@itsadamnbeehive asked:
How did you do the water @domirine ? Did you use a stock photo or sell your soul to create that beach?
(above is the 100% size fo the pic + the difference between the unblurred and blurred water)
tbh i usually would use a stock photo but i wanted to handpaint it all using a reference. steps-wise: i blocked in the body of water, coloured it using some nice gradients, added the foam and created the texture of the water using a speckled brush. i used the same texture on the beach, but it’s pretty glossy in itself so it didn’t need much detail.
i’m a fan of blurry backgrounds, but they look more believable if you have something to actually blur - so there’s not way around actually drawing the background. it doesn’t need to be very detailed (clearly lol), just enough to trick the eye! it would look pretty poor if i didn’t have the texture and foam to blur and it was just a blue void.
hope it explains it a lil???
i’ll be putting up a process gif on my patreon if anyone’s curious!
