Another update! (Finally…) I added in the shell and made the wave more wavish. I might do more with the shell. I kind of want it to look like it’s gold plated, so maybe I’ll beef up the contrast a bit. I had a bunch of extra yellow on my brushes after I was done, so I just smeared it around on the sand, but now I don’t like it there very much. When it dries I’ll make it a nice brown again, I think. The whole right side of the painting is a problem …

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I haven’t worked on this for a while, but about a week ago I sketched in a bit of a background. I feel like the picture needs more yellow so I think maybe I’ll add some lime colored seaweed. Or maybe some limes… That’d be cool! :D

The color of the water is a bit ridiculous, too, so I see glazing in its future…also lots of foamy spray. The shell might be my next target though, now that I have a setting to react …

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I added tentacles and did a lot with the face. The eyes look a lot nicer now and with the tentacles I think it looks kind of regal. Maybe I’ll give it a crown. :3

Still not sure where it’s going to be. Originally I was thinking a field of flowers, but now it seems more appropriate to have him basking in the ocean …

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Spent a few more hours on this. The colors on the last layer weakened a bit as it dried, so I added another layer on what I’d already done with the skin. It was also a bit too red because I’d painted it at night with false lighting on it.

I added freckles through an interesting progression of associations. There was a funny little bump on the forehead that looked like a mole, so I painted it brown and added another one by the ear. Then I thought it would be fitting for there to be freckles and they seemed to work …

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I originally made this blog intending to put WIP pics of my paintings on here, so I figured it’s high time I actually did, lol!

I really have no idea where this picture came from. I had another painting started on this canvas and after developing a loathing for it I attacked it with a lot of random colors to destroy it. I think this current iteration arose from feelings of deep satisfaction; which might explain the strange little smile on the thing’s face. I know it has legs right now, but it might actually be a snail. …

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