Piece description from the artist
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 where the dolphins are always at play and 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/
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Daniel
Daniel is a forty-something living in the Metro-Atlanta area, and he is one of the few people who was actually born and raised there. He is also married and has two sons and a daughter. By day, he works as software engineer at a small company. By night he is an artist producing realist works depicting scenes of American wildlife, farm animals, fantasy scenes, extinct animals, and images of the "American Wild West":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Frontier.
Daniel has dual degrees in computer science and fine art from the University of Georgia. Given his education, it would seem only natural for him to combine the two by producing art using a computer. Daniel practices a new form of art called "3D Rendering":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_rendering, a form of virtual sculpting with a computer. This form of art is utilized by film studios for special effects as well as animated movies, but it can be used to make stills as well. "Check out this video of Daniel creating a 3D rendering!":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvoSvRhYPr4
Daniel’s interest in art began when he was young. As a fan of science fiction and fantasy novels, he became particularly interested in the works of the illustrators that appeared on the covers, such as "Frank Frazetta":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frazetta and "Michael Whelan":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan. In college, he discovered the work of the "French Realists":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(arts), the "Pre-Raphaelites":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Raphaelite_Brotherhood, and the "Hudson River School":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_School, which further influenced him and put his work on a course where nature was the dominant theme.
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