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Published: 2009-04-16 23:37:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 1933; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 28
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this picture turned out better than I thought it would, I'm really pleased with the photoshop
This is going to be a piece in the Comic Con artshow and will soon be a print for sale here on DA.© 2009, Sonjalee Holland, Latopazora
Inked in Flash
Colored in Photoshop
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I reallly like mermaids and I loved tranquility in this piece. Water looks really calm, her tail is really elegant and I absolutely adored those designs on fin. Overall, it's a nice piece, her expression looks innocent, she's both and charming and innocent. But something looks off...
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I'm pretty aware of the anatomical errors and for some reason, everytime I tried to fix them- they'd get worse, so I left them alone.
I probably should fix up the background a bit, huh? I didn't want to do too much, but I guess there's always a little room for more.
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Yes, I guess background needs attention the most ^^ And, those anatomical errors aren't lethal, she's nice and pretty as she is anyway ^^ But you may try using reference photos somtimes for poses, I use my sister or watch myself in mirror for example XD
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She is quite beautiful and captivating with her big eyes and I like the orange coloring as opposed to the usual bue/green/teal coloring depicted of mermaids.
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thank you, it seemed like a good idea to color differently from her background, to make her stand out
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Was a very good idea. Welcome.
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Also, I guess the only big critique I could give to you, since I think your character looks fantastic, is that the rocks shes sitting on lack the same "Solid" coloring that the mermaid has. Im of course speaking about the gradient comparison between the two.
Also I am a little confused on the general shading or where the source of light is located in the picture, I would guess that it is Up to the right (her left), and behind her, at about noon ish time I would think, The counter shadows (the ones on the other side, and other parts of the rock) could use a little more darkening.
Over all though, great work, you still do females better than I could hope to in a long time, and your coloring is superb. Nice work.
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yeah, but I try to seperate the setting from the character. If you watch a lot of animated movies, the characters and active objects are colored more brightly and solid, where the rest of the background is painted in. In future artwork, I could make the background more solid like the character and see how that looks.
Heh...
Thank you
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Err wait, scuze me, I mean To the left (her right).... I think.
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You know, I was going to complain about the size of her eyes, but then biologically I realized that sea creatures have generally larger eyes than there land born counterparts.
nice work Sonya.
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I really like the little details, like the pearl strands on her fin and the bright color palette with blue and orange really makes the mermaid stand out.
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yeah, I was going to go with more green color for her, but I'm glad I choose orange
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