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Goldenpaw by =TheNeonGryphon:iconTheNeonGryphon:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > Fantasy

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©2007-2009 =TheNeonGryphon
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Commission:
Alex Goldenpaw the otter goes spearfishing.
Oh noez. Swim, fishy, swim! =O


Bubble brushes courtesy of :iconkaykaykit: Kaykaykit.

Photoshop 7.0 and CS2.
April 2007.
Character the intellectual property of Alex Gold.

Daily Deviation

Given 2007-07-08

Goldenpaw by =TheNeonGryphon Bright colors and great lighting effects - this piece is worthy of a good, long look. (Featured by `cooley)

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~flashtongue May 8, 2007, 4:04:35 PM
Those are pretty huge calves and neck muscles.

Looks like an oceanic type of fish typically found in warmer climates.

Beauiful picture and Alex looks like he was having a good time!
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!Kecharana May 8, 2007, 5:07:53 PM
lol how cyute!!! i just love the whole thing

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=TheNeonGryphon May 8, 2007, 5:10:01 PM
I love his swimmer's calves.
No idea what I was going for with the fish; some species I just made up at random. So long as it looked fat and yummy >83
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*Leahtaur May 8, 2007, 5:28:33 PM
Otters have thick necks anyway, and some of his calves could be fur too. :P

You have such nice atmospheric effects going here, lots of shafts of sunlight and motes of dust... did you paint the background somewhat simply and then blur it out with a filter of some sort? It looks luscious. :)
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`cooley May 8, 2007, 5:48:34 PM
This is amazing! You are very good with water!

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~EntangledEmptyness May 8, 2007, 6:17:07 PM
That's awesome >x3 *plays jaws theme*

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Mood: Love *RaptorArts May 8, 2007, 9:08:05 PM
*Meep!* I love it! So cute and such a wonderful character. Great illustration! :D

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~Dustmeat May 9, 2007, 7:56:13 AM
Very good color and lighting
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=TheNeonGryphon May 9, 2007, 2:57:05 PM
I worked from three photos as my references. First I blocked in the colours with a large hard round brush with dynmics set and wet edges (pen tilt is best as opposed to pen pressure in this case).

Then I duplicated the layer and added a guassain blur, mode set to screen. I reduced the opacity of this layer until I had a soft glow effect. I liked what I saw, merged, then added an artistic filter for extra texture (paint daubs).

Then I added a few more layers set to colour, adding differnt tints to bring out the depth (cool blues for the futhest points, warmer yellows for the closest).
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=TheNeonGryphon May 9, 2007, 3:05:55 PM
He's going to need a bigger spear XD
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