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I promise you a great deal of planning went into it 
(in this as in all the others). Here, I had the problem of depicting in silhouette the horse's head, the knight, and both wings, all occupying pretty much the same space. In order for all these elements not to become one amorphous blob, I had the cloak blown in between the horse's head and the farthest wing. It also helped me to define the shape of the knight quite satisfactorily. As I knew the pantone black wouldn't have a problem fighting the red in the final reproduction, I trusted the device well enough to expect it to work in the final result, even though the black of the mane in particular doesn't look strong enough in the original. So I did nothing more to it lest the attempt should instead prove detrimental, as it often does... The end, in this instance, seems to have well justified the means, I think... 
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So, compliments from several parties on your gorgeous drawings.
Interestingly, some of the reproduction suffered slightly in both this book and the Rubáiyát. You'll probably have noticed that the red in this one tended to reproduce with what looks like a fine black outline, which of course, is not there in the original. I think this is a kind of 'shadow' effect that had much to do with reproducing in pantone black and red, and not in the same way full colour illustration usually is.
The Rubáiyát had different issues, simply those of the colours not being quite so faithful as one might like, which is understandable enough. But the reproduction also did a curious thing of slightly over-accentuating line, which includes showing up more than they appear in the originals some of the fine pencil underdrawing, and strangely 'pushing back' and flattening some of the colour. The more subtler washes simply appear almost white.
I really love it
the patterns on the cape and the girl's clothing and the flow itself of the fabric really add to the personality of each. the detail/design of the girl's outfit, from the earring to the gathering of the shawl at her back, and the floating ribbons in her hair make her so real and tangable.
your use of color is also fantastic, something i haven't seen before
The horse reminds me of your piece with Andromeda and Perseus.