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Aikya — _Breath of Water_
Published: 2009-06-08 01:03:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 6026; Favourites: 337; Downloads: 134
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I apologize for the poor quality of this picture, let me explain…Ok so I got going on this idea I’ve had for a while of an underwater forest-originally the equine creature was supposed to be pulling a tree made of kelp, when the idea shifted to him having lungs and a tail that formed a giant bubble instead-sort of like when you first jump into water and there is a huge cape of oxygen that follows you under. I’ve been swimming a lot lately.
Then after an hour of working on the picture a thunderstorm approached. I was outside watching it come in when I thought; wouldn’t it be neat to let the rain drip onto the water soluble pencils? I decided to take the risk and let it happen. It was fun, taking away my ability to control what was going to happen to this picture. It feels good to surrender to the art and not trying to bring out an end result.
The water started to cover the paper when the wind picked up. It almost blew the paper away so my brother and I went inside just before 60 mph winds blew away our table’s umbrella! XD Then it started to hail. After that I decided to work on this picture for as long as the storm lasted and then stop, no matter how far I had gotten, which was about another hour. I don’t know why, but it felt really good to do this, even if the results weren’t as clear as I had seen them in the beginning.
Mediums used: Watercolor pencils on acrylic paper, water directly from clouds overhead ^^
Original is 6X12 in.
Thank you for taking a peek!
This image is © to Amanda Klammer. Please do not use it without my permission.
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Comments: 96
I can't see the head of that animal, but that is the most gorgeous thing! I love your style ^^.
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Thanks!
I'm glad you like it!
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simply beautiful. So much details and amazing colour! I really love the way your drawing is come. Very amazaing, keep going on
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Thank you! I had a lot of fun with this picture ^^
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HOW BEAUTIFUL!! I completely love the concept and that beautiful blue colour!! You did such a great job on the horse and its suroundings!! (Like I have said before) I LOVE when you do pictures like this!! Keep it up please!
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Wow. It looks so beautiful....
Makes me wish that I'd been drawing something while it'd been raining. I might've been able to get some inspiration from it. It wouldn't have turned out nearly as beautiful as this did though.
It reminds me much of an elemental, something of the elements that can take any form it wishes. Simply gorgeous.
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it's a raging spirit of the sea plowing through the depths... I don't think you could of gotten it looking so if you had not created it in such a way... after all it is depicting water, why not let it do some of the work!
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Yes! I think you are right ^^
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Amazing! Very brave to put it in the rain. But the whole process behind it definitely enforces the power of water and the elements into it. Well done!
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Thank you! I had a lot of fun doing this one, even though the lighting got pretty bad and the wind became violent, I still feel like the actual essence of stormy water soaked into this picture.
I recommend this to anyone who wants to have a good time!
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haha neat idea with the rain! I love the results
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Thanks!
I'm glad you like it!
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It was fun! I wish more people would try this out-it was rewarding, even if I did get soaked!
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beautiful, and the color is so soothing. well done.
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Finally! Some contrast! I'm slowly getting darker with my pictures ^^
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I know some people are terrified of getting darker in their pictures but it can't be all light, right?
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I like the natural water technique!
I have to go find some nice watercolor pencils :3 I'm itching to try them out
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Thanks a lot! Please do try out watercolor pencils-there are so many different techniques you can use with them!
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It's amazing to hear the amounts of effort you put into this picture. I certainly like the idea of letting the rain fall on your picture! That's very creative ^^!
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I'm glad you like it!
Thank you very much! It was fun and very rewarding ^^
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Haha you're so welcome! :3
I sure can see it was rewarding
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This is absoluetly beautiful!!! The cool colors in your work always seem to make me feel calm and serene. I love how the equine creature's tail just flows away from it's body. It's very beautiful :3 The rain is very inspiring hehe. This picture is so beautiful!! I can't stop saying! Amazing job Aikya! Instant fave!!!
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Thank you very much! ^^ This was a good picture to cool down with-I've been working on so many fire pictures lately 
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Your very welcome!
The picture is so beautiful and captivating and all of the shades of blue go so perfectly together. It's so calming! It makes me feel like I'm actually looking at water! Hahaha! I want to do like the elemental trio: Water, Fire, and Earth hahaha!
That's awesome! I love doing feathers
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Thank you very much! This was a great one to work on
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Wow,I see!
It's a pleasure,you know! ^___^
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Wow intense! O_O
I like it.
First as a thumbnail I couldn't see what it was, then pure awesomeness appeared on the screen after clicking on it.
Great work!
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Thank you! I think the thumb looks better than the up close picture XD Glad you like it so much!
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Very interesting effect! It's nice to see 'a water' drawing after the 'fire' series 
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