A hippo mother and calf walk side by side, with their feet drawn below a wavy waterline.

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Hippo Mother and Calf Walking in Shallow Water

A hippo mother and calf walk side by side, with their feet drawn below a wavy waterline. Stones and narrow water plants fill the foreground, with tall reeds and broad-canopied trees farther back.

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Lavender hippos in bright blue shallows

Use the same body color for both hippos above and below the waterline.

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Digital example: Two lavender-gray hippos walking in blue shallows among green plants and beige rocks.

1. Lavender-gray — hippos
2. Blue — water
3. Green — foliage
4. Beige — rocks and bank
5. Brown — wood and reed heads
6. Pink — inner ears

Color both hippos lavender-gray, including their submerged legs; leave toenails white.
Fill the water blue while preserving the ripples and crossing waterline.
Repeat green on reeds, grasses, bushes and tree crowns.
Color the rocks and narrow far bank beige.
Use brown on tree trunks, branches and the long reed heads.
Add pale pink inside the ears.

Both bodies should stay readable through the water, with distinct feet and ripples.

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