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i had this super cool idea. started the super cool idea. it turned out nice UNTIL i decided to go out of my comfort zone lmao. as soon as i tried to fix it, everything started spiraling out of control to the point of NO return. everything i tried to fix it made it worse and honestly i just gave up.
howeverrrrr, i spent time on this and this blog is dedicated to documenting all of my art journey (including my amazing defeats), so i am sharing it anyways.
reference + progress pics below the cut
the biggest disappointment,,,, i found out halfway through working that the reference pic is ai generated :/ i've included the link to the pin but will not be including the actual photo in this post
i regret not sticking with this. the oranges and the blues mix so well but i had a plan... (this is where it started going wrong)
my biggest mistake was hiding the hair because i was shading the skin to match the environment but not the hair. later on when i revealed the layer, i could not get the blonde hair to look right underwater :')
so i multiplied the layer. honestly i liked it here and i really should've just stopped but i didn't.
legit it just started looking so corny like a 2010 lisa frank lunchbox
lastly, the tem reference i used because you cant ever go wrong with tem