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namu-the-orca — Liberation - Common dolphin
Published: 2012-07-29 08:30:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 11009; Favourites: 296; Downloads: 0
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Species depicted: Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)Time taken: around 6 hours
References used: National Geographic documentary: www.sockshare.com/file/3EB7097… Screenshots taken around 4:50
Tools of the trade: Photoshop CS5
"Those who have the privilege of coming eye-to-eye with a dolphin, will be liberated of all their worries"
May all of you have that privilege at least once in your life
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Comments: 123
I had that privilege once when I was really little.
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Oh awesome! Where did you get to meet that dolphin?
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Once when I was about five years old, my parents and I went on a trip to the now defunct SeaWorld Ohio. I remember getting to feed a dolphin while we were there.
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Your arts is so real and professional
dolphins my love
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Thank you so much! Dolphins are awesome
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Veery nice.
The colouring is great, looks almost photorealistic.
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Thank you! That's very nice to hear
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I thought that was a photo its look so real its very beautiful and stunning work 
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Thanks so much! That's always the best compliment to receive
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The shape of this dolphin seems a little inconsistent and heavy on one side. In addition, I'm not able to 'read' where the spine is in this painting so it seems the dolphin is turning awkwardly. When sketching this out I'd suggest flipping the canvas periodically to ensure the drawing isn't weighted to one side.
Phins are damn hard to draw front on! You've done some very nice water effects here and the light refracts just like it should.
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I admit, the anatomy indeed is not the greatest, though the biggest mistakes are in the head alone, and not in the rest of the body. I have flipped the canvas several times to get rid of as many mistakes as possible. This is the still from the movie I used as reference: [link] So as you can see, the 'face' is supposed to be a bit different, and the whole head shape actually, but the body itself should not be too wrong as it is, I believe 
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This is absolutely beautiful! One of the best digital drawings of a dolphin I've seen 
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Oh wow, thank you so much for that compliment. Really means a lot to me 
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Thank you! They sure aren't; if it wasn't for the ref it wouldn't have turned out half as good.
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Gorgeous and very cute painting! I love the pose. I've always found it quite interesting seeing common dolphins in different poses, I like seeing them front on, they look quite odd but still cool
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Thank you very much, I really loved the pose too when I saw it on TV 
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This is really amazing! I hope you don't mind me asking, but what brush did you use?
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Aww, of course I don't mind you asking!
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Absolutely stunning! Not only the picture( which is really beautiful with the sunlight coming through the water like a spotlight on the dolphin..
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Thank you very much! I'm glad you like(d) the idea with the theme and the painting itself of course
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Your most welcome!
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Wow this is amazing o.o
It's times like this when I wish, I had some artistic friend, but alas I'm the person who does all gift drawings.
It's a shame, because I wouldn't mind such gift and I'm sure your friend will love it.
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Thanks a lot!
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Stunning! 
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Aww, that's okay, I'm very behind on my comments also :'D And YEAH COMMONS! I love those dolphins, they're so gorgeous
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