Sunday, February 28, 2010

SPA Challenge-Mermaids


Everyone loves mermaids; they are right up there with fairies, pixies, elves and angels-beautiful and mythic. I made my mermaid from an image from Suzee Que' flickr site. She was originally sitting on a broom! The tail is from a PNG set I found on Deviantart.com, by Linzee777. DeviantArt is a great source for all kinds of free for personal use stuff--from fonts and brushes to backgrounds, textures and , well...mermaid tails. The angelfish is fom a photo taken by my daughter, Emily, who has her own page at DeviantArt. http://celacia.deviantart.com/. Other textures from T4L, and some stuff that I can't remember where I found it. Thank you, whoever you are.
And thank you all for visiting.

18 comments:

  1. Really beautiful work.
    Looks gorgeous.

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  2. This MUST be seen in close-up! That angelfish is a stunner. Isn't it fun finding all the bits and pieces to construct a digital piece of art? Such a happy hobby! The colors you've chosen are gorgeous. Five stars for this one!

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  3. This is so gorgeous! What a beautiful creation! I would love to live inside this world!

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  4. I love your mermaid, what a wonderful card! I want to catch a ride on a fish too, what a fun way to swim!! Thanks for sharing.
    Smiles,
    Susie

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  5. Linda, this has such a great feel, and I love the way you interpreted the theme. Gorgeous!

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  6. This is magical! Gorgeous creation and how great that you used your daughter's photo too! Beautiful - cheers!

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  7. Beautiful Linda- love the motion and underwater feel you have created!

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  8. ahhh wouldnt it be lovely just to swim away! lovely postcard

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  9. WOW...so magical..almost looks real like we are really under the sea with her..Love all the fish

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  10. STUNNING!! What a great background, super!

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  11. I love your mermaid. She is beautiful!!

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  12. Really fabulous! What a great blending!

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  13. Wow! Your picture is superb in every way. I hope everyone took the time to enlarge it so as not to miss any of the finer details. The design, the image, the colours, the coolness (thanks for that!!) are wonderful.
    I need cool thoughts as, here in south-western Australia, we are experiencing a very long and drawn out heatwave and the hottest summer on record. Global warming is HERE!

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  14. This is a wonderful piece - love that tail!

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  15. Hi Linda, Please contact Jeanette at Soartful. You are the winner for Feb. Come claim you prize.

    I was just browsing your beautiful work. What a pleasure to visit your blog.

    Jeanette

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  16. Such fun; I suppose all mermaids have to ride side-saddle!! Great postcard, Linda.

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