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Started to recreate fish from source image selections.

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Fish recreation

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Still fish recreation

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Finishing fish

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Adding backrounds and blending.

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Adding surface light

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Added fish and match color with the backround.
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Added shadows and different bubbles. Lowered opacities for convinience.
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Added some adjustment layers: brightness and contrast, added some light blue soft brush for light, added black gradient for shadows, gaussian blur, and selective colors to calm down the tones.