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Miskui — Mermaid
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Published: 2011-07-31 05:33:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 1474; Favourites: 61; Downloads: 33
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What I spent my free time today doing.
I can't of anything else to do with it so... hereya go!
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Comments: 17
This is very nice!
And yet another opinion for how a mermaid should look like.
It turns out to be a little bit boring when everyone expects a mermaid to look like Ariel from the disney movies. That is something I really appreciate in this drawing!
I also really admire you shading. and I'm a fan of using different colors for shading, which you did here.
and the textures really are lovely!
If I have to critique something I think you should have added a background, maybe some coralls and such? And also I wonder where her right arm is. I think it would be only natural for us to see it thinking about her current pose.
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This is a very lovely piece! THe detail, and especcially the hair is truly amazing! The structure of the face is very pleasing, and I love the blank eyes. i like the way you shaded, but on the tail I think you may have blended more to give a smoother look, becaus the lines seem a bit to rough in comparison with the rest of the piece. Th background does lool a little bit 'left out' but it doesn't really hurt the piece. A final critique is that you should probably be able to see her far arm in this point.
Another thing that is really nice is the yellow pattern you added in, it adds a very nice textured feel to the piece!
Wonderful job overall!
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This is very beautiful - I love the colors and all those details. Especially that glass-like ball in her hair - it's really beautiful! I like the mixing of blue and red, it's really nice
This was for #GimmeFeedback
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I love the brush work on the body (mostly the tail and fins) It adds a nice lively texture. The colours are good, the yellow on the torso is quite nice and helps to create some volume and focus point. (although I think you can push it even more)
The details on her hair (and the design!) are well done! The contrast between the sharply painted hair and the soft shading in the rest of the figure seems a little to abrubt tho. Your values could use a little work but overall but it is definitely in the right direction. If you want, I can do a paitover for you to point out some mistakes. (Let me know 
The main thing that I think would improve the image, is indeed the background. You don't need a super detailed background at all, but a small changes like: making the background darker towards the bottom, maybe adding some floating specs or some vague shapes in the background will make a huge difference.
One last thing, If you add her other arm into the painting behind her, but colour it lighter (more blueish as the color of the water), you can add a lot of extra depth to the image without much effort
I hope this is of use to you
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I'm going to agree with the others. The background seems unfinished but I guess that's understandable since we can tell the mermaid took so much effort. I would recommend maybe changing the color of her eyes to a darker color just for contrast. Also, like the person below me mentioned, the torso looks a little too compact; the excess is mostly in her "back." Despite some other minor things, I think this is a very good piece. It shows talent and I think you're definitely on your way to making better, wonderful artwork.
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First I believe the color composition is good. Except maybe background but I understand, I do the same thing, spend too much time on character and neglect the background.
I think too that shoulder needs a bit fixing. Her abdomen area should be longer. I would put also some shine in the eyes.
Now the hair; while I think texture is good, I do believe that it is too sharp. To make it more hair-like lower opacity of the brush to 70% soften it a bit (you know that slider with hardness), and turn the opacity dynamics on. It will make your stroke a bit transparent and the hair will bland more naturally. You can also soften it more with the airbrush and opacity very low 20%-30%.
Light playing on her body is a very nice touch.
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I love the texture in the hair. I wish it was the same throughout the rest of the composition! Her body looks a little over smudged and her skin looks very flat. It needs more depth like the hair has!
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I completely agree with you. I'll work on that. Thank you so much for the feedback!
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I really like this. It's a unique take on the mermaid. I love the colors you used as well. The only thing that's kind of throwing me off is her neck and shoulder area. Because you didn't define the collar bone it looks like her head is on backwards. Also her neck is a bit too long. But other than that really nice work. Keep it up~
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Yeah, I see what you mean about the shading around the collar bone. I don't think I'll fix the neck since I wanted it to be long for her gills, but maybe I need to fix that area so that it looks more on purpose and not accidentally out of proportion. Thanks so much! 
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cool mermaid. It seems like you are trying to show what a mermaid can look like in a true form.
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Wow! Oh my Gosh thank you so much!
That's so awesome!
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Very awesome interpretation of a mermaid 
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Wow. So unlike your usual work, but I can def. see your character design and color sense here...
I love the barnacles. They make the merm seem like a leviathan; like she's huge and silent and slow moving instead of a little flirty wisp, swimming slow and turtle-like, accumulating little ecosystems in her progress. Just love this one!
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