Kaiserin Elisabeth

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First off, I had problems with the colours because when I uploaded it to the web it looked different from what it looked like on my computer. I made a printscreen and uploaded that.
So, if the picture's desaturated or ridiculously oversaturated you know why.

This is my entry for the third round of Miss Doll History, Empress Elisabeth of Austria. I don't think I've ever worked so much on a doll (which makes that colour problem even more annoying to me). I needed tons of tutorials and reference pictures to draw the horse. I know quite a bit about horse anatomy and coat colours, side saddle riding and double bridles now XD
The folds on the skirt were a killer because I had no decent reference and I did them mostly by trial and error. I had to do a lot of reshading on the folds as well as on the horse.

Edit: My first DD! Thanks so much to everyone who is faving this and to Pyrochan for featuring it!