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Power dive
Published: 2011-08-26 08:52:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 21267; Favourites: 1825; Downloads: 171
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Edit: No way! A DD, my first one! THANK YOU!!!
Alcedo atthis, Eurasian Kingfisher, diving for a snack. These birds are incredible fishers, I've watched them diving on documentary films and it's a truly impressive sight. I really don't know how the photograph I used for ref was done. But the result is stunning and it was a pleasure to paint.
I focused most of my attention on the bubbles here. They took much of my imagination and inventiveness, and a few unsuccessful trials of the highlighting, until I finally got that look. Enjoy!
Reference "Under Water" by Gisela & Manfred Delpho: www.delpho.de/english/index.ht…
Take a look at the whole gallery on this site, there are some truly incredible photos.
Done entirely on Ps CS4.
Texture for the rocks from CG Textures.
Won First Place in the Dynamic Moments Contest - Artwork by
Won Second Place in the Water-themed Contest by
Participated in the "Traditional & Digital Art Birds" Contest by
Participated in the APN Contest! (Animals, plants nature) CLOSED by
Animated WIP here:
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A Feature of Awesome Art!
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Thank you very, very much for all the
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Comments: 424
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Thank you. I am glad you enjoy
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Impeccably done! And with such a familiar, calming, majestic, blue aura. . . 
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Thank you! Light effects are always pleasant to paint.
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that's sooo amazing, no wonder it won all these prizes
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Just a couple of days ago I saw this bird in the wild for the first time.
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Aww, lucky you! There're so beautiful and absolutely amazing
Thank you! Even after 5 years (wow, when did pass THAT long) I'm still very proud with this one. Still one of my favourites.
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Congratulations!!
Your wonderful Art has been placed in our feature folder at
NaturesHaven
Kind Regards!!
ancient--one
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You're very welcome!!!
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Don't worry, it knows its job
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I have hit my head on a wall while racing, bird.. It doesn't matter that it's the ground, this better be the quickest flip of your life.
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Don't worry about them, they really don't crash in the bottom. Besides, the water is much thicker than air, you'll find it hard to smash yourself on the bottom, especially if you are as light as this bird
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Perfectly harmonising colours! How the f*** did you draw the bubbles so perfectly?
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Heh, thank you
They were an experiment actually. I just let my hand freely mess around with shapes of different size, and then added a little lighting and glittering.
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Wow, that´s one of the deepest true thoughts I ever read on DeviantArt, amazing! ^_^
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This is beautiful! The details of the bubbles look amazingly realistic and really suggest the bird's movement through the water
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You did an awesome job on this, I really wish I had enough patience to even think about trying to put detail and color on it. again awesome job.
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