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Birvan — Knocking on Your Glass

Published: 2008-08-02 04:11:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 3148; Favourites: 61; Downloads: 83
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Description Cody as a full dolphin merkid
This particular scene is him in the island's lake, knocking on the glass of one of the underwater duplexes (probably Awen's)

I worked on this pic for about a week, if I'm not mistaken. The texture in the background was all done by hand, reason why it took so long
His body looks a bit weird because of the pose he's currently in (he's drifting a bit to the side)
And in case you're wondering, yeah I can't do underwater textures to save my life, unless I have a live model/video/photo to look at. That's what you get for living in the middle of the mountains
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Comments: 51

Phoenix-FireMage [2014-09-19 02:19:19 +0000 UTC]

...was he ever told of the "don't tap the glass of an 'aquarium'" rule?

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Birvan In reply to Phoenix-FireMage [2014-09-19 10:27:18 +0000 UTC]

Probably, but he rather enjoys bending the rules

"I wasn't tapping, I was knocking!"

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Phoenix-FireMage In reply to Birvan [2014-09-19 13:42:44 +0000 UTC]

Or maybe he's retaliating or something...

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Birvan In reply to Phoenix-FireMage [2014-09-20 00:59:44 +0000 UTC]

Nah, that doesn't fit his playful personality

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Phoenix-FireMage In reply to Birvan [2014-09-20 01:01:05 +0000 UTC]

Oh, okay.

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HareTrinity [2014-06-10 18:10:20 +0000 UTC]

Hee, very nice!

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Birvan In reply to HareTrinity [2014-06-10 18:17:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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sandcastler [2014-02-15 01:23:11 +0000 UTC]

That's an awesome look how you have his left thumb web straining over the index finger in that fist pose!!

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Birvan In reply to sandcastler [2014-02-16 11:59:33 +0000 UTC]

Wow, you noticed it

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manicthehedgehog23 [2010-07-02 15:54:27 +0000 UTC]

awwwwwwwwww very cute what mad cody that way anyway

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Birvan In reply to manicthehedgehog23 [2010-07-02 18:37:39 +0000 UTC]

It's a long story

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manicthehedgehog23 In reply to Birvan [2010-07-02 18:50:04 +0000 UTC]

oh well thats okay i looked it u on gia after i posted this comment and i have to say great rp game very intrestinfg and different not like most rps out there i am thinking of joining the rp if it is stll in operation i like it a lot and i also have to say awwwwwwwwwwwwww poor cody

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Birvan In reply to manicthehedgehog23 [2010-07-02 20:16:41 +0000 UTC]

The place closed years ago

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manicthehedgehog23 In reply to Birvan [2010-07-02 20:51:15 +0000 UTC]

awwwwwww no fiar i sooooooooooooooooo wanted to try it

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Birvan In reply to manicthehedgehog23 [2010-07-02 21:09:30 +0000 UTC]

Considering how things were evolving maybe it was for the best

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manicthehedgehog23 In reply to Birvan [2010-07-02 21:54:36 +0000 UTC]

ur right

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Chibi-Fisch [2009-02-27 00:17:37 +0000 UTC]

lol

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Birvan In reply to Chibi-Fisch [2009-02-27 16:32:13 +0000 UTC]

>D

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Chibi-Fisch In reply to Birvan [2009-03-01 01:37:59 +0000 UTC]

I love it because it's the reverse of what you think. You go to the aquarium, and they're all like "Don't tap on the glass it annoys the fish." This time, the fish is tapping on the glass annoying the humans. It just amuses me so! ^-^

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Birvan In reply to Chibi-Fisch [2009-03-01 03:27:17 +0000 UTC]

He's a dolphin to tell you the truth, but yeah, that's what he's doing XDD

Never thought about that way though. Thanks

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Chibi-Fisch In reply to Birvan [2009-03-01 03:32:01 +0000 UTC]

Your welcomes! (And I realize he's a dolphin; I meant to put the word "fish" in quotes, to show I was referring to "fish" as anything that lives in water.)

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Birvan In reply to Chibi-Fisch [2009-03-01 03:44:04 +0000 UTC]

Some people can't tell the difference

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Chibi-Fisch In reply to Birvan [2009-03-01 20:58:23 +0000 UTC]

I know what you mean. Tis okay! It's annoying when people actually think aquatic mammals are fish.

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Birvan In reply to Chibi-Fisch [2009-03-02 17:46:14 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I hate that too Xp

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ObnoxiousTurkey [2008-08-03 17:56:52 +0000 UTC]

heheh, thats awsome! I have to say, you draw hands amazingly. And the body is merged so well from human to dolphin.
When I first looked at this my first thought was how freaky that'd be to just see that at an aquarium or something XD it's like OMG WTF ?!?!? lol
Great work! ^.^

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Birvan In reply to ObnoxiousTurkey [2008-08-03 18:00:03 +0000 UTC]

Lots of work and practice Xp

I bet the aquariums would love to have such an attraction

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5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue [2008-08-02 17:27:02 +0000 UTC]

Ha!

