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Follow me Facebook • Facebook Art Blog • TumblrThe oldest form of the mermaid in mermaid mythology is the goddess Atargatis from Syria. A famous statue of Atargatis shows her as a woman from the waist up and a fish from there down. All sea goddesses inherit the sea's qualities. Just as the sea could be gentle and nurturing or violent and deadly, so could they. These are the same contradictory qualities we see in mermaids to this day: beautiful, cruel, tender, loving, destroying, etc. In a larger sense this is man's view of nature. The mermaid is nature herself.
If you haven't guessed already mermaids and vampires are my favourite mythological creatures
All stock purchased and details painted.
Tip: When creating a mermaid don't use those Poser Pro tales unless you're using a Poser model too, otherwise it will look really fake. I always search for fish photos for the tale, you just need to mold the fish photo to the models legs. Koi fish stock is the best for this, since they have the most destinct scales.
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sorry for sending two of the same comment D: It didn't show me that the first had turned up until now x
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No problem
I'm not sure if I can explain how I did it, it's hard to sum it up in a dozen words what took hours to make =\ This has many painted elements, if not the majority, so the base of the picture is a photo, but everything above it is painted 
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This is absolutely gorgeous! I love how you've made it realistic but still with the fantasy kind of charm to go with it.
How do you make it so well? I'm new in photo manipulation and can't create photos that look amazing like this yet and would appreciate any tips 
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This is so gorgeous, I love how realistic it seems while still holding that fantasy effect to it.
May I ask how you create it so well? I am new to photo manipulation and adore it so much, but I can't make things this fantastic just yet.
xx
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Greetings,masterly done also very beautiful,detail that intrigue me is that eyes who tempting and forcing men who don't knows to swim to jump into the sea and drowned happy. Be well and take care...
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AWESOME MERMAID! Seriously, I love the detail work with her scales and how they stretch across here whole body and--oo-la-la!--her mermaid ears! Kudos for this!
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This piece was featured here -> [link] Amazing art!!!
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Wow. This is Truly stunning! 
Amazing job! (:
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Amazing! Wonderful! Brilliant!
I've got no words
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Hello, your picture figures in my "Marmaids" journal. Very good work, congratulate!
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Love the glowing pearl eyes... the skin scales.. wicked beautiful!
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I have this one in my favs since a long time now (with another account), and it's really one of the few works I really appreciate
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Oh, thank you so much hon
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You're most welcome my dear
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woowww lindooo,desenhas mt bem adoro os teus desenhos
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This is absolutely gorgeous! I love mermaids and vampires too.
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Wow, this is fabulous! I love the colors, her look, and the overall idea. Nicely done!
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This is amazing. She looks so fierce. I love the backlighting, and the colours you chose.
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i really really love this! its so amazing! she so beautiful!
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Very nice love this work very well done. Love the color here.
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