Jackpot!

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I wonder where she found that enormous pearl...

I'm very pleased with how this one turned out. My first completed mermaid. I already have an idea for a second one. Addicted much? The scan was pretty good on this one. Her hair looks the same color as her tail here, but on paper I actually colored it more of an aquamarine shade. I had a feeling that wouldn't show up, but oh well. Her skin has slightly more of a warm tone than what came through on the scanner. I wanted her skin to have a pearl like shade. Something different I tried that looks better on the real thing. I'm really proud of her hair piece. I designed that one myself. I'm also happy with the scales, although it was quite tedious. I'm not so happy with the fin. I think I'll do something different next time. The plant life and such around her is just what I came up with from imagination. It's nothing that is supposed to be accurate or anything. Just something to create atmosphere. She's taking that massive pearl back to her private little grotto. Mermaids do like pretty things after all.

I used this lovely stock provider as ref for the upper body pose faestock.deviantart.com/art/Si…
Materials: Prismacolor colored pencils for all the coloring, Derwent watercolor pencils for the water, white gel pen for the sparkle effect.

Hope you guys like!