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Published: 2007-01-01 15:29:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 2664; Favourites: 65; Downloads: 0
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My second underwater picture, and it's jellyfish again! I'd be freaked out if I ever ended up swimming in a sea filled with these even if they aren't dangerous...Usually I find realistic pictures of animals (or humans for that matter) extremely boring to do, but I find that jellyfish are mysterious and beautiful in their own way. There was no need to make them something more than they already are.
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Media: Photoshop 8.0, Wacom tablet.
Time taken: Heh, muuuuuch longer than the other jellyfish. I wasn't keeping track of time and I messed some things up along the way, but it took at least 7 hours (keep in mind I was hungover while I did this).
The original picture is absolutely huge, almost half as tall as me...
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Comments: 47
uhm. jelly fish ARE dangerous... they STING you... and the only way to make it stop stinging quickly is to piss on it... and if you're a girl... it's quite difficult... and it sucks.
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Hahaha! Indeed! Though you can just put soap on it and shave the exposed area... but I guess urine is easier to come by on a trip to the beach. Guess you'd have to ask a friend to help you if you're a girl. 
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I'd piss on myself... or have someone else do it... whichever... I don't like being it lots of pain.
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If the pain is too much, then alright. x)
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Yeah, I guess it is. I always did dream of swimming in a forest of seaweed (those long ones, not the muddy kind) and discover what the sea held, when I was a child.
Thank you.
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Oh my god, there's jellies in that movie? Haven't seen it yet. ;(
But if there's jellies I'll see it soon...
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looks very convincing, the light beams should be a little more tangible and solid, but then again, I only went down like 11 meters, so I don't know what it looks like deeper.
but very real looking piece of work
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Thanks. ^^
I wouldn't know either, so yeah. You might be right
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Have you ever seen the sea when the jellyfish start "blossoming" (I don't know if that's the word you use, too)? Now that's scary!
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Hmm, don't know really. Is that the same as spewing eggs? oO;;
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oO
I think it's not. It's the time when fully formed grown specimens just overcrowd the whole sea (it might come before mating, I guess).
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LOL. ^^
Well, 1 million jellyfish spewing eggs in the same place, is quite scary mind you.
I think I know what you mean now, and yes, that's also quite frightening... if you were ever swimming in a sea filled with them. @_@
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Fortunately, I haven't. I saw what it's like from a boat - I was shivering the whole way, and it wasn't from the wind!
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Looking at it makes me feel like one of them; rising to the surface. Beautiful work! Did you have a photo to work from?
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As I wrote, I'd be freaked out if I ended up in a sea with a bunch of these, so I made sure you could see the surface, a kind of hope, so the picture isn't frightening. ^^ I'm glad the picture draws you in!
No, I made it all from my mind/imagination and memory of nature programs I've seen on TV, hehe.
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Wow, I could never do something like that without a reference photo. Well Done!
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Why thank you! I'm really glad you like it.
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Thank you!
Heh, it's from an ooold picture of mine, my second deviation to be exact ([link] ). I was considering changing it, but it's like changing your trademark and that's no good.
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wow! amazing! i thought it was a photo at first
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Thank you very much! I wanted to make it look real, yet mysterious. ^^ I'm glad you like it.
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Yarr! We loves them jellies!
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Thank you! 
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Thank you! I'm glad you get that feeling when you look at the picture. ^^ Mission accomplished!
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