i like it very much.. the hand above the head needs to be better though..

Thanks ice - it will be. The sub will be for the Bioshock comp. The theme is 'Descent into Rapture' which is pretty tricky - but I think this is my solution. The intention is to allude to both the sexual, and spiritual interpretations of rapture - and it borrows from the belief that experience of drowning is (supposedly) meant to be quite euphoric (don't try this). I also considered adding tentacle-like things dragging her down and may still do. Maybe I’ll add some cool fish - but this will scupper my plans to stick to 2 colours. If I continue with this, I'll make it as tasteful and artistic as poss. Let me know if you think this is a non starter!

I like the idea and also know after seeing some of your ideas that you have the ability to make this look very good.

I think there was a print something like this?

Possibly - if so, I'll do what I can to differenciate it - Like adding the fish and other tentacle elements (I'm assuming another sub doesn't have this, but you never know on Threadless).

Thanks Castle. There might always be similarities, but I can work on making this much more different. I'll see what I can do to make this my own.

that's it. Yeah I,m sure you can make it work!

Looks good- keep going!

Looking really interesting so far.

yano, to be honest... idk if this has potential. but, you are fatheed.. so you might be able to pull this off.. work on it man

I've painted it a bit more, now with 3 colours. I think it might need a stronger white highlight. Let me know what you think - as I need to know if its worth carrying on with.

needs stronger highlighting

hmm i think it's cool, you need to add a bit more depth to her leg as it doesn't look round enough and maybe instead of lots of entacles maybe just have 4 or 5.

otherwise cool idea :)

Looks awesome! That one foot, though, is really stubby, and I think her back needs more of a curve to it (maybe she needs a bit of an ass, too?). Anyway, I look forward to seeing the final version!

I actually liked it better without the tentacles. Now it just comes too close to anime tentacle porn. I think it's more powerful if it looks like her descent might be due to an accident but might also be her own doing; you're not sure... I think it's better leaving that conclusion in the viewer's mind.



I agree that you want to go further on the highlighting; her torso, upper left leg, and lower right leg all look raised but flat. It's hard to round without gradients but you did it well on the lower left leg and on the arms.

I think she just needs some cuves her belly & her butt. But, I love it!

the face and hair look a bit weird

i like

ok again i see a problem with that second, smaller arm... i think its positioning need to be changed because it doesn't look like it's connected to her. but this is really good so far.

hey brother. i'm trying to get over how close this is to the design i've been working on for the last week. it's gonna look like a bit of a knock off now but i have to stick with it. good luck.

I would also prefer less to even no tentacles. vixyish said it quite nicely.

Cheers guys. To be honest, I'm losing interest in this concept. If I have time, I think I'l start again. I really appreciate your comments.

haha i know how you feel.

when i see the V1 i've thought this is exactly the feeling when you are drowning, I've found this is a very interesting illustration as all your work. It reminds my of an old feeling.. I felt exactly the same when I was a child. 3 times s.o.'s has saved my life. But I was child just playing on the water, each time when I was fallen down, I've always seen this light on the surface... just thinking wow amazing, then sb jump in the water and minutes everything was okay life goes on....nothing happend...children don't feel fear..so to come the end of this

cute little bedtime story...the first version presents hope and this "experience of drowning meant to be quite euphoric " as you've said-so please let these tentacles out-just for the feeling of hope in a hopeless situation ..oh this late hour makes me literary hope anybody understands what i'm talking about:-)

but she have to look up and not in the camera:-)

ok my vision doesn't work for this bioshock thing-sorry..