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A loooooooong time ago, in the fall of 1986, a cartoon came on CBS. It was a short lived cartoon, one about a princess and a horse and another world.

This cartoon was called Wildfire, which was also the name of the main protagonist, a magical stallion. Friend and servant to the late queen of the mystical world called Darshan, Wildfire now was friend and servant to her daughter, the hidden Princess Sarah, who lived as a rancher's daughter in this world. If Sarah stayed too long within her true homeland, she would fall victim to the curse that claimed her mother's life, and then Darshan would fall to the evil whims of her step-aunt, the once Lady Di, now infamously known as Diabolyn. Due to a loop hole in the curse placed on the royal family, Sarah can return to her homeland for short periods of time; in this, she and two friends, Dorin, and a colt by the name of Brutus, with the help of the late queen's wise yet absent minded, elderly vizier, can defeat Diabolyn's schemes to take control of the land. Also part of the story was the loving Mr. Cavanaugh, Sarah's 'adoptive' father on Earth; little does he know that he too is from this distant land. For his own sake, and for Sarah's, his memory of Darshan is erased but for once, when he was the only one able to rescue her from Diabolyn's source of power, the Spectors. Last but never least was Sarah's friend in the Earth realm, Ellen. She was a Native American child who held a slightly mystical air about her, very much devoted to her peoples' spiritual ways.

This cartoon only had 13 episodes, but for those 13 episodes, it was a half hour well spent for a child of the eighties such as myself. Granted, the show could be considered more geared towards young girls, but anyone with an appreciation for fantasy and/or horses could find delight within its story line and plots per episode.

So, one day not so long ago - I decided to make some artwork of a horse; it's been a while, and I decided on Wildfire. Here he is in graphite #2 BiC pencil.

Wildfire (c) Hanna-Barbera; no infringement on copyright is intended in this render by the artist.

Description
A loooooooong time ago, in the fall of 1986, a cartoon came on CBS. It was a short lived cartoon, one about a princess and a horse and another world.

This cartoon was called Wildfire, which was also the name of the main protagonist, a magical stallion. Friend and servant to the late queen of the mystical world called Darshan, Wildfire now was friend and servant to her daughter, the hidden Princess Sarah, who lived as a rancher's daughter in this world. If Sarah stayed too long within her true homeland, she would fall victim to the curse that claimed her mother's life, and then Darshan would fall to the evil whims of her step-aunt, the once Lady Di, now infamously known as Diabolyn. Due to a loop hole in the curse placed on the royal family, Sarah can return to her homeland for short periods of time; in this, she and two friends, Dorin, and a colt by the name of Brutus, with the help of the late queen's wise yet absent minded, elderly vizier, can defeat Diabolyn's schemes to take control of the land. Also part of the story was the loving Mr. Cavanaugh, Sarah's 'adoptive' father on Earth; little does he know that he too is from this distant land. For his own sake, and for Sarah's, his memory of Darshan is erased but for once, when he was the only one able to rescue her from Diabolyn's source of power, the Spectors. Last but never least was Sarah's friend in the Earth realm, Ellen. She was a Native American child who held a slightly mystical air about her, very much devoted to her peoples' spiritual ways.

This cartoon only had 13 episodes, but for those 13 episodes, it was a half hour well spent for a child of the eighties such as myself. Granted, the show could be considered more geared towards young girls, but anyone with an appreciation for fantasy and/or horses could find delight within its story line and plots per episode.

So, one day not so long ago - I decided to make some artwork of a horse; it's been a while, and I decided on Wildfire. Here he is in graphite #2 BiC pencil.

Wildfire (c) Hanna-Barbera; no infringement on copyright is intended in this render by the artist.