Dolphins tick me off

Denise, I did see it! And as diligently as I tried, they all look like they are deformed when I do them!

Anniel, we should start a club, lol, me you and Justine, she hates them also!

Psalmbook, I love that piece you posted! I like the whole ocean floor look to it.

like Tash said a big tear drop for the body then a flick, flick for the tail, top fin & bottom fin then I use my brush to just 'lay down' a nose. I use a chisel brush & use my TAG ocean split cake & load up the dark blue & teal, light blue.

I haven't done the small silohette(sp?) dolphins but they look like tiny tear drops.

I don't really like dolphins either. I do a one stoke one with a split cake. At a recent festival, I had a guy that was like 45 want one on his arm! I hated it, and couldn't cover anything up with glitter! Mine have gotten better, but I'm not super comfortable with them for some reason. I watched the Lisa Joy Young video - the one with the tropical flowers too... I don't know the link to it, but that made mine a lot easier.

it's funny, I had the same thought last week (I do not like dolphins but the kids love them!) and I 2 -3 scribbled designs in order to offer still in my gigs, I did not try again for real ....

On this siteyou can find a practise sheet for a dolphin. I do my dolphins that way

http://www.schminkwebshop.nl/sites/schminkwebshop/images/content/Schminkuitleg/Uitleg_RainbowCakes_Colours.pdf

I am always trying to perfect my dolphins, thanks so much for this thread and all the very helpful links! Nancy that practice sheet is AWESOME and helped me with my roses, too!

So much helpful info! Thank you all so much, I will practice with these methods (maybe a combination of a few) and see what kind of mess I can come up with. Dolphins and I are not friends LOL. Wish me luck!

I finally used my cakes and I trained the dolphins to do .... my favorite :
thanks YOU TUBE !!!!

I have no problem with dolphins...let's talk about HORSES and UNICORNS!
When they are requested, I do the heads only...if I can get away with it.
those legs make me crazy every time.

Another item that I suck at - CARS. I need to spend some good practice time
on those to. Nothing better than getting some good picture references first.

Good luck with your dolphins! Watching the videos should help quite a bit.

I'm feeling you there!! Damn stupid cars make me have a Mutley moment or two.
Yeah and my fast horse/unicorn is just plain sad.

That was a GREAT vido...youtube...loved it and love the ones posted on her too!!!!

Horses... I drew nothing BUT horses for about four years in grade school... and we had horses...



Dolphins and one-stroke roses ellude me though...