Now THAT is alot of plankton (they tend to be so small you can't see them in water)!

Hmm.. you may be right, but my textbook says that krill, for example, is a type of plankton: http://www.theozonehole.com/images/3krill.jpg

Aw never mind they're crustaceans. Oh well.

What a happy looking whale XD

Love the little highlights! =D

I admit I'm kind of turned off by the composition, though... but oh well, you say it yourself, it's just a speedpaint. ^^

Well I don't like sounding defensive, but I was going for accurate.. and in real life the deep ocean is just a lot of blue emptiness with an organism or two (or in plankton's case, a million) here and there.

That is correct... theoretically.

Do you know about the law of thirds? Just repositionning the whale and plankton (and maybe marking the highlights in the sea more in a given area) could really have made the picture more lively without taking away the feeling of emptiness associated with the blue void.

If there's one useful thing I learned in art class... it has to be the law of thirds.

Of course I know about it.. but I don't use it much, any more than you do..

And cinema critics aren't filmakers.

Haven't been using it because I didn't know of it before taking classes this semester. Those can be useful after all. I've applied it to the few meaningful images I draw for art class and it really does make for quite the difference. ^^

Sorry if I sounded aggressive BTW. Was not my intent, but you know... text isn't good for conveying impressions.

That's really awesome!