Now that would be something to see when you pulled the blinds to your underwater window open. XD

I like his hair and especially his hands! VERY NICE!

The only two things I would suggest is to add some kind of filter over it and some light reflections so we can tell that he's looking through a glass. The other thing is that it appears to me that his right eye floats away from his face.

Otherwise, looking good!

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Birvan In reply to 5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue [2008-08-02 17:55:12 +0000 UTC]

If he didn't scare you to death for being so close that is

Yeah I know, but I never got around to finish this properly because I no longer have access to the original files. And there's too many small details I want to fix to do it on photoshop Xp

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5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue In reply to Birvan [2008-08-02 18:06:25 +0000 UTC]

Yeah... I would scream so loud the window would vibrate and probably shake the whole building complex too @____@

Of course, after the scare, the building would still be vibrating since I would be yelling at the guy who scared me like that.

Oh total bummer! I've had that happen to me too! Xp Only I've lost both the completed pieces and the files I made them on DX

It was a computer glitch that did it too -_______-

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Birvan In reply to 5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue [2008-08-02 18:13:53 +0000 UTC]

One of those 12 inch thick windows!?! o.0

Lol XD

That happened a lot in my earlier pieces, before I had my own computer. Don't know how my dad manages but his computer is crashing all the time DX
This case though is just incompatibility between Mac and Windows Xp

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5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue In reply to Birvan [2008-08-02 19:02:11 +0000 UTC]

You'd be surprised how strong my lungs can be u__u

That or I'd freak him out and do a fake gasp and point behind him and yell "SHARK!!!"

Heh... computers *shakes head* You love them when they work and want to chuck them out the window when they screw you over.

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Birvan In reply to 5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue [2008-08-02 19:23:51 +0000 UTC]

You'd might catch him for a second, but then he'd be royally pissed Xp

Lol, absolutely XD

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5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue In reply to Birvan [2008-08-02 19:35:24 +0000 UTC]

Well he would have deserved it for what he did.

I mean, I'm a girl! What if I had been indecent! DX

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Birvan In reply to 5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue [2008-08-02 21:52:54 +0000 UTC]

Trying saying that to him. One of the nasty things about Cody is his temper. He's esily offended and he's not afriad to use his tail to break some bones Xp

He is naked all the time. Hard to beat that

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5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue In reply to Birvan [2008-08-02 22:19:45 +0000 UTC]

Dang! o__O Really? Seems like Cody could use some anger management. .__. ... badly...

Hm... apparently his is... o__-

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Birvan In reply to 5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue [2008-08-02 22:23:06 +0000 UTC]

Unlike what most people think, dolphins can be pretty aggressive. And he's a kid who has to live on his own Xp

XDD

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5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue In reply to Birvan [2008-08-02 22:31:15 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I know they can O__o;; I've seen a National Geographic episode on how some male bottle noise dolphins kidnap females or kill other species of dolphins or even kill babies. .___.

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Birvan In reply to 5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue [2008-08-02 22:35:05 +0000 UTC]

I find it rather annoying the movies all portraying the dolphins as uber nice animals ready to help man and then people acting surprised a dolphin snap back because they don't want to be bothered any more D<

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5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue In reply to Birvan [2008-08-02 22:38:09 +0000 UTC]

I blame Flipper. u__u

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Birvan In reply to 5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue [2008-08-02 22:43:52 +0000 UTC]

Not the dolphin, but the movie I hope

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5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue In reply to Birvan [2008-08-02 22:47:13 +0000 UTC]

The movie, the tv show... both are good. Though the tv show started it.

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Birvan In reply to 5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue [2008-08-02 23:01:44 +0000 UTC]

I only got to see the movie Xp

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5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue In reply to Birvan [2008-08-02 23:12:29 +0000 UTC]

Not missing much. Considering it was made in America in the mid 60's I'm sure a good portion of the producing/writinging/acting staff were high. -__-

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Birvan In reply to 5ft-2-Eyes-of-Blue [2008-08-02 23:14:25 +0000 UTC]

Lol XD

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krystalynn03 [2008-08-02 04:49:44 +0000 UTC]

I love the background texture and his expression! Wow!

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Birvan In reply to krystalynn03 [2008-08-02 05:09:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks XD

The texture was a pain. Feel like I was painting an impressionism painting

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krystalynn03 In reply to Birvan [2008-08-02 12:56:17 +0000 UTC]

But it does look great!

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Birvan In reply to krystalynn03 [2008-08-02 16:58:07 +0000 UTC]

^^

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StealthNerd [2008-08-02 04:13:21 +0000 UTC]

That's so awesome! I can tell you put a ton of work into it, and it looks great I love his expression, too!

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Birvan In reply to StealthNerd [2008-08-02 04:19:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

You have no idea. My hand was aching all over Xp

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