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I made a few changes that I felt suited the scene (put her ears down and had her hold the sword lower), but I don't know what you were going for so ignore those if you don't like them. For the intensity of the scene, I had her hair up higher and flowing in the same direction (to the right) to show wind. If she were running slow enough, her tail and hair might bend in different directions due to bounce, but based on the body pose I think you were going for full gallop here.

Just like I recommend in my tutorial video ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=da0OMZ… , you'll use references your whole life. It's not cheating even if you have to do an exact trace to get started (pay attention to the "chimera" part of the video since that's what you'd have done in this case). For me, I've done enough that just having them nearby is enough.