Majestic Monster
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This is by far my favorite painting! For as long as I can remember I have always loved mermaids and sirens. They are so cool and the designs people have come up with are absolutely amazing. I did a bit of research for this painting and took a few different reference photos when coming up with my design. Part of why I love this painting is because shortly before I created my design I was doing a bunch of sketches and found a very different style that I now love to use when drawing human or human shaped creatures.
I as usual started out with drawing up my design and copying it onto my canvas. I decided to be a bit more creative and slightly outside my comfort zone with this one and tried to create a mermaid/Siren hybrid. So some of the more human features were more pointed and elegant. This will come back into play when I start talking about the color choice. I was hesitant with the background because I don't really have any experience with making water in any medium. So I started with a base color that was a greenish blue. It was a darker color because I wanted the mermaid herself to stand out. I didn’t want to make the same mistake I made in my last painting. I added a few bubbles and strands of seaweed in the background as well as a single fish.. I decided to add some brighter highlights coming down from the top of the canvas almost like a spotlight on her. I thought it would add a bit of character and help lead the eye through the painting. The rock she was sitting on was fairly simple to paint although I wish I'd added some blue to it to help with the illusion that it's underwater. Besides that I think it turned out very well. Lastly! My favorite part! I chose three colors for the body hair and tail. Red, Green and purple. I started with the tail and painted it a solid purple. I painted a green outline for the fins and used watered down green pink and white to add a transparent look to it. Once I shaded the tail I felt something was missing and added some lighted watered down lines through her tail instead of scales to add subtle texture. I then moved onto the body which I painted green. I wanted the bright color instead of skintones to add more to the idea of her alson being part siren. (See I told you i would bring up the mermaid/siren hybrid later;) ) I used a more mint green for the overall color than used different hues and shades to add detail and depth. When I first started the hair I used a very bright red intending to darken it and leave some lighter highlights. I ended up really liking the bright red and decided to keep it bright. I did add darker and lighter parts to add texture but still left it much brighter. Once I finished all the fine details I went back and touched up some spots I wasn't as happy with and decided to finish it off with some white highlights. This painting was so calming to do and made me very quite happy especially with all the trouble I went through with my Alicorn painting.
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