I dont know how I feel about generic art for all. Wouldnt you eventually then have to update the tack and manes and tails and such for when you give them proper new art? Isnt that double the amount of work? 

I also would feel weird having a generic art and maybe getting attached to it only for it to change again. Or new players might get confused about breeds all sharing a generic art. I personally would rather join a game where each breed looks unique and understand that the art is slowly being updated. 

I like the idea of new tack and what not but I am willing to wait if need be. Or only have it available to updated breeds. I understand it can be confusing, like the manes and tails, but I think everything will make sense with proper disclaimers. 

Yaaayy new breed art!!

The appies neck looks a tad bit short. The Irish Draugh looks worlds better! Omigosh look at those Tekes! 

None that I breed but depending on the turnout maybe I might grab a few haha 

I still look forward to new Walker art. I am partially biased of course, but when they get updated I will absolutely breed them. I just hope we can have natural gaited art and not parked out art. Their gaits are so pretty 😍 and my boy never naturally stood parked out and its not flattering imo. Especially when they are so versatile, I think its enjoyable to show their gaits.

As for the floating flower decor for all breeds, I commented on the bug and linked four horses still broken. 

Thanks for all you guys do! 

Oof, I can definitely see the dilemma. I am torn because I will absolutely mourn the Hano and TWH art, but I can see the need to swap. 

Before I can support the swap, I have to ask if this feature is going to be addressed - https://horsefable.com/feature-request/56 - with how much traction it has, I'm surprised there's been no staff comment on it. My biggest hang up on the new art has been the drastic change in base colors. Will you guys consider adjusting base colors with how much community support it's gotten?

The new art looks very promising! The ID to me unfortunately looks very close to the Stav sketch. 

The art is so beautiful! 

I love the new sneak peeks!

First off, thank you so much for creating a poll and giving players a voice. I think Maki raises a really good point about maintaining the uniqueness of the breeds and keeping the old art. I think this adds life to the game. 

Perhaps you could make a sticky post about the breed art and give the art status on each one ? I think that would help us old players be able to see the progress and give the new players something to reference and alleviate confusion. 

Also we don't have new art for generic pony and draft crosses, so I'm assuming those would have to be completed first. 

Love the art sneak peeks!

@reddRookk Yeah, unfortunately the Stavs and the Irish Draughts have a somewhat similar build of a heavier warmblood/light draft, with a larger frame and a slight roman nose. The pose similarity is mostly coincidental, as I was trying to keep the ID as close in the pose to the original as possible and it ended up very similar to the proposed Stav pose. I tried my best to differentiate them with different head/neck positions and manes, but I'm definitely open to suggestions.

@StormHeart - So far I think the closest thing to such a status tracker is the table of art releases: https://horsefable.notion.site/HoFa-Horse-Art-15b566a800aa80b2a8b2e4740a102c17 it doesn't include all the breed art, but gives a rough idea which breeds are worked on and what's their status.

I feel like I'm in the minority in that I think updating all breeds to generic bases is a good idea. Mainly to make the art all uniform instead of the mixed old/new art we currently have. Plus like has been said newer players keep getting confused by the fact that grooming doesn't work on old bases. 

@Thunder - thank you for answering on the discord. I appreciate so much your transparency and talking through your thought process! Very excited to see both!

@Curly - thank you for opening this to the players to make this choice. I'm sure it'll be a difficult decision either way. 

@Thunderbolt I know the first priority is the appaloosa, but maybe the Irish Draught could have a lower, more relaxed neck position to differentiate it from the Staverden? The current Irish Draught doesn't have as much of an upright head carriage as the new sketch.