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Art Trade - MightyCharlie

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YOU CAN FIND THIS PICTURE HERE

Moved accounts, sorry for the inconvenience !

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Trade with my awesome friend, :iconmightycharlie:...who seems to have deactivated her account :/ :cry:

Anyways, I hope she sees this picture at some point, it took me a while to finish it, but I think it's finally done, after many hours of work :) This is only 25% the original size, I find it comforting to work at huge sizes and then just shrinking the image.

Charlie asked me to draw a mythical creature for her, an Underwater Panther. According to Wikipedia:
"Underwater panther was an amalgam of features from many animals: the body of a wild feline, often a mountain lion or lynx; the horns of deer or bison; upright scales on its back; occasionally bird feathers; and parts from other animals as well, depending on the particular myth. Underwater panthers are represented with exceptionally long tails, occasionally with serpentine properties. The creatures are thought to roar or hiss in the sounds of storms or rushing rapids."

It is great when people ask you to draw things that force you to put your creative pants on. :)

Resources:
Sand: fav.me/d1fzmxj by :iconfairiegoodmother: (I heavily painted over this stock, but it provided excellent groundwork for the underwater landscape. And it's an awesome picture.)
Scale brushes: fav.me/d1b7hzv by :icondark-dragon-stock: (Excellent brushes for laying down the foundations of scaly creatures, I also used them for the moss on the rocks. Go download them!)

I hope you like this! Critiques, comments and favs are :heart: !
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125darkangel's avatar
Hey there! This is a really amazing piece of art! I know this is probably going to sound strange, but have you by any chance found or heard from Charlie since she deactivated her account? She was my friend too and I haave been without internet for quite some time. I've been trying to find her but to no avail. If you know anything I would love to hear back from you!