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balaa — Dory Take Two
Published: 2004-07-31 05:12:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 12370; Favourites: 215; Downloads: 2332
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Well I was rather intrigued with the idea of doing an underwater picture as its something I never even thought to try before. The last picture began as a simple exercise to see if I could render a realistic..or somewhat realistic ocean scape. Dory was mere filler, adding a touch of detail to the image.In this revision I aimed to achieve again an underwater scene, this time adding an ocean floor, lightning, rocks and foliage for a more lifelike scene. Naturally it took on a more cartoonish look but I can certainly say I learned a great deal and know how to better future pictures of similar likeness. Though Dory is not perfect(and yes the wonkie eye is driving me nuts
) I drew the picture more for experimental purposes than anything. The older version will likely be removed with this new update.Feedback and constructive criticism is welcome!
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Comments: 45
Long time no sea!! Finding Dory will dive in theaters the summer of 2016. Remember 'Fish are friends, not food!' youtu.be/GYDe4iCPCQs
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\o/ dory ftw. love the water reflections and sun beams shining through the rippled water
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Wow! I have not seen this before in your gallery, I'm surprised I passed it!
If I may, could I please ask how you did the texture at the top of the water? You see, I have been trying to achieve the same texture for over two years now and I have never got it ot look anything like that! Its amazing though, you must be dripping with talent!
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~high pitch voice~ ES DORY!!!!! o man that sounded like a prep ~slaps self~ ok i'm better. i love this picture, i mean who wouldn't?! its dory for crying out loud! well can't wait to see more
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wow, she looks as crazy as she is in the film 
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*___* Dory.......!!!!!!!!!!!! I love her!!!!!!!!!!!!
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amazing, this really is beautiful, the only thing I think that hasn't been said is Dori would have the little lines of light reflection on her asewll. other than that, specs and things would be cool, but this is something I really like, makes me want to go swimming ^_^
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The background is amazing! Very realistic, in a cartoonish sort of way. Wonderful!
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Perhaps you should reference the site you got the tutorial for the background because, credit where credit's due.
I'm a huge fan of Finding Nemo, though. And am far too much like Dory, unfortunately!
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I love the way you've got the sunlight refracting through the water.
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Thaaaaaaaaaaatt isssss sooooooo cooooooouuuuuullllllll!!!
See I speak whale !
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your backgrounds for pics are pretty godamn bitchen i must say.
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this looks so beautiful. the seaweed looks awesome, very nice job on the water lines
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Balaa...that is sooo amazing 
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I really like how you did the shading on Dory! It makes her look like the real thing from the real movie!!
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The only fault I can find with the water is that it is pristinely clean. There's no floating dust, etc. Just add random little specks and maybe some more mistyness and it will look more realistic and less cartoony.
Other than that, it's amazing. I could never do something like that.
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I must say, I didn't think the other background was too bad, but this certainly beats! Wow it looks really awesome. I just love how it looks like a photo reference to the movie. Awesome job, ^_^
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Doh. how do you do it Balaa? I really am amazed by your ability to make all of your pictures this amazing. And water espescially, water is -hard-.
Kudo's for you.
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ooh very nice! i love the surface water! the sunlight & texture up there are really well done! great job on the rocks as usual....u do them well ^___^
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Wow! It's just stunnig, Almost photo-realistic! I think the bottom turned out great and all the lighting is so beautiful and again, so real!
Dory is adorable too. ^__^
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Very great work you've done here Balaa. It's very well done and Im suprised you used only PS and PSP! The only thing I could point out that stands out in my eye of criticism is the ocean floor lines ((not on rocks those are great
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Yep those were actually the hardest part of the entire picture and I think I know what I can do to make them better in any future pictures..or even this one. Nonetheless thank you for the critique and compliments
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we havent tal;ked in a while or anything and i saw you are uploading again... and wow what an upload... very well done... grade A quality... and yeah... very amasing... and yeah... ummm... welll... yeah! but yeah... h9ope to talk to you soon
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Great as always, Ana.
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Wonderful work, you did a very good job. I think you should add some dark figures in the background somewhere, to add more depth to it. The ocean's a big place! I love dorys expression, although I'm stuck at what she's staring at. Probably a shark, lol. Great job overall!
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Yes I was actually thinking the same thing last night after I uploaded it, so very likely that will happen! Thank you for the input, much appreciated.
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I think you should add the flecks of dusts. I remember noting little gold things floating in the water, barely visible, while watching the movies. Just a thought.
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Thats certainly a very good thought! I may just have to try that! Thank you
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And uh, one more thing I just noticed (yes, call me slow). Isn't Dory's teeth suppose to be white. It may just be the lighting; you decide.
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Wow, I didn't think that there was a whole lot you could do to the original. I guess there is. Nice job!
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*faints* absolutely BRILLIANT!!!
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did you use photoshop for this, i've used it to make that same ocean bg before too
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I used photoshop for the water(the tutorial was rather helpful to begin with but I deviated from it and tried a few things of my own which I think helped it) but I used Paint shop for the rest. Dear old neglected paintshop....though many prefer PS I like paintshop for many things over Photoshop.
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Huh? Photoshop? I thought you've rendered it with Blender oO
One more reason to 
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