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I fly above the treesOver the seas
In all degrees
To anywhere I please
OOOH
I WANT TO GET AWAAAAAAAAAAAAY
I WANNA FLYYYYYY AWAAAAAAAAAAY
YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAH YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAH YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
THIS IS A LIFE-SUCKING ART TRADE with my lovelylove =Verlidaine ! <3333. Verli likes clouds, so I did THIS? This maddening sunset with this LINE OF PINKORANGEYELLOW CUMULUS CLOUDS IN THE MIDDLE? That was basically impossible to draw?? And then I gave up with the clouds and there were feathered wings to shade. And I'm way too stupid to shade feathered wings so I basically just rolled around on the floor sobbing for the duration of this picture. IT WAS GREAT WHAT A BOOST OF SELF-ESTEEM LOLOL.
ANYWAY. Have Daine harassing some seagulls. I'm going to bed ahaha.
VERLI I HOPE YOU LIKE IT THANK YOU FOR THE TRADE
THINGS:
PSCS4, Wacom Bamboo Fun, ~15-20 hours with added sobbing
Daine © <3333
Sky Background Ref: [link]
Tumblr WIPS:
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A GIRL I GOTTA GET AWAY
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AHHH THANK YOU!!! And thank you for the watch as well JEEZ. It's an honor!
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you're welcome! keep up the good work!
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Those clouds... AMAZING! Woah. D8
This is so pretty! And I love the idea behind the scene, it's so cute!
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Eeee thank you! Clouds are a blast to do ahaha. At least the sunrise/sunset kinds. The midday fluffy white ones give me no end of trouble <__o.
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This is really nice, though of course saying that alone does not do it justice. The edge of the sky and land in the distance has just the right curvature to go with the viewer's angle and the horizon. Also, I like the blur depending on the movement/closeness of the gulls.
And as Verli alluded to... dang those sunset clouds and that range of colors. It looks like almost a photograph from a really good sunset photographer, but with the hint of painterly style as well.
Also, your details on the ?shaded feathers? (how to draw when it is impossible and you did it well???)
okay I have very seldom seen anything like what you have done with that. The water and the beach are also nicely detailed. I'm surprised this was only 15-20 hours. At that level of time, I'd perhaps be beginning to color and not getting the color scheme/lighting levels/hues correct, so I'd keep doing it over again. You got past that stage and even made a great finished product, excellent work~
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WOAH
DUDE
WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING THIS IS AN *AMAZING* COMMENT!! Thank you so much! <3333
And the sunset is completely and totally referenced from a photograph, so nature gets all the credit for the color choices ahaha! But what you mentioned is basically what I aim for in all of my things, a sort of photo-y but paint-y feel. Idk it always makes more sense in my head but YES thank you!
And YES I understand that! I used to pull out really not-very-detailed pictures in like 50 hours and I had NO idea how people were pulling out so much more detailed things in a fraction of the time. And I think it's just practice! Like once you get the feel for something, you can crank it out a lot faster! Which goes for full illustrations too! Thank goodness, because I keep taking on too many of them <__<;;;
But YES omg thank you so much for the DIVINE comment! And I'm so glad you like the picture!
