deep waters

yesh it is computer colored, lol, this was one of the few pictures i've ever done 1oo% on the comp. and thank you very much lol, you just made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, hehe. (yesh, yesh i know,how very corny of me to say, lol, i was just really hoping for a coment on this ,haha. ) thanx again

no prob! And it's very deserving of a comment.

awe, shuks lol

well actually, the fuzzy look was what i was trying to stress the most... perhapse i might have done it too much? oh well, thank you ^^

Cause it's water? Water would bend the edges, not neccesarily blur them (Unless the horse is ment to be blurred cause it's not real?)- I'd use blurring to make something in the background seem unimportant. My suggestion is surfing the net for underwater pictures and see how it's effected in that. Water lightens everything with a fluid feel, but it doesn't make it blurry. just darkens as it get further back.

My rule of thumb is to make anything the subject sharp though. It's only an opinion

okiesm you'r rule makes sence to me ^^ darn though..lol. i really tried for the blurred look,haha. ohwell thank you for the help

Well, blurred isn't bad- why did you want a blurred look?

because the original one was done in blurr and people liked it, so i fugured i should stick with it lol, ohwell though.

There's nothing wrong with a blur- its just whether it suits it or not. Most people love my drawings of guys where they are all hot and sultry, but I can't always draw them like that. I figure that if you draw the picture to convey a messege, then that is better than drawing an audiance. My suggestion- don't go for what others want you to do, unless they have a valid reason. Just cause someone says a character has to be drawn some way, doesn't mean that they should. Draw what's in your heart. If your heart still wants it to be blurry, then nothing I can say can change that. Art is about the artist expressing something. I can only suggest how I feel things react.

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Underwater/Vanuatu/MoorishIdol2ThreadfinButterflyfish2OtherButterflyfish.jpg this is a perfect example of what I think you thought would happen. The fish are hazy, butit's not cause they are blurred- it's cause there is fragments in the water that block the image of the fish from being seen by the viewer (the rest of it is jpg blurring the picture to heck ^^; )

Basically, all I'm doing is giing a suggestion to make it more realistic, but at the end of the day, if you think it should be blurry for a reason, then make it blurry. All I'm doing is suggesting that It would sill be sharp

yeah, i seewhat you mean, and now that i'mm looking at it with a fresh eye i have to agree, i love the way the face came out, and i think it would look better if the whole thing was done with that feel, thankies for continuing to press the issue, lol. (i'm not trying to say that in a rude way, just couldn't think of howto put it,hehe.) i'll give it a shot right now ^^

Sorry about that I just wanted you to understand that just cause I suggested something that it should be gospel. You may have a totally different idea for something- often someone querrys how I finished something, and there is always a reason. And they're always like- duh, of corse that is the subject, which is why you did all that weird **insert what I did in a strange way**

Its all about artist expression. Break the rules as much as you want, just leave a few together, so we can fully appreciate the subject too

lol,okies.thank you very much for the insite... grrr, i fixed it on my other computer, and the internet's not working on it... oh well, maybe i'll post it tomorrow... hey, have a question... should i just use the edit tools and replace the old version with the fixed up version, or just repost it?? yeah.. i still don't know what i'm doing when it comes to this site..lol.. i should get over my lazyness and read the rules fully some time..lol. thanx again

I think if you upload over the old one it updates them to a rescent pic... You'll have to ask BR how that works...

don't you go to edit art or sumthin? well, my comp's workin again so i'll put it up now ^^

The sharper version does look alot nicer

yay! lol, let's throw a party!!! thanx again for the critz ^^ i liked it a lot better when i changed it too

yay!!!! lol, yesh, when i finished this, it was supposed to be just a quicky to get back into the practice of my horse-fish things,lol. (never was too great with the name of it,haha) but when i was done i looked at the old one and my jaw dropped at the difference in quality, haha. & thank you!

really?! that's such a relief! lol. thank you so much for da comment

No problem.

awe thanx ^^ hummm make the bubbles transparent... dodn't think of that, hehe. i think i'll give that a shot! hehe, and i like the way you depicted it, "dreamy and melancholic " in a sense i think that's what i wanted out of this one
gasp! you like the old version! no way! lol. i felt it was lacking in...everything,lol. thnakies again

You're welcome. By the way I really love your icon, it's really cute. And I do think the old version was good even if it does have a plain background. I loved the horse's pose in that one.

thank you ^^. yeah, i was talking to my mom about doing that pose again, she liked it too,lol.

Welcome.^^

oh! thank you very much