Assets:
What I did:
I used a picture that was taken at Sauble Beach 2 weeks ago and decided it would be fitting to turn myself into a mermaid.
I used a lot of layer masks and blending options (particularly Overlay)
and manipulated some images I found off google.
The facial texture is from the inside of an abalone shell
I used liquify to pinch the pupils to give them more of an amphibian look and made layers to manipulate the colours and add light to them.
I wanted the face to look a little more elongated so I used liquify for that as well.
I didn't want my mermaid to have the animal print look from my bathing suit so I selected the colour range for black and filled it with a gradient.
To add drama to the eyes I brushed on some shadow with a soft brush.
The hair colour involved a series of different coloured layers blended together and erased in some parts for dimension.
It took a good couple hours to do but I pretty much winged it the whole time.
Oh, and the wisps of smoke coming from the seashell is the spirit of the sea.
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