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wow
wowowowowowoowowowoowwowwOW HOLY SHIT WOW
OK LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SILENT SHRIEKING THAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THIS BECAUSE /WOW/
THIS IS AMAZING YOU ARE AMAZING AND I AM AMAZED AT THIS aH
ggggggghhhh seriously those /colors/ its like a freaking feast of deliciousness for my eyes wow its so /gorgeous/ ;; how did u kno that my secret love was a pink yellow purple color combo HOW gfdkdfg they look so realistic too like you can see the puffs and the curves and how they get all wispy and holy how long did that take you because i can tell you put a buttload of effort into them *A* AND WITH SUCH BEAUTIFUL RESULTS TOO
oh gosh those far off clouds too, they blend in so naturally that I didnt even notice them until now ;w; theyre so well done, I love how /natural/ they look and how the dark colors contrast against the color explosion up top!! eee i love how they break off into little specks and dots too, its a really nice addition that Im glad you added ovo
MY EYES KEEP WANDERIGN AROUND THIS BECAUSE THERES JUST
SO MUCH DETAIL?? LIKE IN THE WAVES AND THE WINGS AND THE CLOUDS AND EVERYTHING the froth on the waves and like omg it looks like you did every single feather and also just how the ocean recedes into the distance?? the colors (once again i am fawning over your color choices dang) are really well chosen too, specially that bit inbetween her wings Im really fond of it heh
ALSO I HAVE TO COMMEND YOU ON THE POSE+IDEA BECAUSE CHASING SEAGULLS WAS MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD THING TO DO AND....ok ill admit it its still a thing lmao ITS JUST SO FUN SO THIS IS PERFECT
IM ALSO SNORTING AT THE SMILING SEAGULL precious birdbaby
aaahhh thank u for this glorious glorious trade half you have BLOWN ME AND MY SOCKS AWAY, LOOK AT THEM GO
<33333333
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AHAHAHA *YES* thank you so much omg I'm so glad you like it! I'm also sorry about being whiny and pestery too. It really wasn't cool <__<;.
PINK YELLOW PURPLE IS SUCH A DELICIOUS COMBO HOW CAN YOU GO WRONG? It's also one of my favorites too so yay >__>. The clouuuuuuds probably took the longest. I wish Tumblr had timestamps or something, because I know I basically marathoned them in one incredibly long night, so maaaaaybe 8 hours? Or maybe 6? The entire thing was like 15-17 hours or something idk it was awhile ago at this juncture. BUT YES lolol. The tiny cloud flyaways are the most fun to do. I kind of spammed them here too lolol *shot*
AND CHASING SEAGULLS IS A SUPERIOR PAST TIME. YOU HAVE FANTASTIC TASTE LOLOL.
BUT YESYES thanks again for the trade! This was a hoot to do ahahaha ILU THIS MANY
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WOOOOOOOOOOOW!
STOP BEING SO AMAZING!! Well... Don't ACTUALLY stop. Just give your skills and share all your secretssss! x3 I'm pig to have to come back to this picture next time I want to make a sky and try out the brush settings you mentioned in your comment above! Teeeeheee <333
You are the queen of skies and colours! You should have your own horse and chariot and show the awful grey England skies how they SHOULD look! 8'D I can see all ye effort that went into doing all those delicious textures!
Daine looks amazing too! You manged to turn a simple act of chasing some dumb birds into a stunning picture! SO amazing! Ahhhhh! Daine's lucky to have received something so good! Look at you plotting through your todo list! I'm so proud! Ahhhh 8'D
Amazing as always love
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I HAVE NO SECRETS AND SKILLS TO SHARE JUST LOOOOOOOVE. Seriously though. Everything is just colors and zillion of low-opacity brush strokes. I'm way too dumb to know all your sneaky PS tricks beyond, like, motion blur and I re-learned that, like, a month ago. How sad xD. AND CAN I FLY TO ENGLAND TO TAKE YOU AWAY. Then we can visit fun colorful places that AREN'T England OR Pennsylvania! I LIKE IT 8D.
I'll defeat this stupid list. I hate it so much I want it to be empty SO BADLYYYYY. sdgkbjng.
ILU SO MANY BTW GAH
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awfjajfwjapwfpaw Those WINGS and the shading on them - Just awesome! The scene itself just looks like so much fun :3 And you're wizz with backgrounds, as a lot of people have already pointed out 
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WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE. All the frustration and acid tears. Over art. IT'S SO SILLY LMAO. And thank you so much!
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I'm procrastinating on something, so I did a really, really quick paintover: [link]
See how Daine is also more of a focus with the new composition?
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The clouds certainly look like they'd be a pain. So many little details and color shifts. Argh. XD You did a great job with them, though!
Daine's actiony pose is really cool as well! I love how you created some depth with the seagulls being in different positions and perspectives. My only critique is that there isn't enough space at the bottom of the canvas. I think it would look a lot less compressed down there if you followed rule of thirds for Daine. Here's a tutorial on it: [link] It wouldn't take a ton of effort to change it; all you'd have to do is add a bit more empty, flat beach at the bottom of the canvas and move a few of the seagulls around (maybe cropping a bit of the clouds at the VEEEEEERY top would help as well).
