Samantha used Adobe Illustrator for the initial creation of the cartoon horses but later on in the production process she brought the Smart Object Vectorized Files of the horses into Adobe Photoshop where she was able to add more of the embellishing touches to the graphics. In Adobe Photoshop, Samantha used a Wacom drawing tablet and was able to use different paintbrushes, and textures in the computer to paint the grass, trees, clouds, and other backgrounds. With hair strand photoshop brushes Samantha was able to draw the horses’ manes flowing in the wind. With all the different layers, brushes, and effects Adobe Photoshop has to offer she was able to create more advanced digital paintings than what could be achieved just by sticking with only Adobe Illustrator. Samantha used a lot of different lighting and digital painting techniques in photoshop that she learned after taking a specialized clinic taught by one of the designers behind the World of Warcraft Posters and video game artwork.