It looks like a good start to me. I think it's about time our sweet animals get some work done for them. Anyway.. back to the issue. I think it's a good idea if you work at a texturemap at the same time as the transmap. That way you can "easier" get it to look good. It's hard to achieve with only trans. Another thing I would recommend you to try is to use a smaller brush (if that's what you've used) to make it (hopefully) look like real horsehair. Maybe you could... a crazy idea.... try to use 2 horsetails? with different transmaps? Just my opinion Milaja ps. I REALLY love your pictures!!