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Is THAT how the rule of thirds works???? Omg I see people toss it around all the time and I always just go "Oh well" but lol THAT'S HOW IT WORKS! And you're totally right man the paintover DOES look better! That really did take basically no effort and not a lot of altering! MAN you know a lot of neat things >__>. Thank you SO much for both the paintover and the crit! I've always wondered about that in particular ahaha! *saves link forever*
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Yep, that's how it works! It's pretty simple once you know what it's about. 
You're very welcome! I'm always happy to help. ^^
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Dat sky is gorgeous! This picture is so damn awesome, for a moment I thought it was real, then again it's probably my brain frying from the summer heat XP I'm so brain dead I can't think of anything to say apart from THIS IS AWESOME!
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The ref for this sunset is ZILLIONS of times cooler. I love how nature is basically every color at once. Y u so cool, nature? And THANK YOU!
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I love rainbow coloured nature too! Especially those waterfalls that make rainbows everywhere Summer means death in Australia and our Air con is broken 
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OH.
My.
GAWD. WHAT ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT WITH THAT SKY AND THAT WTF ANNE THAT BG IM JUST LOOK IM NOT EVEN COMPLETING SENTENCES BECAUSE MY BRAIN JUST WUT IS THIS WOW.
SO WOWOOOOWOWOWOWOWOWWWWWWW.
Also, i dunno what you're talking about, those wings are gorgeous. This is a FANTASTIC piece, amazing job beb~
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WHATEVER ARFLES YOUR SUNSETS ARE JUST AS GORGEOUS AND YOU CAN DO THEM WITHOUT REFS IN LIKE 10 MINUTES. U JUST STOP AND GO BE SEXY FOREVER. And let me come with you *_______* *climbs on your head*
Also show me the ways of your feathered wing sorcery ASAP plz. I'd be lying if the entire time I was screaming and crying and trying to shade those wings I wasn't going ARFY WOULD KNOW HOW TO DO THIS LOLOL
Ilu. Have I mentioned that recently ILU <33333
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LOLOLOLOL YOU'RE SILLY 'cuz ARFY DOESN'T XDDDDDDD
Me too. COME BACK TO ME ANNE. ;;
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I would say something awesome about how awesome everything is, but, i'm too distracted by the seagull in the lower right corner. It...stares into my soul.
On another note; those cloooouddsss.... I can't draw them worth the crap. OTL So good job~
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HIS BLANK BLACK EYES KNOW YOUR PAST, YOUR PRESENT, AND YOUR FUTURE. SIMULTANEOUSLY. Just give up. He's won. <__<
And THANK YOU! Sunset clouds are fun because they're colorful. I couldn't draw puffy white clouds to save my LIFE ahaha!
Thank you for the lovely comment!
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AMG Nooooo! HE MUSTN'T KNOW ANYTHING /sob/ EVIL BIRD, EVIL. KEEP MY SECRETS, SECRET, KAY? OTL
Hnng. You're welcome. I fail at any kind of background...especially clouds. Such fluffy things end up looking like rocks. Pfff.
No problem~
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STOP
HAVING
THE SEXIEST
ART
EVAR
like omg
DAT SUNSET
and DEM WINGS seriously look at those fuckers BEAUTIFUL
LIKE
YGEHUJ
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NO U.
U STOP.
OH WAIT DON'T ACTUALLY.
AND THANK YOU OMG THANK YOU <3333333. I'm really not all that experienced with feathered wings, so it really doesn't help my case lolol.
ALSO HI HELLO ILU <33333333
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You could have fooled me--your feathered wings are TO. DIE. FOR. AMG
ILU2 <333333333333333333333
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xsmvjwbcshdbh DAT SUNSET! Oh if you ever get free time could you teach me how to make one? pleassssse its so pretty!<3
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Sunsets aren't hard to make at all! You need to look at a lot of reference photos to understand how the clouds work. That's probably the most important thing. I know a lot of people can work without references, but I personally can't! But check out the WIPs I posted! Basically I start with just a giant MOOSH of color that vaguely represents the sunset, and then go from there! You need to block in the basic gradients and colors the sky makes. You have to start big and work your way down to little (which is how you basically do everything).
