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Published: 2013-12-16 15:03:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 1092; Favourites: 66; Downloads: 7
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Yay, I managed to find myself some time to draw lately, so I got to finish my entry for =radioaktiveRaven 's contest much earlier than expected. ^^
The general idea of the contest was to draw one of her OC's interacting with one of our own. As you can see I chose Amnis (on the left), and Spirix (on the right).
Spirix lives in and near the sea, and is stronger at night, so I figured a nighttime underwater scene would be a great idea. Since Amnis is a sea creature as well, I thought the two would go great together (have you noticed? Amnis' trident and Spirix' horns are very similar, too).
Both characters are rather curious, too, even so far that it could get them into trouble. Here, they have found a glowy object near the ocean's surface, and both are eager to check it out. Whether it's safe or not is a different story, but it looks like they're both enjoying their discovery.
Just like in a real underwater scene, I made all light edges a bit glowy. I used to go scubadiving quite often, so I know what it looks like under water.
Used: black paper, coloured pencils (including white ones), white gel pen, Photoshop Elements 8.0 for finishing touches.
Art © me
Amnis © me
Spirix © =radioaktiveRaven
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Comments: 42
so cool!! I really love the bubbles and the stars
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Thank you! ^^
White gel pens are the best on black paper~
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Aaah wow, this is gorgeous!
I really love the lighting!
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Wow~! 
Love the starry sky as well as the bubbles coming from the depths of the sea!
But once again, I love, LOVE the effects!
Those lights effects~!
It makes it look all magical and mysterious. :3
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Awww, thank you so much! Black paper can do wonders, truly.
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You're very welcome! >w<
It can! o.o I've seen it and it's marvelous! x3
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i wont critique it now to be fair with everyone but all i can say now is that i really like it!
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Heehee, seeing from the other entries I knew you were going to say that.
Managed to get it done before 2014, how awesome is that? xD
Anyway, I really wonder what kind of entries you're going to get. ^^
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Yayy, a blackpaperdrawing!
Your drawing looks very beautiful, I like the friendly and lightful atmosphere there!
The water came out very well in my opinion!
I wish you much luck for the contest!
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Aww, thank you.
Glad you like the water too, it was quite a challenge to get it look like an underwater scene. ^^
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This is so beautiful, I just don't know what to say! Good luck for the contest!
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I really like the atmosphere around this drawing, truly feels mystical ^^
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Glad you think so! Perhaps it's because of the darkness that surrounds the characters and the faded lines?
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I suppose so, it gives off a nice effect, altough using it too much might cause some lines to become less visable, it's not in this piece, but from experience, it happens sometimes xD
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Yes indeed, I usually dislike faded lines, but in this case it helped to make it more realistic and mysterious at the same time.
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I love the sky above the water the best. ^^ It's sparkly but not too bright or too dark.
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I'm glad you like it!
It's wonderful to draw stars with the white gel pen.
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Do you know what I especially like in this work? It has a color scheme. You have used various shades of blue and of nearby hues, yet I can see the lines being really precise.
I think you have done a fantastic job Fox.
If you want an opinionated tip, you could apply shaded edges on more lines, maybe on the fins and scales of the characters. So that the edges would smoothly disappear by shades of color to transparency, or strongly reflect white or black on other edges.
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Thank you
I'm afraid I don't really understand what you meant by the shaded edges though.
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It's ok. I'll try to reword:
You could practice drawing two kinds of edges:
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So, you mean in the first case the edge wouldn't look like a line, but more like... an extreme of a certain shade?
I'm still not sure what you meant with the second one though. What did you mean by the dark colours? (Sorry if I sound dumb)
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Not necessarily. It can and perhaps should still look as a line. The shades would accentuate the line, making it more pleasing for an eye. That would be my opinion.
About the dark colors, I originally meant to say "black" and "white" lines (which is great as a practice), but switched those to "dark" and "light" because a great shading can also be colored. Sorry, I was a bit confusing.
You could see it like this... if a light source, even if really small, would hit and disperse on a line, how would it look like? In your drawing, it's on the ball on the center, and I think you have drawn the lighting really well. How I saw is that the shading of lightning could continue further more on the characters, going all the way to the backs of the creatures. The light hitting all the details of the fins and scales. And then the last edges, on the back of the characters, would feature darker shades, which make these lines stand out strongly as well, but in a positively different way.
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Hmmm... I think I might just understand what you mean now!
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I just wanted to say something. 
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Heehee, everything of value is great, and I think nearly all comments have value. Encouraging ones, motivating ones, ones that help improve your work or a combination of those. ^^
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I absolutely agree. I'm glad you view it as that way. ^^
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That's just like...wow....The stars are so pretty and the bubbles..oh my, I love those bubbles. You can just use the light so extremely beautifully
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I just really love drawing shiny orbs: eyes, stars, bubbles, you name it xD
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They look awesome, love the light effects and their eager expressions.
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Thank you ^^
The use of light was one of the most important aspects of this piece, indeed
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