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Boy and His Gator 2by *LCibos

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Whoops! Mom found out about boy's secret alligator friend.

This is the second illustration in the three-part series, "Boy and His Gator". The first piece can be viewed here: [link]

Pencil lines + coloring in Photoshop CS3.

In contrast to the first image, where I used cool shadows to give the scene an ambient, calm feeling of two friends sharing a private moment, for this second piece, I used warmer shadow tones. I felt that the red tones helped heighten the intensity and harshness of the scene. I pictured his mom storming into the room and turning on the light.

Quick tutorial regarding the denim texture:
The denim texture comes from [link] (Thanks Messa for posting such a useful pack of textures!) After I finished painting the shadows and highlights on the jeans, I made a new layer, shrunk down one of the textures and stitched it together over the length of the jeans. Then I set the layer to soft light and 50% opacity. Finally, I used the dodge tool over the highlighted areas of the jeans to soften the intensity of the texture.

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!Megp1 Sep 10, 2011 Student Digital Artist

"But mom, why can't I keep it?"
Lol, the shirt. ROAR.

~JoEttaShinigami Jul 5, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

dat ass

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*DTWX Mar 17, 2010

"ROAR" Ha. Especially since Dino's & Gaters are related.

Nice with the croc feet on the tub & the boy's toes matches the emotion of his plea.

*LCibos Mar 19, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

Hehe, glad you caught the reptile connection.

*DTWX Mar 19, 2010

Aye, Verily.

`Nestalgica Jul 1, 2009 Hobbyist General Artist

Sooo cute.

I want that shirt so badly.

~PichiPachiPaw Jun 28, 2009 Student General Artist

Beautiful colors, excellent detail... what can I say? You are truly my favorite. I wish I could draw like you...

~ObeyTheSnarf Jun 27, 2009 Hobbyist General Artist

I LOVE the legs of the tub. :3

~pmbq Jun 27, 2009

I love the kid's shirt!

The mom may be mad, but she sure has a nice butt XD Really excellent job on the coloring, as usual, but the usage of the denim texture is very professional and puts the pic over the top.

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