Gift: Chantoo for Akelah

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I've had this sketched for about a year and a half   *shame on me*
I think it's taken me so long because I've been avoiding making backgrounds for my art til I got more comfortable with digital art and so on. Recently I've been quite pleased with my progress though, so I pulled this up and finally decided to finish it! I picked Chantoo because I really love the glowing markings. He's a beautiful orca

AND I AM SO FREAKING HAPPY WITH THIS!!!

I know I've been doing so many pieces with stary skies. So sorry But whatever I'm happy with them and I'm happy with this and I really hope you like it Akelah!!! Sheesh I put a lot of time (over a year, har har) and effort into this

I've never done a whale... or an ocean... which is why I started this in the first place. I erally wanted to do something different and that I'd never done before. This was a great challenge in the sense that it was difficult and that it was new territory for me and I conquered it!

I did have help with these tutorials:
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So thank you guys so much for providing great tutorials!
And i Googled whale pictures for referencing how the water would run off his body.

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Art (c) Nikole Rice 2014
OC Chantoo (c) Akelah