You get a nice soft brush (I use the Airbrush Pen Opacity Flow, with the spacing turned off, scatter turned on, flow turned down to like 20% so you can get the scatter effect but the edges are still nice and soft, and the opacity from about 5% to 20%. 5% for when you're blocking in colors, making gentle whispies, etc., and 20% for more dramatic lighting, cumulus clouds, etc.), and just have at it!
Some cloud things:
-Clouds come in a BUNCH of different shapes and sizes! Any given sunset will have a whole variety of long, whispy clouds and then it'll also have those poofy cumulus clouds. They all react to sunlight differently too, so that always makes it more interesting!
-A lot of sunsets have clouds that are really dramatically underlit. Like here: [link] those clouds at the top of the sky are dark except for the bottom where they're BRIGHT RED OMG. And here [link] the underneaths of the clouds are OMG YELLOW and OMG PINK, but the rest of the sky isn't very remarkable. In fact, it's basically still blue. If those clouds were white, it'd almost look like a day picture or something!
-Clouds in front of the sun are usually dark and not really any color. The REALLY colorful clouds are usually above the sun. Like here [link] , the clouds above the sun are BRIGHT yellow, but the ones in front of it are really dark.
-ALSO be sure to make a few flyaways and really tiny clouds! Clouds come in a BUNCH of different sizes, so be sure to add a few really tiny random clouds here and there.
-And alsoalso sunsets come in TONS of colors! So don't be afraid to use basically any color in any amount of saturation or contrast that your heart desires. That's what makes sunsets and sunrises so much fun! Like I'm pretty sure I used every single color in the sunset in this picture!
My Art Tumblr ( [link] ) has a ton of WIPs in it, and it's got a few sunsetty pictures in it in this point, so feel free to check it out if you're interested in how I do things!
These are just things I've noticed in my perusings of sunsets and I have NO idea how accurate they are, but that's how I do things! Just remember to go from big to little, use a bunch of different cloud types, and not to be afraid to use an ABSURD amount of color and contrast!
I hope that helps some!
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Thank you SO so soooo much! I am definatly going to try and make a nice one now!
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That sure looks impossible to draw xD but you did a marvelous job, dear. The sky is really beautiful.
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It was a challenge, ahaha. It was fun though! And thank you!
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Beautiful as ever <3 I wish my clouds looked that amazing and all fluffy and lovely GAH! And why oh why has no-one mentioned that sea, and the gorgeous reflection of the sunset in there! The seagulls are a really lovely touch too, especially that one with the cheeky grin
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I HAAAATE FLUFFY CLOUDS. You ask me to make poofy white clouds on a sunny summer day and I'd fail MISERABLY. Colors and whisps instead plz <__<. Andandand THANK YOU!
ALSO while I have you. Did you happen to see a certain WIP of a certain speedpaint on Tumblr? >__> Does it look okay to you so far? <__< <333
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I fail at clouds....FULL STOP! Doesn't matter if they're fluffy or whispy or anything, it just looks crap xD
Yus i did see a certain WIP on Tumblr, and I must say that it looks fabulous so far and I can't wait too see the finished!
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That sky is so beautiful. And the lighting is absolutely awesome too as is the perspective. All the work, blood, sweat, and tears, was worth it. I am in love with that sky.
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Eeee thank you so much! I'm glad it turned out then!
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You NEED to tell me what brush/brushes you used for that sky because it is GORGEOUS. ;o;
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I use the Airbrush Pen Opacity Flow brush! I turn the spacing down to like 1%, turn on scatter, set the flow to around 20-25%, and the opacity ranges from 5%-~25%, depending on whether I'm doing the delicate soft whispies or those god-forsaken cumulus cloud bumps. And then it's just a lot of stroking and scribbling and crying <__<. And thank you so much lovelovelove! <33333<3<3
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