[nudity] Deep waters.

[miascugh]

A collaboration between david and me. [The line art he provided]

The background was blurred with promotions soften-brush.
I have to apologize to pep for not incorporating even half of what he suggested in his overwhelming feedback.

[Godslayer]

I don't quite approve of the brush, though it looks as though you could've done that easily yourself. I'm sure we'd all be harsher if this didn't look so good.

I'm having a hard time figuring out what the face is, but the skin is masterful, Mia. I'm impressed with this.

[Ryumaru]

holy shit, is all that comes to mind really.

[miascugh]

Godslayer: So, do you approve of line-tool usage if you could just as well do it yourself? I did pick all the colors (well, in case of the background, the moody colors were mostly suggested by pep heh) and really just didn't feel like going all over it, the focus is on the diver anyway. Thanks though.

Thanks

[Godslayer]

I sure do. Im not saying what you did was inherintly wrong. I just thought I could say something more than total praise. Im not trying to put you down.

[JWW]

god your style is so fresh.  This piece made my day, the body looks so natural and i loooove the simplistic bg at an angle.

[Frychiko]

Brilliant idea in taking David's lineart.. Bloody amazing... Is it supposed to be underwater btw?

[ptoing]

Brilliant idea in taking David's lineart.. Bloody amazing... Is it supposed to be underwater btw?

No, it's called "Deep waters" because it's in space, durr

I like it a lot and the soften brush works nice here, but you should fix the outermost pixels because soften does not work there.

[Peppermint Pig]

Nice to see it posted. I agree with the sentiments about using the brush. You were so close to finishing and did so well on the figure that a little more effort by hand on that background wouldn't have killed you...

A more genuine critique would be one of anatomy: lacking a hip bone bulge/highlight.

It's an inspiring collaboration. 

[Frychiko]

No, it's called "Deep waters" because it's in space, durr
I like it a lot and the soften brush works nice here, but you should fix the outermost pixels because soften does not work there.

It's just that it doesn't really look underwater to me (or rather, there's more that could be done to make it look underwater).. with the warm hues  and strong sunlight on the helmet (I get less sunlight than that standing on my 3rd floor balcony!), lack of bubbles etc. and Miascugh knows what he's doing obviously so I was a bit confused. But I love it as it as. Carry on!