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creating a believable underwater scene is taking some time and great attention to the lightness and hues of the shadows and highlights
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working on the detail of the lower left rocks
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working on sky, mountains, trees, and clouds
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adding in some of the dark blues to fill the deep ocean
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starting to fill in the rocks
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laying down basic color segments. will refine the detail after this pass is complete
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Finished the pencil outlines and now moving on to the initial layout of color.
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This is the first pass composite (pre-production / layout) of the next illustrated page. This is a daytime page with the first underwater view in the book yet.