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The Deep
Published: 2011-09-11 16:48:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 35976; Favourites: 1202; Downloads: 4658
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Edit: Ahh! Thank you for the DD!Time for something a little different!
I've been wanting to illustrate a simplified ocean creature image for some time now, ever since I heard this Monterey Bay Aquarium-like song: [link] Radiohead's Treefingers totally sounds like the same ambient music played in the Aquarium's exhibits! It just has the feeling of "The DEEP".
So, since I'm interning at the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Image Resource department, I sort through and edit a bunch of photography, and the other day I chanced upon this one tiny and grainy photo of a shark looming headfirst towards the camera - I thought it was a pretty cool image and that it would look even better as a wallpaper.
So that pic was the inspiration for this piece - all reconstructed from memory (body is more filled out here - the pic was pretty much just head-tail shark lol), and with a bunch of fish and bubbles added too. XD I dunno what species of shark I painted though... Dreamy shark to go along with that music!
Finished this in a few hours, on my b-day. Photoshop CS2 and Wacom Intuos 3. Original size is 3000px wide. 3 colors used for the bg gradient, and only 2 (the highlight and shadow) used to color everything else. Any other colors you see were created via blending modes. (And no vectors this time either!)
Painting style and text inspiration from Apofiss
Art copyright me. All rights reserved. Personal desktop use only.
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Comments: 108
What i see the most complex here is the sea, the bubbles look cartoonish which make it adorable and soften the creepy xD but is a good creepy! I particulary love the sharks, I instantly see this as a poster, a documental or even a movie, this is good to teach, attract, sell and show what is comming, what ever it is, and worth the view, a rich view.
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Super cool looking thanks for sharing it looks like a blu ray menu for a shark doc amazing work
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^___^ Thanks! That's a pretty neat description too! Glad you like it.
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Oh my favourite aquarium in Kingston-Upon-Hull is called The Deep 
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Where is this place? Remind me not to swim there. Thank you very much.
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Can I ask for the version without your signature and text "the deep"?
Regards,
Jacob
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Sorry, those were intentional and serve an important (compositional) function. Likewise, this work is copyright protected.
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I know it's copyright protected and I always respect copyrights, however I don't really like the font. it breaks the compositon, you could have place it in the corner of the work
regards,
Jacob
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Excellent. Great work. I love the layout. I think you've inspired me.
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Aww, thank you. :3 Glad to hear that!
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Awesome. I was working on a similar theme like this. But I don't want to finish it now. Since yours is just so beautiful.
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Aww! You can still make yours! I'm curious to see what your interpretation would be.
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thanks LOL. Once again, it is a insanely beautiful picture. Very well done.
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I absolutely love this image, it's so beautiful! And the shark looks so menacing just cruising there, awesome job!
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Thank you! :3 Glad you like it!
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LOVE it and you're so welcome!
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Yay, thank you! (glad you liked the song with it too!)
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I saw the thumbnail and I thought it was a real picture, GOOD job!
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Hmm.... Well, this here particular piece of art is quite stunning I say... But it is "The Deep", and we know very little of it. It has to be darker, to represent the unknown territory of the sea, it has to represent the dangers that may lie below the tons of planetary water supply, and a single, very dim beam of light should come down to illuminate the bioluminescent words - THE DEEP.
Just constructive criticism, I did like this piece, but still wanted to see darker tones.
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Yeah you're right, that is another possible concept. 
Thanks for the comment! Keep giving new suggestions/ideas!
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Hmm... Of course... Well, you know, I do try to draw something sometimes, but I always get VERY lazy to finish it off. My gallery is not much, but maybe you can have a gander at it. I think I am better with drawing massive battles/sceneries with medium amounts of detail. I dont know, no inspiration at all lately.
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Very pretty! when i saw it i thought it was a photograph but as a painting its much more impressive!!! btw, i hope you dont mind but i downloaded it and using it as a wallpaper.
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Thanks! It was inspired by a photo I chanced upon at my internship. And sure, desktop use is what I made it for.
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You did a great job on it. and thx i will enjoy.
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Thanks for your support! I hope to make more. Though I will be quite busy with my graduate program this year, but we'll see!
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I first thought it was a real picture ;D, good job on the illustration and gz with DD
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Really? XD cool! Thank you! :3
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This is gorgeous, and yes it does indeed make a beautiful wallpaper! Thank you so much for sharing. You deserve the DD.
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Thank you so much! :3
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This looks like the advertisment pic of the movie "The Cove". Nicely done
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