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Published: 2009-01-09 04:55:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 8619; Favourites: 256; Downloads: 0
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This was a really fun image to do! This illustration is going in the Thorns calendar, which the amazing *unwanderinggirl is putting together. I don't do sunny beach scenes very often so this was very challenging...I think I painted and repainted that water about a dozen times.The characters are my Iale DuPont (the redhead) and Lacey Lovell, who is played by ~AussieMum . Iale and Lacey are old enemies who have ended up working together.
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Wow i love the way you portray a story behind the characters ^ ^ i have a feel for their personality lol
would love to see how you do your work.
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I have a bunch of walkthroughs up in my tutorial section
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This is fantastic. Their expressions do it.
A.t.t.i.t.u.d.e.
In my opinion, you totally nailed the "used to be enemies, but now working together".
Kudos.
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I like this! You really feel the story behind it, and the annoyed expressions on their faces says it all!
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the whole thing is amazing, background, the people, the foliage, the colors....simply brilliant
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I love how they're looking away from each other with those annoyed expressions. 
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Just look at those colors. The color choices, the shading, it's all brilliant... not to mention the linework. And I love the foliage in the background... your illustrations always kick so much ass, it's crazy
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Those trees and plants are AMAZING! How did you do those?
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I make custom brushes that work really well for filler trees, and then I go back and add in some select details.
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Gotta love Dwarvish pirates. Even with that terrible frown, lamo. <3
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Yes. It's just that the proper term for a midget is "Little Person" or "Dwarf" (since their condition is called Dwarfism). I've heard that they don't like to be called "Midgets" so I try not to use that term.
When I saw her she automatically made me think of the Dwarf in Pirates of the Caribbean, who I like, which is why I was like 'OoOo I love Dwarvish pirates!' But was I wrong about her condition? Is she just very short, as opposed to actually suffering for Dwarfism?
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She has dwarfism, but LPs are not called "dwarvish". That's a fantasy term.
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Oops! You're right, sticking the V in there makes it a fantasy term. Should've said 'Dwarfish' with an f according to dictionary.com. Which makes sense. Sorry about that mistake!
Anyways, she's cool! My whole point was that I like her and that I like the idea of a little pirate
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The foliage in the background is as detailed as that in the foreground, so there's not as much depth to the piece as there could be. It also distracts the viewer (or at least, this viewer) from the lovely characters, which I assume are the focal point. I really like how you rendered the water.
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@-@ I cannot believe how amazing this is.
I want to say something more but the amazingness made my brain incapable of such things.
But... ITS AMAZING
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Ha, very well done! I really love the expressions and body language, and the background is very nice!
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This is different than what you usually do, but it looks good!
The vegetation is delicious and I love how the two characters have to work together even though they hate each other.
Ive noticed that the shadows are a bit odd; some of them are angled straight down (the character's), but some of the others look like they are angled to the right (like the boat's).
The character's shadings are beautiful, but are in the wrong "context" to me: in a sunny day like in this pic, its white light thats coming down, so the character's clothing and skin should reflect more white (even tanned people!). Right now it looks like they are reflecting yellow candlelight, especially compared to the environment around them.
Some examples of beach lighting: [link] [link]
Other than that the picture is fantasticaly awesome, it makes me miss summer ;(
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Thanks for the critique! you're dead right about the lighting, I was afraid of washing out the forms but I definitely could have gone brighter. You're also right about the boat's shadow, haha, I must have been drunk doing this or something 
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no problem
I saw your revised version, it definitely looks much better!
So amazing
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Glad you think so, and thanks again for bringing that to my attention. I tend to work in giant 15-hour blocks against my better judgment, and things slip past me late at night!
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You're welcome! Wow, 15 hours??? D:
Usually when I work on something for a while, I usually leave it until the next day to work on it some more, when I have a fresh mind
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l am pretty well enamored of that water- it does show you worked hard on it. l find the colours here really fun, just because the background feels like...light pinky-beige sand and darling teal water, and then you have these super-tan, disdgruntled looking ladies standing in it, but the colours are reflected some in their outfits. lt's a neat look.
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The whole landscape is amazingly well done, I have to say the color scheme really pulls everything together.
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My god, the details and the colours in the vegetation are amazing. D: It looks so thick and lush ... and humid.
For not doing bright beach scenes very often, you really nailed it - all that repainting certainly didn't go to waste. 
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I dunno, it's not really an effect, I just fiddled till the colors looked right. D:
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This is wonderful! I love the character designs. And such lovely warm colors too!
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friggin awesome. love the super bright colors.
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Great expression to their faces, *bursts into super horrible embarrissing song mode: "THEY GOT SOUUUUUL, AND THEY SUPER BAD!"*
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Can I just say that I think the very BEST part of this is the fact that their shadows convey that it's midday and just make the sun feel SOOO bright and overbearing? You nailed that awesomely!
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that foliage is quite impressive! Indeed, when I saw this in my inbox, i was surprised that it was from you since the colors are so different! But you did a great job
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Yeah I tried to do something that was a little different from my usual formula of purple, purple and purple
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