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Aurosoul β Dolphin's Intrigue
Published: 2017-03-05 06:42:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 2214; Favourites: 107; Downloads: 6
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I painted this for three reasons: 1: I need to learn how to draw water 2: I need to learn how to draw dolphins and 3: IT WAS SO FUN HOLY SHITthe adult dolphin here is Ava, the main character of my webcomic! the smaller one (who is perhaps TOO small in this image but I accidentally merged the layers so like.... rip) is her younger sister, Aura. they are both resilient, pragmatic, and have sharp tongues (though Aura tries to act tougher than she actually feels, because she doesn't want to be viewed as childish)Β
anyways, the next full painting I do for Sunder will probably be the title page, finally. I think I've narrowed down what I want it to look like, I just need to rough my ideas out as thumbnail sketches and decide on one @_@
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This is really, really beautiful, and creative with a total upside down shot
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thank you! I absolutely love the idea of painting the ocean as a kind of inverted world like this... I want to put in perspective how alien a life underwater is to us land-dwelling creatures ;9
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HOLY SHIT THE WATER SURFACE LOOKS AMAZING!!!Β
Especially since both the top and underside are being shown, it looks incredible! Especially the faint glow on the surface c:Β
The colors are also wonderful! Night time scenes are always the hardest for me to shade lol but you nailed it wonderfully!Β
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WAAAA THANK U;;;
and oh gosh yea, it's really hard to imagine what colors/lighting you should use on a night scene that's UNDERWATER... I really want to do more like this, it's an interesting challenge
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dude y'all need to stop being so awesome
THE HYPE IS REAL
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;;;;;;;;; :,D
and the hype is REAL in my heart too......... gotta put this story into visuals and share it with the world
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aaaAaHHh this is such an intriguing painting, I love it! I like to take pieces like this and flip them right side up again, to see what they look like then. It's funny how they can have a totally different mood. Here too, somehow them being upside down makes everything a lot more mysterious and, I dunno, mystical? So, very good choice to put (or keep) this one upside down.
The water here is just like HOLY SHIT. I know how immensely troubling water surfaces can be to paint, but my oh my you have nailed that shit. Especially on like the wave that's closest to us, the one we see from 'above water', man the details there are just mesmerising. I love how you used all those different colours for the little waves, especially that bright azure blue coupled with the highlights. And blurring parts of the water creates this really great sense of depth which is simply wonderful.
And lastly, those dolpinhs - ahhhhh. I have such an enormous fondness for Common dolphins, and you certainly did them justice. For some reason I especially like the way you drew Aura's face, with her little white cheek and that sideways looking eye above it. Very, very nice painting!!
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WAAAAAA THIS IS SUCH A NICE IN-DEPTH COMMENT I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO RESPOND PROPERLY. I just keep re-reading it in my notifications panel and getting overwhelmed all over again ;ooooo;
TY U NAMU, you are an inspiration in all ways possible tbh
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Not much people do realism on here anymore.i love this *.*can't wait to see more ceta pics from you 8D
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hehe, I don't actually trust my dolphin anatomy skills well enough to try to cartoonify them o @ maybe I'll take a stab at it one day
and thank you! your encouragement means a lot to me
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Your anatomy is fine.I like how they're common dolphins
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DUDE I HAD A DREAMΒ LAST NIGHT THAT U WERE THERE AND WE SAW DOLPHINS. we were shipwrecked
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oh yeah it was like a nice shipwrecked vacation, we built a raft n had a good time
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Eep so good! The water looks super and the painting being inverted makes it look interesting!
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thank you!! I've wanted to paint an 'upside-down' pic like this for ages because of all the scenes from ocean documentaries filming shots like it - makes it look like they are flying above the surface of the water rather than below it!
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