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Published: 2013-06-29 05:02:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 2293; Favourites: 135; Downloads: 12
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Edit: Took Mew out of the middle since I really wasn't happy with how that dude came out. Β If you still want to see the image with Mew and the very hard to see Wailord click this: fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/201β¦
Pokemon!!! Ever since seeing the first Pokemon movie in theaters as a kid, Mew has been one of my favourites. Coral reefs are one of the most beautiful things on the planet in my opinion, and I adore underwater art, so I had to do something like this. I did the lineart yesterday and coloured it today. Thankfully I had pretty much the whole day to do this, and I really needed to get out of my art block. Hope you guys dig!
Reggie
PS: Since I don't have my premium anymore I can't ask for critiques....so I'm asking for critiques the old fashioned way! If you are a veteran digital painter, I humbly ask for your advice on how to get better! 
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Oh my god! This is so beautiful! Love it!
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Good change; everything going on around the sides and bottom plays off well with the emptiness of the middle, bringing out the vastness of the ocean in a manner feeling absolutely serene. Funny how that one subtraction (well, and the other extra bubbles) raised the piece to its full potential.
And because I may have been coming off as too "pretentious" lately, farts. Farts farts farts.
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Yay, you totally get it!
Toots toots toots!
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Ooo! I really like this! Even though I'm not really into Pokemon this drawing really makes me feel... At peace (and I'm afraid of the ocean - so that's already saying alot!). Nice one Reggie. *thumbs up*
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Haven't I've seen this before, but with Mew in it?
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Check the description.
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Alright!
So.. first of all I have to say I really envy how well you can portray the coral and how to use separate colors to portray a tone, like with the purple and red at the bottom and the yellow light bouncing off of things. Man, that's just gorgeous. ;3; Seriously gotta give you creds on how lovely those coral and rock walls are.
Plus, some of the pokemon show spot on anatomy with dynamic movement and who really sticks out that way are Froakie, Chinchou, Squirtle, and Frillish, Maybe even a little of luvdisc! Having multiples in the picture keeps it extra interesting, and the further they are, the less saturated they are and the more they blend into the background. Glad to know you know that last tidbit, because you don't know HOW MANY artists seem to forget those two points (or maybe in my case, be too lazy to make a painting interesting?)Β
Number one gripe though, the bubbles in the foreground definitely seem out of place. They kinda look like they've been copied and pasted, because they don't match the rest of the colors and they're perfectly round. As you've shown where there's movement everywhere else in the drawing, bubbles are more of a wobbly shape (which is really nicely done btw), especially in a current , so why change that when they move to the front? Mew's bubble is fine, just the 100% round ones in the middle! Other thing would be some of the other tiny anatomy things, like how mudkip's eyes are a little too close, or wartortle's head is a little too oval, just tiny things. The last thing's not big, but it does a lot surprisingly! Though it always fixes itself when you draw a lot of them.
Whelp, thank you for this lovely painting, and hope this has been some help!
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Thank you so so much for the critique! Β It's very helpful! Β I think I'll fix the bubbles some time in the future, since I also wanna redo Mew. Β Sorry it took so long to reply and thanks again!
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Amazing ! That looks incredibly beautiful.
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The painted look here is absolutely gorgeous. It's especially nice how you tinted all of the colors to work with the blue of the water; it really adds to the cohesiveness. One minor gripe would be that the bubbles (except for Mew's) seem to stand out a bit, feeling like they're in the forefront instead of mixed into the water. Of course, that could be intentional for all I know.
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Yeah, you're right. They do really stand out. I might fix that when I go back to color the one pokemon I forgot to color.
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Zig,I gotta say you did a very gorgeous job on this pic here,I especially love the effort you put into the detailing of the underwater background,the various Pokemon in the background and Mew in the middle and the coloring and shading style altogether in that order! Sweet work here man!
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I love Mew, too! (if my username wasn't obvious enough)
This is really good. I like how you put all of the underwater PokΓ©mon there. They all look so cool ^^
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Dunke?
Danke? That would be thanks in German XD
Bedankt is Dutch XD
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Oh shoot, I meant danke. XD
My family speaks a tiny bit of german, although I don't usually spell it.
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Oh? That's interesting... How'd German end up in a Canadese family?
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My Oma and Opa are german. Hooray!
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Awesomeness! Have you ever been in Germany?
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Twice! Once when I was 2, and 2 years ago for a school trip.
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I bet the school trip was to Berlin... do you know where you went when you were 2?
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The trip was actually all over Europe! I'm not sure where I was when I was 2.
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I am not a veteran digital painter but I can critique you. But there is no need. Just as good as any other piece you do. I especially like that you added water types from all gens here. Keep on Juicin'!
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OMGERSH MARINE Life UNGGGG!
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I'm Canadian Eh!
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I cannot help myself.[link]
Anyway, GREAT JOB!!
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All he wanted to do was enjoy the cool, calm breezes of Anytown, USA.
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Will you do others like this to honor other Pokemon types?
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Good question! I don't have any planned at the moment, but I do have something else Pokemon in the idea stage! It's gonna be good.
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Okey, I will look forward to that
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