[Snowseph]

OXYGEN MAGNESIUM.
-wheezes-

I know I probably say this every time I do a big piece of art, but dAMN... I have never done something this crazy! I am EXHAUSTED. I spent the last 2 days working on this! The timer IS correct! Okay, please try imagining a squid sitting down in her bed for 3 hours one day and 2+ hours the next day. It's insane, wow. Okay, it looked 10x better in my head, but still... this is pretty good for me. I cannot draw backgrounds or scenery for my life, so yeah. If I had to guess, there's probably ALMOST 100 layers. Yeah. Of course being me, I didn't label any of them. |"D

Anyways, 'nuff about the kinks behind the piece. This just some entry art for a bean, whom I'd name Kaizen, or Kai. ^v^ I thought it would be cute if she were obsessed with squids, so hence why she likes to drag her family out on boat rides to see these squids { squids generally don't do well in captivity, from what I know ;A; }. They're Japanese Flying Squids, so that's why they're pretty close to the surface of the water -- they almost look like they're flying! They're not though, trust me. |"D I would know if they could actually fly.

Ehh, hopefully this art pays off in the end. <3 I'd really appreciate any comments or critiquing! If you have any tips on making the water look more watery, that would be very helpful! Thanks. <3

Slight reference for the squids.

Edit // Just saw this is in "Popular This Week"?! What is life?! ;A; 12 votes too?! -weeps-
Edit // 17 votes?! I honestly think that's the most votes I've gotten on my art... Thanks everyone. Q//w//Q
^ That moment you realize you got 52 votes on a piece of art and you never knew it.

Art (c) Snow!
Kai's Design (c) The Paper Angel
Nina Sequin (c) Nowlie
Nina's Design (c) Peace&Colby
Wolfsbane (c) LightningStrike3
Wolfsbane's Design (c) Yumidei
Aren (c) Nowlie
Aren's Design (c) PaintedSun
Assana (c) LightningStrike3
Assana's Design (c) PaintedSun

XxX Snow

[Caela]

Wowwww, this looks really good, Snow! I like those squids and the little JBD in the ship, lol. ;A; I totally understand that feeling of "well, this looked better in my head". I think part of it is that my mind likes to play with image proportions and make the canvas longer or shorter or something. So of course it never converts correctly to a 3:2 scale. That's just the composition; there's also the overestimation of artistic ability and unclear mental picture. I hate how I can never get a clear mental picture. =P
And I shall forever love you for using the word "whom".

And how can you function without naming every layer? I couldn't do that. XD I've had to develop a lot of shorthand to avoid spending more time titling layers than I do drawing. X3
If you want a water tutorial, I can try to throw something together!

[Snowseph]

Thanks! QvQ Pff, yeah. It looked a lot grander and nicer in my head... you know, they should have a device where you can transfer something from your mind onto a piece of paper... although... now that I think about it, if there's any arising thoughts that come up during it... ummmfff... xD Never mind on that idea then, lol.
I do hope I used it in the right context. |"D

I usually don't because I put my tablet on my laptop's keyboard when I'm in bed. :> It's a pain to lift up my tablet and type it. x3 I sometimes try to remember the layer number... I remember that all layer 26 is Assana's { the one farthest to the right } coloring... and then the other 3 copies of that layer are shading and shine, lol. Layer 4 is all those bars... umm... layer 3 is some of the water... That's about it though. x)
If you don't mind, that'd be great! Thank you. <3

XxX Snow