HOME | DD
Sotalean — Deep thought
Published: 2004-10-14 22:39:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 4625; Favourites: 106; Downloads: 872
Redirect to original
Description
Umm...My reasoning for this is that I haven't drawn a mermaid in a very long time. So here's a new mermaid. ^^
Normal HB pencil then fixed up in photoshop.
Related content
Comments: 101
*ponder*
They could...
But I can't see this sort of mermaid with webbed fingers.
Maybe a scaled fin on her back...
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
She's gorgeous! I looooove all the texture on her, like with her tail and her hair, and your pencil shading is impeccable.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
*grins*
Once again! *takes a breath* My pleasure.
She's one of my favorite 'at work' doodles. ^^
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Wow, the details are amazing. I wish I could draw like that. Good job!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
^_^
I'm glad that you like it. ^^
Thanks for the watch too!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Welcome ^_^ do you know who this is..?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
*checks*
You live in colorado...
Who the hell do I know in there?
*thinks*
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Its monday's child from elftown 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Ahh!
Hey Chickie.
How you doing?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
wow, this is one of the best mermaid drawings ive ever seen! great work!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
It's really cool! I love how clear the mood is in it.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
^^
I think that's one reason why I like it so much. There's no.. "So what is she doing?" It all turned out very obvious.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
this is absolutely stunning! her tail is so elaborate and beautiful... the light reay shining through the water look gorgeous.... really great work~! you've got tallent
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Very pretty drawing and a lovely peaceful mood. perfectly describes the life of a water dweller I htink.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
you finest piece in my opinion... captured within perfection!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
What a beautiful image!!! shes very lovely! You did wonderfull shading the the lighting is wonderfull.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
This is great. The rays of sun beaming down are beautifull done, also how the tail tapers off into two curls is wonderful. Great drawing very well done
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Excelent drawing, and a bit of a more unique mermaid (yay, no standard whale flippers XD). Now I could start whining about small things as shade should be darker there and there, but it isn't really needed.
Anatomy: Good
Composition: Good
Shading: Good, though the back could use a bit more.
The only thing I miss in this picture is a good background. Underwater scenes aren't easy to draw, but the it would add to the picture. How about just some blurred rocky formations? It worked for my mermaid XD.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Hehe... I could..
But I hate backgrounds. >_<
I was actually considering that when I sketched the image but I just never did.
Thanks for the comments. ^^
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Wow, I can't believe it was pencil....and just an HB at that.
Proof that even mermaids worry about their abs?
Seriously, beautiful shimmer effects, and you have shading nailed.
Tech notes, etc.:
The water...well, I would not have guessed there was water, except there's a mermaid. If you don't wish to include something obviously marine to anchor the location, such as seaweed, fish, etc, that's fine, but water is never perfectly calm or clear, especially ocean water. The ocean is very murky. If she's close to the surface, there's caustics.
Her hair, while lovely, is also not obeying the physics of water. Which helps reinforce that you don't 'see' the water. Hair floats. Like seaweed, it sways, bloats, and reaches for the surface.
In unrelated tidbit, why is she posing? And who for? Always consider this when capturing figures. Posed or natural, aware or unaware, observed or interupted. You don't have to reveal the answer in the work, but know it in your mind. It makes an enormous difference.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Well I never thought of her as posing for anyone. She's just sitting in her little corner of the water thinking about something that's bothering her. ^^
For the hair
I had never really intended to finish this image. But I did... even with the funky hair. I already knew that the hair was messed up. ^^ But by the time I decided to finish this, I already had the hair outlined to the point where it would never have erased properly. *shrugs*
Umm.. the water:
I actually have never heard of caustics before. O_o T'is strange indeed. I'll look it up and see what I can do.
Thanks for the comments ^^
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
About the point of no erasing:
*laugh* I noticed in high school that my sketching, even finished sketching, was so light as to not be seen from a few steps away. I tried going darker, but it was hard to keep working over something until it was dark enough....So for long time I didn't really sketch at all, but I spied a pencil set one day out oogling art supplies. I've taken up 5B and 8B and such. It's hard to erase, and to adjust to, but I can sketch comfortably and the results can be seen
Lately, I've been playing with free sketching (start doodling without any idea of drawing something in particular, just let the pencil go and see what you get), and I figured it would work best if I just enhanced, never subtract ie. eraser banned. The results were fun, and nothing like my usual style, which was interesting 
Caustics is just the physics term tor when light beams converge under water. Look in a shallow swimming pool on a sunny day, and you can see the light patterns. The same patterns happen in the ocean (and other large bodies of water). Anything near the surface will get the effect of caustics. Heck, if you bathroom light is bright enough, you can prolly see them in the tub
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
O.o caustics.. indeedily.
Hehe.. I've done that countless times. ^^ Infact [link] she's a result of that. ^_^
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Heh.. it's not that hard. Most was done witha pencil but then I just emphasized it with Dodge and Burn. *shrugs*
Thanks for the fav!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Flawless, the way the ear flows with the hair is a gorgeous touch. I like the faint sparkles and her position in the water, definetly not an easy one. Amazing job hun, and easy 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
*is very proud* And from you above all people I take that as a serious compliment. ^^
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
thats beautiful i love the way her body is positioned and how detailed the scales are
very cool lol
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
hehe.. the funny thing is that the scales are just little dots of white with random opacities. ^_^ it's great what something small like that can do huh?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
yeah all my little details look like crap no matter which angle usee it ..
or maybe thats because i see it lol
oh well
the world will never know lol
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thank you for the fav! *hugs*
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
^_^ My favorite part is definitely the hair.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Hey, that's cool. Very swirly. I can honestly say I've never seen that pose before. (Sorry if this is a double post.)
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Youv'e never seen that pose? O.o I would have thought it was kind of.. well common enough.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Hm. Maybe for mermaids it is... I still can't recall ever seeing it though.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0