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KatherineKei In reply to namu-the-orca [2017-04-13 20:06:18 +0000 UTC]

Haha, this is a rare thing for me actually to put more than one drawing in a month! It takes a lot of effort to finish some piece as I'm oftenly quite unmotivated to draw, and perhaps that's the reason I have lots and lots of started, but not finished projects. *looking at my unfinished PSDs folder filled with 211 files* However, the times, when I want, can and do draw a lot, are just precious! Feels like all those artblock "sufferings" pay it off.
Getting back to the drawing itself, in the beginning I thought the work would become troublesome. References for this angle are almost impossible to be found, had to use a couple of videos to understand what to do and how to do. Nevertheless, the whole process happened to be "smooth" and organized. To not get lost in the splashes and foam, I divided the water area on sections and did them one by one without zooming in too much. Ergo, the whale's tail became the only problem here. I guess that's not just the hard angle, I indeed should pay more attention to flukes, as they seldomly appear in my pieces. o:

Thanks for the comment!

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KatherineKei In reply to Nimkish [2017-04-05 11:41:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
I see what you're talking about with the fluke, I had doubts about it. Still have to practice more with flukes, this is, perhaps, the only problematic part of cetaceans I have to spend more time on during working.

Oh, and that heart-like freckle here IS lovely! The character itself has this spot, that's why I did the flukes such way, so it could be visible. 

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Nimkish In reply to KatherineKei [2017-04-05 12:01:29 +0000 UTC]

I think the base (the black area) is too thick connecting to the peduncle.  I think the tip of the fluke should fold over. This picture has a fluke in a similar position: media.gettyimages.com/photos/o…

I'm not good at flukes either! And the pecs still get me! Haha so I've been doing a few studies lately to try and get them up to scratch!

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KatherineKei In reply to Magpeyes [2017-04-05 11:32:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!
The angle, no doubt, was a risky decision. It was quite hard to find the references for the water and how does it "behaves" when such huge things as grown whales reach it after breach. With help of other I got 3 tiny pics and a video, but seems like that was enough.

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KatherineKei In reply to The7thSea [2017-04-05 10:38:45 +0000 UTC]

I feel like there some sort of "luck" that I have to fight with all this watery fukin things like splashes, drops, foams and etc. And there's no way to get away from it, because these are commissions and not my personal works (which I love to abandon and forget about them, lmao)

At least this is an opportunity to bring my skill level to the next one without a chance to say "too laze fo dis"  ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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The7thSea In reply to KatherineKei [2017-04-05 11:56:59 +0000 UTC]

i know that feel. water is kind of a little bitch and its always a tossup whether or not it comes out good or not. BUT I THINK YOU DO A PRETTY COOL JOB.

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KatherineKei In reply to Aurosoul [2017-04-05 10:30:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

Water had taken a couple of takes before it actually looked good. There was a lot of guessing here since the only references I could find were really tiny photos and a video (which actually is an intro for a 1977 thriller "Orca", that can be found on YT).

And the heart-shaped freckle, yeah, I adored that too! It wasn't my intention to do this - the character I was asked to draw actually has that.

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