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Marimo - Treasure of Japan

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This was just an excuse to use a certain Photoshop brush. It looked like a marimo, so I decided to try out a couple other brushes and effects to do this. Not all that great, that's for sure, but my mom likes it. Marimo are a kind of algae that are particular about the environment, since they take decades to grow in size. The largest are found in Lake Akan in Japan and are considered a national treasure.

I've actually been to Lake Akan, and I touched one [though I don't think I was supposed to]. It felt like a sponge.

Anyway, according to scientific fact, personal accounts of eyewitness, and The Marimo Song [found on the CD "Songs of Hokkaido"] the marimo float to the water's surface when it's sunny, and sink back down when the clouds come. This is supposed to be that scene.
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FLUFFY!!!!!!!!!
Nice brush.