Started of with a blue background and added the sea. Clooned out the dolphin.
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Added the sky.
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The block of ice
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Gave the ice some debt by adding some darker areas in the water.
Made some splashing water on the edges where ice and water meet > scattering brush in blue and white and blurred it.
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The sealion
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Added the backpack on the sea lion.
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The giraf which is hired as a trafficcontroller.
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The giraf needs offcourse a scarf, it's just to bl**dy cold there to do without.
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Added some seagulls, what would SeaGull Airways be without their planes?
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To make clear for everyone who wants to fly they have a "for hire" sign.
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and the traffic controller has it's own sign too offcourse.
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Some "planes" in actions.
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the planes need (offcourse) something to show which airlines they represent.
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The passenger...
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the passenger needs something to stand on.
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DON'T FORGET YOUR LUGAGE!
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To mark the "SeaGull Airways" area there's a banner to show.
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A fainted view of a small ship in the background.
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Whats an ocean without some bottle floating in it? NOTHING!
So there's a bottle floating in the ocean.
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Finally adjusted the edges with some blur and made some final tweaks.
Over the whole image I've used the blurtool and the dodge and burn (a lot!) to adjust the lightsource and for adding the shadows.