*Edited / July 2010* I always wanted to colour/paint this sketch but it was almost impossible to manually colour the original picture, considering the layer of pencil. -> [link] Now I know how to use PS just enough to paint it finally ! It's my first serious colouring ever using PS so it was challenging This is dedicated to my friend Artemesia, who gave me a very beautiful acrylic painting version of this picture back in 2008! (the colour scheme are inspired by her painting ) I hope you like this new version as well.
*********************************************** This was done in one afternoon when I was doodling in my best friend's room. Started off as just a random sketch of a man then my imagination ran wild...the style is very much inspired by my favourite artist J.W.Waterhouse.(as you can see my red head mermaid is based on his lovely nymph) This pencil drawing was done in open skech book with metal binder in middle so I had to cut the picture to scanne it...that's why the mermaid's body is little strange...)=
Love this! Never seen what you based this on, but it looks like a James Waterhouse painting. Captured the haunted beauty of his mermaid. The background is perfect too!