Thank you, I worked a lot with the hair. There's multiple layers of highlights and shadows used, along with making the flow of the lines follow gravity's pull. Shadows and highlights in a drawing are often hard to see and especially hard to notice the huge difference they make. No one but the artist is really able to understand since they can unview the shadow/highlight layers to see the differences between the drawing with and without those elements.



The "odd lumps" in her back are parts of her body. For instance, the shoulders. The top of all four legs protrude slightly from the body and it can be seen especially at this angle due to her being on her side while still being seen from above. Her hooves are in a resting state, which means they are slightly bent. Though your hands aren't hooves, you can see a similar affect when you rest one of your hands. When no muscles in the hand are being used, your fingers curl and your hand bends. Her legs aren't tight against her body because she's asleep and at peace right now, her muscles relaxed. Because of this, the legs are slightly outstretched with the hooves just barely bent. That is why the back hoof is positioned that way. The light also falls differently depending on which part of her back it is because of how she's positioned.



Thanks! The highest contrast would probably be her hair where the secondary color in her mane and the brightest highlight are evident. The lower contrast of the body contributes to the relaxing tone, as the colors themselves are relaxed. The background has a calm atmosphere due to the color, toning down the contrast from the secondary color in her hair and making it almost look like a highlight.