Sea Creature (nudity) Diane
Diane | 08/19/2006 @946 | edit post

Hi artists! I have hesitated to post this work here since I have the feeling that I'm kinda flooding the forums but I couldn't resits sharing it with you since you have always great ideas and a good eye to crit I've worked a lot on it, here are the steps Crits are very welcome! I had no refs at all so lots of parts must be totally off. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The composition will be the same as in the step 9

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theClairvoyant | 08/19/2006 @949 | edit post

rofl. I was going to post " ITS NOT NUDITY TILL I SEE SOME TITTY!" the last pic satisfied. Im not sure what u want in WIP -- Everything works, color scheme, anatomy, at least from my angle it does. Wonderful

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Inabottle | 08/20/2006 @988 | edit post

The sea creature, first started out looking quite sad, and I was sad too, then as I scrolled down, I got more and more scared... she turned into a scarey monster.

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JordanRoots | 08/20/2006 @013 | edit post

the right eye is okay but the left one is a bit to far from the nose. you should add some bubbles around her body and coming from the sides of her head because I think she has branchiae(?). question: do you want her to look scary or do you want her to look happy, or insane? because the mouth makes her either look happy of mad, if it's what you want it's okay, but I think it would be better if she did not smile. I have to say the mouth is very beautiful though. oh and I really like the hand. it'S perfect albeit a bit over exposed at some places. I like the breast too... the colar bones are a bit over exagerated IMO. This is a very good concept, the eyes are a bit distracting though and look too metal for my taste. I like that painting a lot, and this is a great water colorsheme. And, I don't think you're flooding the forum, I fact, I really like your WIPs. They make me learn Jordan [Message edited on 08/20 @066]

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Andy--Jones | 08/20/2006 @043 | edit post

Stop showing off!!!

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Slapo | 08/20/2006 @374 | edit post

Her eyes are really scary in the last one... *eeek* No crits for now

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Diane | 08/20/2006 @702 | edit post

Thank you very much for your comments! I know that the collarbones are very prominent but that's exactly what I wanted to do I'll also add bubbles later. I want her to look scary but hypnotic (?) at the same time and a little bit mad... I think that it's how she actually looks The eyes cannot be misplaced , I have used some construction lines for the face Some updates : [Message edited on 08/20 @703]

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deandude | 08/21/2006 @080 | edit post

i love this, diane...can't wait for the finished piece.... now stop showing the eff off! ^__^

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Juro | 08/21/2006 @132 | edit post

Great...and scarey! I'd love to see some gills on her chest, that would be cool

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mysticcat | 08/21/2006 @458 | edit post

Hell yeah, you're flooding the forum. So without you this forum will be damn tedious . Really impressed with the process, Diane. Love the colours and the realistic look of the sea monster. Just have a question : Do you often use many layers for the hair ?

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kittyKat | 08/21/2006 @643 | edit post

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klyph | 08/22/2006 @394 | edit post

Diane, I'm scared!

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Diane | 08/23/2006 @695 | edit post

Thank you very much artists! I've used only 1 layer for the hair but I often create nex layers, add some highlights and them merge them so I don't really know how many layers I've really used for the hair (maybe 2 or 3) My image is actually made of 2 layers. The background (whole image with body, head, sea....) and a layer to add details. When I'm pleased with the result, I merge them and create a new layer to add more datails (yeah, I know, I'm a messy girl ) Some more work on it : Thanks again! Crits are very welcome!

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lolita | 08/24/2006 @021 | edit post

O_O crits? no! love it.

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Diane | 08/24/2006 @037 | edit post

No crits? But there are lots of issues! I've tried to fix some of them and also tried to add some more depth (I'm not sure that I've been successful though....) I hope you'll like it Crits are very very welcome! Btw, it's the first and last time I'm painting hands like that without ref (or I'll try to study anatomy much better before doing a new one!) because it's really hard Please feel free to crit, don't be afraid of sounding harsh if there's something wrong, just tell me

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JordanRoots | 08/24/2006 @068 | edit post

without ref!! you painted the hand without ref? Diane, did I ever tell you I admire you? the brest is a bit blurrier than it was in the previous versions. but, I think you did it on purpose, to stress on the face, didn't you?

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Diane | 08/24/2006 @485 | edit post

The chest is darker and blurrier on purpose indeed I wanted to give more depth and to focus more on the face and hand. And I've not used ref for the hand, just tried to take a look at my hand but I've broken my mirror now Some more steps.... I've tried to add light reflections on the body, jellyfish and bubbles, what's your favourite version? I can delete bubbles, reflections and jellyfish since they are on separate layers. They still are very sketchy. But if you think that it's nice, I'll add more details and I'll make them look less sketchy 1 2 Version1, version2, version1+2 or no version at all? Thanks for your help!

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mefisto | 08/24/2006 @555 | edit post

both look graet i think its a good idea with the water reflections!!! i would prefer this one with the nice jellyfish!! how do you can draw those pictures so quickly that´s crazy!!!

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Cigaro | 08/24/2006 @629 | edit post

second version clearly..love the way the bobles look small crit...the nose looks a bit tilted imo, dunno if thats good or bad but anyway, it looks awesome, maybe do even more light reflections on the whole body watch the arm and the shading there, it looks a bit flat right now, but i'm guessing its not done yet these are just minor crits, because the overall image is....well u know...AWESOME

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Kenu | 08/24/2006 @877 | edit post

the more you work with it, the more the pose draws the viewer in. Fantastic.

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slickgreekgeo | 08/24/2006 @882 | edit post

This is fantastic. The only thing that's bothering me are the bubbles, I don't like them to be honest (they should be more natural looking). Keep it up.

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Furitsu | 08/25/2006 @909 | edit post

Beautiful, Diane! Absolutely gorgeous!

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Tommyguns | 08/25/2006 @946 | edit post

IMO, your best piece to date! Absolutely astonishing work! I really appreciate what you do for this website! Keep up the fantastic work! Tommyguns

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arisuart | 08/26/2006 @965 | edit post

jee o_o amazing, you gotta teach me to paint -_-

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TreKKer | 08/26/2006 @597 | edit post

I can say AMAZING!!! Like the Eyes and the Hand.

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JordanRoots | 08/26/2006 @664 | edit post

I think you should make a mix of the two. Although I think the bubbles are very well rendered IMHO, I think they arent's at the right place in the picture. And I also like the jellyfish, I'm not sure about their color though, I've never seen those before.. So I think you should add A LOT of bubbles everywhere, especially around her head and hand. I'm sure that's what you had plannned to do but in case... And I have to say that I LOVE this painting. It's awesome! This should be the water element in the project you talked about a while ago.