Dolphin Rock
by Daniel Eskridge
Title
Dolphin Rock
Artist
Daniel Eskridge
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting
Description
Water sprays everywhere as dolphins jump high in the air over a woman in an orange dress standing on a large rock in the ocean. One dolphin is just leaping out of the water, a second soars through the air above the woman, and a third plunges into the water with a great splash. The woman, facing out to sea looks up at the playful aquatic mammals as her dress flutters in the gentle sea breeze. A zigzag trail of rocks leads up to the larger stone upon which she stands.
This one is a bit of a follow up to another work I made several years ago called Whale Watcher (https://daniel-eskridge.pixels.com/featured/whale-watcher-daniel-eskridge.html). Like this artwork, it features a marine mammal breaching the surface of the water and jumping over a woman on the rocks. In that one, though, I featured a humpback whale, but, for this work, I wanted something less grandiose and more playful, so I went with dolphins.
At first, I had the dolphins jumping in an arch that was parallel to the plain of the picture, but I wanted a bit more depth. So, I have
the dolphins jumping in an arch still, but now it's angled a bit more into the scene.
The woman's dress was white in the first pass, but I decided to give it a color that drew the eye a bit more. Pure red was too extreme, but hot orange, I though, worked quite well especially since it played well off of the cool blue of the sky beyond.
Generally, for scenes where I have splashing water, I paint the splashes in during post production. For this image, though, I actually used 3D models of splashes for the rendering in addition to painting in post.
I gave it the title "Dolphin Rock" as the idea is that this is a special place were the dolphins are always at play and to where one could adventure to to experience them up close.
I created this image using a variety of digital art applications including 3D rendering and digital painting.
For more on how I make art like this: http://fineartbydaniel.com/2017/12/18/how-i-make-art-3d-rendering/
Tools I used to make art: http://fineartbydaniel.com/resources/
How I sell art: http://fineartbydaniel.com/quick-start-guide-selling-art-online/
Thanks for looking!
Daniel
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August 12th, 2018
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