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Water sprays everywhere as dolphins jump high in the air over a woman in an orange dress standing on a large rock in the ocean. One dolphin is just leaping out of the water, a second soars through the air above the woman, and a third plunges into the water with a great splash. The woman, facing out to sea looks up at the playful aquatic mammals as her dress flutters in the gentle sea breeze. A zigzag trail of rocks leads up to the larger stone upon which she stands.

This one is a bit of a follow up to another work I made several years ago called Whale Watcher (daniel-eskridge.pixels.com/fea… ). Like this artwork, it features a marine mammal breaching the surface of the water and jumping over a woman on the rocks. In that one, though, I featured a humpback whale, but, for this work, I wanted something less grandiose and more playful, so I went with dolphins.

At first, I had the dolphins jumping in an arch that was parallel to the plain of the picture, but I wanted a bit more depth. So, I have

the dolphins jumping in an arch still, but now it's angled a bit more into the scene.

The woman's dress was white in the first pass, but I decided to give it a color that drew the eye a bit more. Pure red was too extreme, but hot orange, I though, worked quite well especially since it played well off of the cool blue of the sky beyond.

Generally, for scenes where I have splashing water, I paint the splashes in during post production. For this image, though, I actually used 3D models of splashes for the rendering in addition to painting in post.

I gave it the title "Dolphin Rock" as the idea is that this is a special place were the dolphins are always at play and to where one could adventure to to experience them up close.

I created this image using a variety of digital art applications including 3D rendering and digital painting.

Thanks for looking!

Daniel

P.S. For full resolution downloads and licensing information: licensing.pixels.com/featured/…

Description

Water sprays everywhere as dolphins jump high in the air over a woman in an orange dress standing on a large rock in the ocean. One dolphin is just leaping out of the water, a second soars through the air above the woman, and a third plunges into the water with a great splash. The woman, facing out to sea looks up at the playful aquatic mammals as her dress flutters in the gentle sea breeze. A zigzag trail of rocks leads up to the larger stone upon which she stands.

This one is a bit of a follow up to another work I made several years ago called Whale Watcher (daniel-eskridge.pixels.com/fea… ). Like this artwork, it features a marine mammal breaching the surface of the water and jumping over a woman on the rocks. In that one, though, I featured a humpback whale, but, for this work, I wanted something less grandiose and more playful, so I went with dolphins.

At first, I had the dolphins jumping in an arch that was parallel to the plain of the picture, but I wanted a bit more depth. So, I have

the dolphins jumping in an arch still, but now it's angled a bit more into the scene.

The woman's dress was white in the first pass, but I decided to give it a color that drew the eye a bit more. Pure red was too extreme, but hot orange, I though, worked quite well especially since it played well off of the cool blue of the sky beyond.

Generally, for scenes where I have splashing water, I paint the splashes in during post production. For this image, though, I actually used 3D models of splashes for the rendering in addition to painting in post.

I gave it the title "Dolphin Rock" as the idea is that this is a special place were the dolphins are always at play and to where one could adventure to to experience them up close.

I created this image using a variety of digital art applications including 3D rendering and digital painting.

Thanks for looking!

Daniel

P.S. For full resolution downloads and licensing information: licensing.pixels.com/featured/…