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Quicksilverfury — A Sea Sprite's Contemplation
Published: 2007-08-06 09:14:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 2609; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 80
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This is a contest entry piece for 's deep fantasy contest.The theme of this piece centers around a sea sprite contemplating a pearl of wisdom.
The three central images and the upper portion of the background are from
The bottom portion of the background with the rocks and the waves is from The rock that the sea sprites are sitting on is also from from the nature stock photo Mossy Rock.
The wave brushes in the background and the sea sprite wings and tail whispy curls are from
The mermaid tails fins, the pearl, and the bottom magical portion over lay are all of my creation.
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Comments: 27
I really like this image, I love the colourful waterfall and the effect on the sea.and their colours, even if I would made the mermaid more soft with the bg colours palette but this is just my point of view.
My only critique is that the 2 mermaid (red and green) seem floating over the waves..
With just 1 more layer with some more waves they should be placed better.
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Yeah it's sucky I know shrug. I was terribly rushed on this and even thought about not submitting it. When you suck you suck yah know 
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What a shame!This is so wonderful and perfect!!!I hate rush!This is one of the reason why I usually don't attend contest...the risk is to do worst works we usually can do...Gorgeous this one!
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Yeah sigh! It would have been nice to enter it, but I was soo pressed for time because of the horse show.
You're right about the worst work possibilites, but at least I got something in.
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I'm not meaning you did a bad work at all!
When I'm under pressure for time I do horrible things and you did a nice image even if now that I saw your gallery I know you can do much better!I would like to see this pic redone with the skills I found in all your works, it's a shame that just for a little detail it's not one of the other wonderful pics you have in your gallery!I hope to see it soon finished with not pressure!
Sincerly
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I see what you are saying, but I am also saying that it certianly is not one of my best works.
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We are always the strongest judges with our works...
Thanks a lot!
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hi Lisa!
Nice pic, I would have to say I like how you have the bright green on the rock under the orange mermaid, that ties them in nicely. To me it feels as though the water and waterfall are frozen in time, and it is then in these moments that one can see what truly live in the water. That is a nice touch! I see in other comments that you have stated you are going to keep working on it so cool I will check in to see it later as well.
Hope your cous did well at the horse show!
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Thanks ! She got 17th with a score of 199, but she will get a scholarship which is a good thing.
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a scholarship? Is horse husbandry or something? Ah but that is very good
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Chuckle no. If you make the top 20, you get a small scholarship to go towards college. She got like $1,000 scholarship.
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Wow another great one. Its just amazing. Great Job.
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Thanks Ben..... It's got a few problems though
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Wow! I love the sprite lights (hee!) behind the waterfall and the water itself, the big moon and how you've composed the sprites beneath that rock archway. You don't go overboard on vivid color so the ones you do use stand out in a very flattering way.
Only major problem I see is the sprites are 'floating' over the boulder they're sitting on and don't quite look as if they're seated. One help for that would be to place deeper shadow beneath their legs to match the lighting/shadow you used on the rock, plus, on the sprite on the left, have that cascade of water flow partly over her and around her body--maybe have part of the lower sprites' tails submerged too. Problem is the tails are really pretty! Maybe if you moved them up a tad, so they can stay above the waterline?
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Yeah, lol this piece is rather rushed, and it shows. 
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I like the look and feel of it...
But I can't help but feel that their breast coverings, tails, and wings could be done a bit more realistically.
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Yes they could. As I stated above this was a rather rushed piece to make the deadline. I will probably revamp it and resubmit it in my gallery. I was pushing to make the deadline.
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NP Sarah
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Quite well, thank you. I'm going to wear a shoe on my head this year.
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ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm? Ok I'm totally confused on the remark but shrug. Ok
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LOL! No. I'm going to turn a shoe into a hat and wear it. Our theme this year is shoes.
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Though I did contemplate leaving them topless.
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Thanks
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wow this is really nice. I think this is one of your best to date
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Well, it's got faults ....... Which will need to be fixed. However, I love the way the waterfall in the background came out.
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