Quote by tsuyutsuki
Firts of all, this is very nice. One of my main points is the same as Xangel said:Her tail looks like a costume. I think
you've givem too much definition to her thighs and legs. for me, it could be more like the tail of a fish rather
than human legs.
Second, is regarding that fish you drew on the left corner, close to the octopus. I see it as a betta fish, which is a
freshwater one, not something you'd see on the ocean. If you're looking for other replacements I could suggest
a sea-slug. I know it sounds nasty and somewhat repulsive, but they are colorful and very pretty, actually. I suggest
you google them up and choose the one you like the best. XD Other nice fish are the lionfish, moray eels or butterfly
fish.
For the background ruins, I think you did pretty well. I could figure them out alright. The only problem on the bg I
find (which is very personal, like, what I would do here) is that there is a blank space between her tail and her butt,
and I have the impression there should be a tower or some bigger building there. This can be worked over by improving
her tail or the bg itself. Regarding the shark, I don't see any problems.
For her tail, I could suggest the Lebistes reticulatus. It's a freshwater
fish from South America and the Southern Asia. I've had some, and they are very pretty. I know this doesn't
match the previous comment I made before regarding the betta, but I think there wouldn't be any troubles for the
mermaid to be like this.
Well, that was a lot... If need something, just ask. :)
Oooooh...first of all thanks a lot for all these info tsuky *_*
About the tail, again: yah I drew it before how they are legs, in order to don't lose the right anatomy proportion
:) But all that lines wll be cancelled when I'll start to colour it :) For the moment they have only the fuction to
be a "guide" for me :D
About the betta fish, when I did the research with Google images I wrote "tropical fish"...maybe I have to
specify "marine tropical fish" XD
Thanks for tha advice!
The seaslug in fact there is XD It's that strange-wavy thing in the center under the mermaid's elbow :3
It's really "sketched", but it will sure a colourful one! :D
So probably I will repleced the betta fish with an angelfish how Angel suggested :3
Abiut the background, yah there was a build there XD The fact is that since I worked on only one level, I re-drew that
part of the mermaid a lot of times, and at the end I destructed the bg behind -.- But I repeat..there should be another
building XD
Quote by xangel0O: I see, I
think it would look better if its more fishy like you said, see this ones:
Mechanical siren
(ignore the mechanicals thingies)
Encyclopedia of goddesses & fairies - Scan 5
*fixed*
(this is less fishy, but its colorful)
Green Glass ~ Souvenir From Camp
(fishy ^^)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Synchiropus_splendidus_2_Luc_Viatour.jpg
(colorful *.*)
And tsuyutsuki's reference fish is beautiful too, I think that fish tail could suit best for your mermaid
^^
I didn't noticed the betta fish tusyutsiki mentioned, if you plan changing it you could draw some angelfish, theyre
simple and cute ^^.
About the turtles and the whale, yes, turtles may be defined and the whale far far away ^_^.
About the tail, thanks for all these suggestions to both :D I'll try to do a mix of everything *_*
merged: 03-12-2012 ~ 09:41pm
I'm back! I had a lot to do in these weeks, so at the end I didn't progress a lot with this work.
But one week ago, I decided to re-draw the main "protagonist" of this work: the mermaid.
I changed the prospective and the pose, in this new version you can see less details that in the
previos one, but I think it's a little better because I thought that in the first version the mermaid was too much
"static", in this new one she seems to be a little more "natural" I think...
What do you think about it? oo
