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Published: 2005-07-30 07:47:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 4260; Favourites: 153; Downloads: 142
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PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS WITHOUT PERMISSION, this just got stolen from me. I've kept my earlier work unwatermarked for so people can view it better, but I may have to start now.Cover one for 's comic project. This is actually the non-copyrightable version (as in it isn't fan art). The one where they could sue me for saying, "All mine" is in Scraps (along with the black and white version). Amazing what a few stars can do...
The title is an in-reference, technically. For some video game fans, you might guess one, for certain dinosaur fans, another.
(For the latter, think "Seek peace." Okay, lame attempt at reference...)Anyway, a shark, a dolphin, fish and part of a creature of my own design (the sketch for which can also be seen in Scraps). And yes, that *IS* a silly little goldfish, and it and everything else is an allusion to and in the style of Boris Vallejo (again). Or at leas an attempt at his style.
Time: About 8 hours of traditional drawing, 5 more hours in Photoshop.
Medium: Graphite pencil on textured paper manipulated in Photoshop Elements 2.0
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Comments: 49
I loved the shark. <3 The mouth was very nice. ^^ But everything was amazing, so. :3
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Oh my! This is really beautiful! I'm going to start A list about all what I love in this drawing:
1. Everything.
I'm so amazed at this...I wish I could draw AND colour like you can. I love all the details you put in here. They look very lively and very real. To me, all is perfect 
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Amazing! The colouring is really good. I love the whole picture, there's nothing wrong with it. The shading and background are really good, and I love the effects you made of the water. Well done
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im very impressed <3 i love how your placed that shadows 
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OMG! awesome! it looks great, hmmm it says advanced critique, but i'm not advanced, so if i could point something out itd be the seaweed behind the shark, it draws too much attention away from the shark, but still looks fine ^_^" the lighting looks great btw. nice job overall, definitely one for the favs
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great work here
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I love the colors you did on this peice, it's just beautiful. Helpful critiqueing, the dolphin is out of proportion, (please don't shoot me) other than that the picture is great!!
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......I see Echo The Dolphin,the version in 3-D.(so-close-to-finishing.one-more-level!)
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Too cool for school if I do say so myself. Wonderful piece.
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digital art? that so looks like its been done with colouring pencils
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All the detailes, still awesome but so less faves?!
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this is an absolutely stunning picture, no matter which way you look at it!! it keeps making me scroll upwards time and again, i'm so awed ^^
great use of blending and contrasting, and the proportions are dead-accurate! many people (that i've noticed, anyway) sometimes forget that a shark's lower jaw is further back, even in a wide-open frontal view like in this image. did you use any references?
what i'm a bit perplexed about is the seeming streak of light on the dolphin's underbelly. all of the other little fish in the image aren't lit from below like the dolphin. of course, i may be wrong
superb work, i must say
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Wow, I'm glad you like it! Thanks!
References as in direct copy, no, but certainly several pictures that told me what the shapes were like. From there, like the dolphin and fish, it was stylized.
Interesting point, I hadn't noticed before... I guess all I can say is... "Oops?" Thanks for pointing that out, if I can figure out how, it'll be something to fix.
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You're welcome! it's great that you taught yourself the basics, it really lends to the overall impression given by the image! ^^
as for the light-stripe-thing, don't worry too much about it 
something... like a glowing rock, or electric eel? 
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Yowch.
I think that this is amazing. The detail and coloring is just stunning! I really like how you pulled off the shadows on the dolphin and shark, given the medium you used. The water looks fantastic. ^^
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The water was digitally aided with brushes after doing the original with graphite and eraser work. It actually wasn't too hard.
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Yeah, you're welcome. I try to tell people why I like their stuff, or comment on the detail, or...something. it has to be pretty darned amazing to get a simple two-word comment out of me.
I actually feel weird when I analyze something like a book or art. It makes me feel like I'm stripping away its meaning. And since pretty much all the comments I write here are about what I like and coloring and whatnot, I don't really see the big "long comment! 8D" response in people because I use them so often. But it's nice to know.
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No way you're stripping meaning away. You're seeing it for what it is and seeing beyond most people.
Once again, thanks!
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8D Thanks.
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Really? Most people who tell me they thought I was older place me as around seventeen.
Yep. And in so many ways, I am glad to be an outsider. It's just the whole people saying and acting crap towards you that I don't like. Otherwise...different all the way! Actually, i'm silently thanking all this conformity, because very time somebody is copying a fashion sense or posing, I am just standing out more.
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Interesting, I would have put you at at least 4 years older myself.
I understand. Middle school is kind to only the popular. I was the girl everyone knew, but not because I was popular.
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For being digital, it looks very much like a painting. Lovely!
(One of our members pointed this out.)
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Thank you, I can't begin to tell you how happy that makes me.
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As an avid lover of Ecco the Dolphin, i absolutely loved this piece. the ripple effects on the dolphin's back were wonderful, as were the bubbles coming from the air from the tail. Keep up the magnificent work ^_^!
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Beautiful! It's easy to see the effort you put into this!
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Reb, your traditional media ownz. I really love the detailed background and the water effects. It's awesome!
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Very good use of technique with good colors.
Congrats!
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That's awesome! I love the detail on the dolphin's skin that shows the sea ripples. Poor dolphy, he's gonna get gobbled up either by that Shark or that Pirahna..well it looks like a pirahna...or it's your crazy goldfishie n.n
Great job!!
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well I can't say that's not totally beautiful because it is !
but why showing an agressive Shark ? they're nice (and wonderful, and beautiful.... looool *love them*) creatures and they never attack dolphins because dolphins kill them !
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It's great work, lotsa colors and all done nicely
Advanced Critique Encouraged: The flukes look a little small.
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Thank you very much!
It was supposed to be a perspective thing, but I guess it didn't quite work, then.
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I just think the dolphin's neck looks a little strange from that angle.
But gorgeous pic nevertheless!
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Thanks for the critique. 
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I like it ^^ the colors and all.... great! ^^
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Thank you very much for the fave watch and comment! 
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