones that werent in third life - pearl definitely gets a marwari horse. im not sure what it is about those horses but thats just. the pearlescentmoon horse to me. maybe its the ears, they kinda look like little antennae

for lizzie im not really sure generally, but i think specifically for the last life fairy fort she gets a unicorn. thats just the only kinda horse i can think of that makes sense lol

mumbo gets a trakehner or some similar warmblood breed

gem gets an irish cob i think. definitely something thats strong but not super big