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ShiroRyu927 — Lake Diving

Published: 2010-08-17 19:18:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 340; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 0
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Description Isaac and his lass, Lelia, enjoying a swim. It's a pretty typical love story; you know, boy meets girl, boy likes girl, girl turns out to be bizarre amphibious pond creature... The usual. Despite their differences, the two seem to have fun together.

Lelia's an undine with a cheerful, sort of dorky personality. She's never been shy, but her unique behaviors tend to confuse people of all backgrounds and species. Isaac is easily infatuated by her quirky, optimistic perspective, and together they make a certainly... interesting couple. Humans falling in love with faeries is not unheard of, but it's still considered pretty odd.

This was probably the first acrylic painting I've ever done with such a heavy background. I pretty much just soaked the thing in diluted paint and then layered the foreground colors on top of it. For a while there I was afraid it wouldn't work, but it turned out surprisingly well. I plan to experiment with that technique. The whole thing was drawn to Annie Little's "Fly Me Away."

Art and characters © to me.
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Skyblufox [2010-08-18 10:24:57 +0000 UTC]

Whew, where to begin?
There's so much I could learn from you. The poses look natural and flowing, something I stuggle with immensely... The background colours and Lelia's skin both look fantastic.

I... don't really think I'm in a position to give critique though, this not being my medium of choice or my style in general... Oh, I know! I'm critical of Lelia's choice of swimwear. Everyone knows yellow flowers are tacky!

It's pretty clear you put a lot of effort in your pictures, they look like they're having fun. Keep it up Ryu!

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ShiroRyu927 In reply to Skyblufox [2010-08-18 19:39:04 +0000 UTC]

Hey, if there's anything I could teach, I'd be happy to try. Any input is good, and anything you can tell me about a picture is helpful to me.

Hehe, I honestly have no idea why I drew that hideous pattern. I just looked at the picture and said, "eh, it needs a little more color. Let's paint Lel's bathing suit!" Yellow was the closest color I had, so I just went ahead and slathered it on. Oh well. We'll just conclude that Lelia has bad taste in clothes and leave it at that.

Thank you! I'm going to do something a little more mysterious next.

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