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:star:Hi dear friends and all :wave:

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I've always wanted to make another picture of a mermaid. I've done it a few times before but it didn't turn out as
I wanted. I'm quite happy with this piece though. I think this is one of my most complicated pieces so far.

These are some of the most difficult things for me with this piece:
1. To turn the geisha model out into a mermaid. I have to combine more than one geisha photos for this purpose alone.
2. To integrate the mermaid's tail into the geisha. The tail was painted over
3. To fix the hair. This time, I put bigger hair, some kind of wind blown (in this case due to water effect) - I've never made something like this before. So, please forgive me for not being perfect with the hair.

I know, for some people this might be so easy. For a person like me, well uh...


Well, I didn't want to count layers or time that I've spent on this like the others did. I think the most important thing is that I've had a lot of fun doing this piece. I hope you'll like it too. Even if you don't, please be nice if you want to comment :glomp: :heart:


:star:Inspiration:

"A mermaid is a fictional aquatic creature that is half human, half aquatic creature (e.g. a fish or dolphin).Various cultures throughout the world have similar figures."
- Wikipedia. Read more here [link]

I do think mermaid is a legend. The existence of mermaids is questionable, and it remains a mystery until now. When I see the contest theme for the second time, then it comes to my mind, what if the mermaid is from the far east, and she is wearing a kimono instead? How it will look like? From these thinkings, I develop a concept of "The Mermaid from The Far East", but the title is so long,
DeviantART does not allow that. So I have to drop the "The" in front of the title.

I portrayed the eastern mermaid as the most gorgeous, powerful and charming princess in the sea. I hope you can see those qualities in this piece. :heart:


:star:Credit for the stock & resources:

Model: *lucretia-stock
Ruin (tower),moss texture: ~Alegion-stock
Background: ~Badinstinct
Treasure chest: ~Eyespiral-stock
Hair: *faestock
Hair strand (brush): *ro-stock
Mermaid's tail: *JLStock
Black Ribbon: ~restmlinstock
Fish (orange): ~phantompanther-stock
Fantasy stick,jewellary: *unholy-stock
Small crown: *Lill-stock
Water Plant: *Shoofly-Stock
Jelly fish: ~Windstock
Starfish: ~foureyestock
Balloon, magic trails (brush): ~hawksmont *redheadstock
Water texture: ~lynn-stock
Fish (clown fish): Personal photos


Thank you so much for the stock & resources.
I enjoyed using them so much :glomp: :heart:

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:iconlooking-glass-alyss:
.....wow....*nuff said*

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:iconlyrys:
impresionat :heart:

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:iconmoonmystress:
Very beautiful, I think you did a wonderful job. Everything blends together so well :heart:
:iconmoroka323:
Thank you :heart:

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:love: Thanks a lot for your support :love:
:iconmoroka323:
Thank you dear :heart:

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:love: Thanks a lot for your support :love:
:iconmoroka323:
Thank you so much dear. I really appreciate it :heart:

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:love: Thanks a lot for your support :love:
:iconkattnboys:
ok will you stop!!!! OH my this is the most beautiful piece...no others need to enter because (sorry my friends who have including myself) This is the WINNER!!!!! hands down one of my favs youve done!!!

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You're welcome! ^w^

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Oh thank you so much dear. Don't say that though, the contest is not yet over. I think the judges will do justice - even if mine is not selected, there will be a lot of reasons for it. In fact, I do have a lot of things to learn to improve myself further :nod:

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:love: Thanks a lot for your support :love:
:iconphantastes:
:clap: Well described! You're taking this to the next level.... and it has a lot to do with your hard work and talent! :clap:

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