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Vimeddiee — Ningyo
Published: 2011-04-13 22:44:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 1829; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 18
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Phew! After about two years of research, writing, analysis and illustrating, I finally managed to finish my thesis.
Here's the result!
For all of the illustrations visit my website --> [link]
This is the Japanese mermaid, a little scarier than the others.
Photoshop CS5
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Comments: 23
i really like your work! i see that you didn't draw any of the fins, was it intentional?
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Hi there! Thank you! Yes, it was intentional, I only included a dorsal fin and tail fin
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I really like this.
It has the creepy Asian horror look. All the tones, colors, and shadows make it eerie and mysterious.
It's simple but has such an impact.
Does she have a story?
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Thanks muchly! I tried to make it as eerie as possible...
Actually, I based her off an old Japanese tale about a fish with a human face
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This looks really cool and creepy. I like it a lot, also the way you painted it!
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Super creepy 
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Extremely interesting.
I've never seen a mermaid quite like that. it's seems more realistic to me than the 'traditional' mermaids.
Very nice job on this
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Nice one...Not yr typical cute mermaid. Ariel eat your heart out
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It is still scary!
It was in the progress, it was in the thumbnail and it is now
but it probably means: Job well done!
I think she will bite....
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Yeah, she does bite *ouch*
This one was actually my favourite of the bunch
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Awesome! I heard about the ningyo in the YA novel Keeper, and it was described just like you've painted it--almost completely a fish's body, but with a human face.
Woah! Sudden insight! 
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Yeah, I was actually thinking about Ponyo while painting
Thanks for the comment!
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