SF&F Picture 29 out of 44 by Sarah ('Saja') Kellington.

SciFi and Fantasy Art: Rina's Mermaid

I painted this as a going-away present for my room-mate, Rina, the weekend before she went back to Japan. It wasn't until after it was finished and scanned that I realised that something about the face, especially eyes, resembles my mother.

9' by 12', acrylic on canvas board.


	Image censored due to its Parental Rating level (#4 of 4), as set by the artist...


	Categories: [Lycanthrope, Were-folk, etc] [Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters] [Normal Animals (Cats, horses, fish, etc)] [Photo-/model based compositions, or photorealism] [Woman, Women] Techniques: [Acrylics]

Date	Name	Comment
20 Feb 2003	Felicia Gilljam	Loading... Oooh... Betta mermaid! ^^ Maybe not, but close enough? Very purdy! Sorry for the wow-ish comment, I'm a bit tired right now. Oh, and congratulations that you made it into Epilogue! I don't even dare trying for it! O.o;;yes, it is a beta mermaid! I modled her fin colors/form after my Beta Tsuru. Of course, she's female and the fancy betas are male, but that's where fantasy comes in.
20 Feb 2003	Leia Anne Getty	Loading... Beautiful use of color on this one! The hair and tail gives it a real sense of motion. Good job!
22 Feb 2003	Sarah's Mom	Loading... