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Published: 2014-08-10 06:15:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 822; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 0
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RebeccaBrogden has invited me to join the Enchanted Visions project, and to do so I need to complete 4 of their previous themes.  So, here's my second submission: Dreaming on Aquamarine Tides.

Many men hold their breathes whenever they see any kind of movement off the boat.  A splash there, a ripple here.  They swear they saw a fin once.  They exchange tales of the lovely women who dwell in the water, playing with their hair as they flirt with sailors.  Mermaids: the most sought after treasure the ocean has to offer for a young man out at sea.
But this woman is no mermaid.  
She twirls her pearls around, taken from the last ship that had the misfortune of crossing her path.  Spinning around, they tangle all around her.  "Ah, beautiful!  Simply beautiful!"  She looks about the cave she resides in.  Gold, gems, jewels, and other various treasures litter the floor, and she can't help but smile with sense of pride.  "The year has been kind to us so far, old gal," she says to herself.  "And to think the fishing season has only just begun."    She picks up a mirror and admires herself, when a tang swims up to her and whispers in her ear.  "Oh?"  She smirks and plays with her hair.  "Well then...we must go greet them."  She blows a kiss to the fish and begins to swim happily towards the surface, clearing her throat.  "Those poor men must be dying to see something extraordinary," she says with concern to the fish.  Then she cackles to herself, "Like, say, a mermaid?"
But this woman is no mermaid.
She...is a siren.

I love drawing mermaids! Oh wait, I mean...sirens

Drawing: 2.5 hours Coloring: 18 hours

Enjoy!
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Comments: 14

TL-97 [2014-08-25 02:03:27 +0000 UTC]

Ah, your color composition is absolutely lovely. And to think she's got such bad intentions for being so pretty herself. Love the pose and the pearls. Again, very nice work on the written piece too. ^^

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Nine-Tailed-Fox In reply to TL-97 [2014-09-01 19:31:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  It's fun writing something for each of these pieces~ It's a nice escape

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TL-97 In reply to Nine-Tailed-Fox [2014-10-31 05:51:31 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. It's been way too long I know, but I'm hoping to catch up a bit now.

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Nine-Tailed-Fox In reply to TL-97 [2014-11-01 19:42:52 +0000 UTC]

Hey, no problem - I'm rarely here myself nowadays and am way too busy to do art or anything else.
Hope everything has been going well, though~ I wish I had time to update DA and stay social, but teaching and school has me all tied up

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TL-97 In reply to Nine-Tailed-Fox [2014-11-20 05:00:02 +0000 UTC]

I understand, it's okay really, do what you must, I got a ton of catching up to do here anyway. Take care and be well too.

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LizzyChrome [2014-08-15 13:09:41 +0000 UTC]

Awesome lighting and coloring job! and I like the real-life pearls around her. Has a very mixed-media look to it. 

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Nine-Tailed-Fox In reply to LizzyChrome [2014-08-16 01:38:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  I'm glad you think that

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LizzyChrome In reply to Nine-Tailed-Fox [2014-08-16 02:10:29 +0000 UTC]

No problem.  

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Kittensoft [2014-08-11 15:59:31 +0000 UTC]

Love the colors and the hair

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Nine-Tailed-Fox In reply to Kittensoft [2014-08-12 06:24:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Kittensoft In reply to Nine-Tailed-Fox [2014-08-13 01:47:28 +0000 UTC]

Welcome

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RebeccaBrogden [2014-08-10 11:58:53 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work, Sammie! She's lovely

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Nine-Tailed-Fox In reply to RebeccaBrogden [2014-08-12 06:24:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  I'm so excited to continue working on the themes~

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RebeccaBrogden In reply to Nine-Tailed-Fox [2014-08-12 17:51:36 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^.^

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