Author
Alvin Hew (AlvinHew)
Date Submitted
10/20/2009 | 11:11PM EST
Category & Size
Illustration | 1000 x 571 px
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Current Score
4.73 / 5.00
308 votes | 4,487 views
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Author's Comments
The goal was to paint a picture that is soft, calm, and beautiful; just like the person I painted it for.
The People Have Spoken
Average Score: 9.5 / 10
i love seeing great artists. it all works together greatly.i cant tell if this is painted or what but its amazing.
Author's Response:
Hey, thanks for your review. This is a digital painting, painted in Photoshop CS2.
I could not see one bit of improvement that could possibly be done to this. I don't see why people are thinking about why the jellyfish is floating. The lighting, textures, and flow of this picture amazes me. Hmm..seeing this makes me think there would be some sort of animated short on it. Don't know if you're into animation, but I wouldn't mind seeing a few minutes of a jellyfish rising into the sky from the ocean until reaching his goal. Anyway keep up such work :)
Author's Response:
Yeah, seeing this animated would be pretty cool. Thanks for your wonderful review!
i just feel like ther shuld be a cow in their too for some reason
Sea creatures among the sky!?! How... How... Very... Strange...
How do you even draw these?!?!
I quite enjoy reading your author comment on ANY of the things they said against this picture :) I also do feel calm when I see this so you achieved this goal!
i dont quite remember the nme of the game (that and i'm to lazy to get up go into my room to remember what the name was cuz i got it in there) but it reminds me so much of the game because in one of the levels there's a bunch of floating jellyfish in the air(p.s. its a gamecube game so u might know it)
nice arguments too.
It reminds me of Medusa from the Echo the Dolphin game for Sega Genesis. Essentially a giant jellyfish up in the sky. It's much more beautiful than the thing I'm refering to though. On the other hand, calm is the last thing I'd feel if I saw that.
Lovely! Though mayhaps some cast shadow on the clouds?
Oh, and a whale with a Jetpack.... Could explain why there is only one J.Fish!
You have succesfully made a soft and light peice of artwork. Gives me a great inner peace. Its almost like a pillow.(soft and light) Keep up the good work.
love it although im not a big fan of jellyfishes.
"jellyfish heaven? no sir im afraid u are incorrect"
u see jellyfish live in the water. and they eat fish. so jellyfish heaven would be a giant body of water with alot of fish in it. wait, oh ya. the OCEAN. beautiful pic by the way, love the realism, the tentlcals are awesome and i like the backround.
Author's Response:
Possible arguments:
1. You see humans live in apartment buildings or sometimes even in a dumpster in an alley. Are you proposing that heaven for humans is the more or less the same environment in which humans live now? So then why would it be this way for jellyfish heaven?
2. Jellyfish heaven IS a huge body of water, it's just a body of water that happens to be above the clouds. This particular jellyfish is simply passing through the clouds on its way to jellyfish heaven. The piece is called "Jellyfish Heaven" because "Jellyfish On Its Way To Jellyfish Heaven" wouldn't fit within the 30 character title limit.
3. In heaven, jellyfish can fly out of the ocean. This one has decided to explore the sky because it has never done so while on Earth.
My personal argument of choice:
Whaaaateverrrrrr!
I still like this one, but. If It was called "Jellyfish Heaven" my logic would explain that there would be more jellyfish. But thats nitpicking, again, great work, I only gave you a 9 though.
Author's Response:
Possible reasons for why there is only one jellyfish in this painting:
1. This image follows the story of one jellyfish who has not reached the populated jellyfish heaven yet. It is currently ascending alone to its destination.
2. This is the first jellyfish ever to make it into jellyfish heaven and it is patiently waiting for the new arrivals.
3. This jellyfish has wandered away from its friends for some alone time.
Real reason:
I felt like painting just one. : รพ
The colors and the way the clouds are made are very well done and give a subtle feeling to it, and the detail/color of the jellyfish fits in amazingly. (also this for some reason reminded me of ecco the dolphin..) As always your work never stops amazing me!
Very soft, very calming, and very beautiful. And who doesn't like a jellyfish every once and awhile? :D
You definitely accomplished your goal. Whoever this was painted for must have enjoyed it a lot. Fits well with what I'm listening to now; I love when art does that.
Absolutely beautiful!!!! I'm a composer, and I feel like I could easily write a piece to this! It's so peaceful... I LOVE IT :3 Fav'd for sure!!!!
Author's Response:
Well if you ever do compose something, I'd love to have a listen. =)
The way how Jellyfish swim, you'd think they were just floating around in the sky.
Perhaps this could be a concept in a movie, aliens who's spaceships look like flying jelly fish.
It's very beautiful.
Author's Response:
Thanks, buddy.
Wow, this is really well done. Your skills as a digital painter are truly awesome, as well as your concepts.
The colors of the sky and jellyfish blend nicely for the mood you're trying to set, and you really get a feeling of smooth movement with the tentacles and shape of the jellyfish. I hope whoever you painted this for really likes it.
Author's Response:
Thank you, sir! And yeah, she did.
