White Oak Stables is a free online horse game where people of all ages can learn the responsibility that comes along with taking care of horses, and have fun at the same time. Choose either english or racing competition. Members breed, show, race, train, and care for their own horses. We have games, parties, contests, chat rooms, message boards, story archives, give out lots of free prizes every month, and more. Kid tested, parent approved.
Our Mission
White Oak Stables strives to give people of all ages a place to relax and share their mutual love of horses. Our focus is to educate as well as stress realistic equine care and management in hopes of stopping the abuse and slaughter of 40,000 to 80,000 equines a year. Our game is designed to emphasize realistic time, skill and money management needed to run a successful horse stable. Members must feed, care for, and breed their own horses responsibly otherwise the animals die as they would in real life. Members learn there are consequences for all of their actions. In this way our game encourages horse rescue and rehabilitation of unwanted, neglected and abandoned horses. It is our hope these values will be instilled in future generations.
Community Outreach
White Oak Stables features horses and horse rescue organizations from around the globe, simply click on the Rescue tab. If you would like a horse from your organization featured please contact us. We're always happy to help a rescued horse find a home. Additionally, White Oak Stables donates yearly to the Equine Rescue League, a local horse rescue.
For Parents
Most of the members of White Oak Stables are children and teenagers, however as our website popularity grows so do the age ranges on the game. We encourage parents to go over basic internet safety with their children and explain the dangers of giving out personal information to strangers over the internet. For more internet safety guidelines and how to talk to your children please visit A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety published by the FBI.
If for any reason you would like your child removed from our website or denied access to our chat rooms and message boards please notify jade@whiteoakstables.net.
About The Owner
My name is Greta "Jade" Krafsig and an independent game developer, design1online.com, LLC, who specializes in games for women and girls. Like most girls I grew up completely horse crazy and still am to this day. I bought my horse Erin July 30th, 2007. She's a 1999 Thoroughbred mare out of fairly well known steeplechasing stallion, Aaron's Gold. I show her locally and often take her out trail riding. I have a B.S. in computer science with a focus on computer games and graphics. I love programming almost as much as I love animals. In my free time I'm either at my computer or out at the barn riding.
I have two dogs. Luna is a Lab/Husky mix and Stevie is a purebred Yorkie. Luna was feral and running loose for four months before the county animal control caught her. Because she spent the beginning of her life as a feral dog she's pretty crazy and I don't ever expect her to be normal. She passes out when she sees things that scare her and spends a lot of the day hiding under my bed. But during the night, when its quiet out, she sneaks out from under the bed and acts like a normal dog -- playful and rowdy. Stevie is the newest addition to my family. I bought him from a local breeder and friend. I'm planning to get him certified as a therapy dog and show him in agility.
My hobbies include reading, writing, drawing, horses (no brainer here), playing violin, swimming, and programming. I love making online games and I'm happy you've decided to come play one of mine.
Mission Statement:
To advocate for, rescue, protect, and defend our God-given equine
from abuse and neglect in Tennessee.
Their purpose is:
Rescue equine from cruel or dangerous situations
Provide shelter, care, rehabilitation, and adoption for abused and neglected equine
Assist law enforcement with investigations and court preparation
Educate owners on compassionate and responsible equine ownership
Heighten public awareness about abuse and neglect of equine
Provide education to those who handle cruelty & neglect calls, and other equine emergencies within their county.
Make A Difference!
Everything you do counts, no matter how big or small the gesture. Support this rescue by volunteering, donating money, tack, supplies, equipment, hay,
or finding room in your heart (and pasture) for a loveable equine.
This horse is up for adoption!
You can see other horses up for adoption and information about this rescue on their website:
HorseHavenOfTN.com
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I'm a 25-year-old woman who lives in Hamburg, Germany. After my graduation at secondary school in Munich I participated in a 14-months course at Animation School Hamburg. Therefore I moved to the other side of Germany, because we don't have real animation schools like in the USA, for example, and I couldn't afford going to the movie schools here. So that course was the only pace where I could learn more about animation. After 7 months theory we started working in little groups, producing a short animated movie for the last 7 months. My friend Sam and me did a movie about a kiwi bird:
When the course was finished I spent almost a year with applying to animation studios here, but since there's not many productions in Germany and everyone is only looking for experienced workers I decided to become a freelance artist. To be honest, I'm glad it went that way. I have a temporary help job in a local supermarket and now and then work as clean-up artist on commercials, but most of the time I do what I like most, illustrating and doing commissions for people online. I really enjoy doing comics and horse-pictures for whiteoakstables.net and am happy everyone seems to like them as well. :)
What inspired you to start drawing?
