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TweeK · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2000 7:16 pm

Yo people,
check this one out, good? bad? tips?
anybody have any ideas what to do with the background...?

Thanx in advance

Greetz
Jeff

Periadam · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2000 7:25 pm

Looks very nice. Backgrounds aren't really my specialty, but the mermaid looks quite spiffy. Maybe if you made the tail a bit longer it would look better though. Just a thought

-Peri

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Lukias · Guest Member #

Face looks really good, if you work the body up to that degree then it'll be bloody good.........annnnnnndddd well thats it.

those eyes are very sexy too.

Matt Elder · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2000 8:29 pm

very nice todate. The face is really nicely done. I'm usually weak with backgrounds at the best of times but obviously and underwater one. Because the character is looking straight at the viewer, you could have the character partially hidden in gaint sea weed growing from the ocean floor.

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Goddess Dezi · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2000 10:55 am

Hey you got a nice start there. It's really funny because a mermaid is one of my current progectd too....great minds think alike!

well I would suggest alot of hair. make her hair long, and flowy like it would be underwater, that should take up some room. What about fish? Don't forget plant life and bubbles. and if you wanted to, you could make her closer to the surface so that the sunlight is kind of filtering down through the water onto her. Well those are just my opinions and ideas. (I'm full of em!

) later DeZ!

Tiger Eaten · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2000 11:40 am

I've never liked mermaids. I don't trust them.

But I do like your pic so far! I'd recommend you extend her tail end by quite a degree, she appears to come up short but then you've just sketched a very basic outline so you may well have that in mind or more will have it resceding into the background. Nice! I agree with the comments about the eyes, you've got something there.

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Simon Gustafsson · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2000 5:41 pm

Just a tip on the color. Since it will be an underwaterscene (i suppose?) i think you sould go for underwatercolors directly. right now it looks very dull. lika really old person on a gray day =)

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TweeK · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2000 3:42 am

Yo People,
Thanx for ur response, i'll keep your ideas in mind.
Dezi : Thanx for the good tips, never thought of fish myself

. Right now I'm working on the hair. Only thing I don't know is what color to use... but I can fix that afterwards.
Tiger : I already fixed the tail, i'll post the new version later. I'm glad somebody noticed that, I had the same feeling.
Simon : When I started with the face it was supposed to be an B/W drawing, but when I gave the eyes color I decided to color the rest too. So I'm working on that.

Thanx for the response ppl. Working hard on the drawing so I hope to get it done soon.

Greetz
Jeff

Tron · member Member # Joined: 15 Dec 2000 Posts: 118

keep on working

Bubonic · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2000 3:45 pm

Nice job so far.. all you have to do really is put more focus into the body so that it doens't look so flat...

keep up the good work, i really like the face

synj · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2000 3:47 pm

didn't someone else post something like this before?

Krazy · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2000 4:04 pm

do an underwater seen with coral reefs n shit with other fishes, awsome pic keep coloring dont stop looks awesome.

Tinusch · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2000 4:34 pm

Yeah... this thread is a month old...

Anthony J · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2000 7:13 pm

requires more work
obviously

but good start
bust an underwater scene
coral reef, maybe a shark in the background
get dynamic man, throw lines down
angles...think it out on paper

busabus

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jHof · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2000 8:15 pm

I sure hope those eyes arn't from the photoshop brush

-Hof

kardis · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2000 8:27 pm

Anyone else notice Tron bringing up month-old threads? Hehe.. gotta watch out for those.. btw. tron is my other handle.. imma hack you! muaha

-kardis

Dives · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2000 2:18 am

Needs nipples

Also i think the right boob is a little deformed.

Funfetus · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2000 11:57 am

My advice would be to figure out what you're going to draw before you start drawing. Things generally work out better that way.

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