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Naoko, Chiharu, and Rika Scuba

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Original Line Art: shoxxe.deviantart.com/art/COM-…

Alternative version without filters or tint: sta.sh/029i5j9ohucw

...Well...I think I when overboard with this ^^;  I mean that I put so much effort into this and it came out very well, with the colors, to the subtle background and the poses each character has (okay I didn't do the poses but you get the idea).  So even though Sakura and Hinata picture had a huge background and I am proud of that as well, after all is said and done...this is my new favorite picture that I've colored.  The irony here is that it's focusing on minor character ^^;

Speaking of, let's talk about them.  These are (going from left to right) Naoko Yanagisawa,  Chiharu Mihara, and Rika Sasaki all of which are from Cardcaptor Sakura and great friends with Sakura and Tomoyo.  With the three of them wearing LAMA diving gear, they explore the ocean floor together.  Naoko brings a clipboard with here as she loves to read and study, so that she can take notes on what she sees in the underwater world.  All three of them see something below them that caught their attention with curious and wonder, I wonder what it is...seriously, even I don't know what it is, and it's driving me crazy.  Oh well, maybe it's better as it does add a mysterious element to the picture :D

Anyways, onto the details of the picture itself.  You actually seen these girl with the equipment before on the cover on the doujinshi manga "Sakura and Friends at the Aquarium", but all their wetsuits and colors were the same.  I'm trying my best to have two different outfits, one for the fieldtrip and one with their own style (before this, Sakura had two outfits but as of now I don't have an alternative for Tomoyo as she doesn't really cares too much about fashion for herself but focuses on fashion for others (mainly Sakura ^^; )) and these is the their alternative wetsuit and colors.  As some of you noticed (about 10% of the total views in this picture), their wetsuits are similar to the swimsuits they wore in Episode 63 in the indoor waterpark episode.  I'd asked Shoxxe to design their outfits similar to their swimsuits, but WIP of them had...problems which I understand seeing how the swimsuits had a simple design.  So I asked shoxxe to go crazy a bit with their designs a bit and this is what he came up with and I LOVE it :D

Now to talk about how the coloring process came to be and...I cheated a bit ^^;  Basically I change the eyes on them a bit so that they can look more like the anime, so sorry about that.  Anyway, I added in the ocean floor to add in some background so that it wouldn't just be the ocean itself, but I couldn't add in anything to it as well (coral, kelp, etc.).  Also along with the new lighting and shading details, I'm also trying a different tint to the helmet so that it doesn't stand out too much but would be still be noticeable.

That's all I got, hope you likes like it :D

This is one of two pictures I'm doing with Shoxxe to help promote the Doujinshi Manga "Cardcaptor Sakura: Sakura and Friends at the Aquarium" severflame.deviantart.com/art/… with :iconseverflame: 

Here's the second picture: bluehedgehog25.deviantart.com/…

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Cardcaptor Sakura and all related characters are © by CLAMP and Kodansha/NHK and licensed by NIS America, Discotek Media, Geneon, Madman Entertainment and Dark Horse Manga.

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Line Art by :iconshoxxe:

Coloring by :iconbluehedgehog25:

Special Thanks to :iconsaverart: and :iconendless-mittens: for the tips and helping me out :D
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BorisFedorov's avatar
Well they must of found some nice looking fish by the look of things. :)