I'm not completely sure anymore. My parents told me I started drawing as soon as I was able to hold a pencil. But I remember I was very inspired by cartoons at early age, especially "My Little Pony". I was SUCH a huge fan...and still am, despite my age, hehe. Later it were mostly Disney movies which inspired me a lot and still do.
What's your favorite thing/topic/subject to draw?
My favourite Disney movie is "Treasure Planet", so I adore drawing my favourite character Jim Hawkins and me together. Big Cats, kiwi birds, dolphins and horses come next, but in general I really enjoy drawing all kinds of animals, may it be fantasy creatures or real ones.
Rank your top 5 Disney movies.
Treasure Planet
The Lion King
Tarzan
Lilo & Stitch
Hercules
What programs do you use to make your drawings?
Photoshop 7.0. It's not the latest version, but the only one I've ever used and regarding how long it took to finally be able to use it decently, I don't even wanna get a new one because knowing myself it would take an eternity to get used to that one. *lol*
I always do sketch and lineart traditionally, scan it and colour everything with Photoshop. I also have a tablet since it's easier to draw with that than with a mouse. It's a Wacom Model CTE-440.
What advice would you give to someone who wants to become an artist?
Practice. Practice. Practice.
People often ask me for advice or, like I call it, "magical tricks" to make their drawings look good. Many of them think there's just a few pointers and suddenly they can draw like they never did before. But the harsh reality is that you have to practice a LOT, not a few days or weeks but months and years to develop and improve your skills. Go to the zoo, take life-drawing classes, try out different styles and colouring methods. But still have fun while drawing.
How long does it take you to draw a picture?
It always depends on the amount of characters, how detailed they are, the background, etc. Sometimes it takes me 10 minutes to draw a sketch, sometimes I work on a single drawing for 3 hours, depending on how difficult the idea / character / pose is or in what mood I am, means if I`m motivated and energetic or in bad mood and have to force myself.
It's also hard for me to say how long it takes because I don`t sit on a drawing from sketch to final colouring without a break, I watch TV next to drawing, chat with friends, or interrupt to eat something or go to the store, etc. So when a particular picture was done during 3 days, for example, it doesn`t have to mean that it`s extremely diffcult or costed a lot of time, it could have been done in one afternoon, but I was just in no good condition.
But if you really need to have an answer, then let's say one day for one picture.
If you could change one thing in the world just with your art, what would it be?
Wow, that's a difficult question to answer...it would be awesome if more people would know about the kiwi birds. They are so unknown, it's a real shame. Not many people outside of New Zealand do actually know them I noticed. They are very endangered so if my kiwi art would raise attention and maybe even a company would be willing to develop kiwi products with me, that would truly be great. There's not much stuff about kiwis, but they have potential to set a new trend. By now, you really have seen I'm obsessed with these little birds. XD
Have you had any formal training? If so would you recommend a certain class/style or study to someone whose interested in learning to draw or become an artist?
Besides the 14-months animation course...No. I mainly taught myself, by watching cartoons, going to the zoo, looking at photos, observing people and how they moved, and looking at myself ( mainly when I need to see how a special pose looks or have to draw hands ).
Like I said, life-drawing classes are extremely helpful, we had it at animation school as well. I can't recommend a certain study, because it really depends on what you want to draw. If you're interested in tradtional art and oil-painting, etc., take a study which involves that. I you rather design logos or banners, graphic design would be the best option for you.
However, you should start with drawing realistically and learning about anatomy, proportions, light, colouring, etc. first.
Do you have any horses?
No.
Do you ride, or have you taken any lessons before?
Eh, not really. I have sat on a horse now and then as child, but never riding lessons or doing it seriously.
If you could have a dream horse what would it be and why?
A Friesian. They are just beautiful with their black coat, the wavy mane and tail and the silky hair on the lower legs.
What's your favorite art or drawing book and why?
"The Animator's Survival Kit" by Richard Williams. It's the best book about animation, including everything you need to know about animating and drawing characters.
"Manga Pose Resource Book : Animals" by Yoshihiro Yamaguchi. It only consists of drawings of all kinds of animals in different poses and perspectives, very helpful when you need a pose and can't think of something or need inspiration.
My name is Greta "Jade" Krafsig and an independent game developer, 
