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Link me your deviation if you use it! I'd love to see!
If anybody's wondering, I didn't do this because I'm good at drawing oceans, but because ~RavenDragonwing asked.

This is a super-simple version, basically to show the steps.
The ocean at the end looks bland, but at least it shows you how to get there. When I do this usually I do a lot more work on the gradient before the perspective part (as is explained).

I worked this out myself, so I'm pretty proud of that. Although I'm sure it's been done a billion times before.

Extra hints and tips:
Use a large brush from the "thick heavy brushes" preset list and put it on a very low opacity. Go over it a few times getting smaller in brushes, and outline the lower part of the line with a reasonably lighter brush. Repeat in wave-like lines for a breaking wave effect.
If you'd like to add pebbles or sand, simply put your texture underneath, "perspective" it, and make the ocean layer slightly transperant. I use about 90%.

For Photoshop CS3, although as far as I know it should work on most versions.

I needed to find a way to do oceans for a very special person's birthday present...Hint hint...

Deviations!
[link]

Description
Link me your deviation if you use it! I'd love to see!
If anybody's wondering, I didn't do this because I'm good at drawing oceans, but because ~RavenDragonwing asked.

This is a super-simple version, basically to show the steps.
The ocean at the end looks bland, but at least it shows you how to get there. When I do this usually I do a lot more work on the gradient before the perspective part (as is explained).

I worked this out myself, so I'm pretty proud of that. Although I'm sure it's been done a billion times before.

Extra hints and tips:
Use a large brush from the "thick heavy brushes" preset list and put it on a very low opacity. Go over it a few times getting smaller in brushes, and outline the lower part of the line with a reasonably lighter brush. Repeat in wave-like lines for a breaking wave effect.
If you'd like to add pebbles or sand, simply put your texture underneath, "perspective" it, and make the ocean layer slightly transperant. I use about 90%.

For Photoshop CS3, although as far as I know it should work on most versions.

I needed to find a way to do oceans for a very special person's birthday present...Hint hint...

Deviations!
[link]