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Imagine you're on a boat in the middle of the Caribbean ocean- and for whatever reason you fell over board. There amongst the bubbles and froth as you flail about that's where you see THIS guy!what would go through your head?
This is Ural my little Merboy OC. He's about 14 in this picture accidentally taking his investigation of humans a bit too closely. I want to make a short story about him. He's a flying fish btw.
Note: This picture was a WIP for MONTHS! I made it LAST year- the line art at least and have been going back to it every so often.
While I was working on a double meme piece I realized I had only a tiny bit to finish so here it is.
Now back to my REAL work >w>,..
I finished it listening to this song- I often came back to it while I did this..
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Disclaimers: Bubble Brush used for foreground bubbles isn't mine.
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Comments: 58
Ui-Azuma In reply to ??? [2012-04-10 12:20:17 +0000 UTC]
Aww he is ever so cute loving the character design.
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Lithiel In reply to Ui-Azuma [2012-04-10 18:26:32 +0000 UTC]
aww thank you ^w^ <3
I wanted to go for something more colorful and interesting with his tail.
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Daidairo [2012-04-10 08:49:25 +0000 UTC]
He looks gorgeous! I love the lighting you're playing with here!
A suggestion; he'd probably look more blueish in the skin under the water, yes?
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Lithiel In reply to Daidairo [2012-04-10 10:52:32 +0000 UTC]
I would think so- though this was the effect After I did some lightning adjustment- he originally has tanned skin- so I'm not too sure. I wanted to avoid him having dark blue skin, and he's also not that deep. I took the photo reference for lighting from a picture I have of someone taking a photo of fish below the surface of a clear beach in the shallow. At the very least I figured the reflection would make his skin brighter but not entirely blue.
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Daidairo In reply to Lithiel [2012-04-10 11:49:28 +0000 UTC]
Aaaah, shallow and clear waters would make sense then. I don't know why but when I looked at this, I just thought it looked like deep water. 8D;;;
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Lithiel In reply to Daidairo [2012-04-10 18:25:24 +0000 UTC]
Mostly likely the background- I did make it a tad darker then it should be.
Still I'll make sure to think through that more carefully next time. ^w^ thank you very much. <3
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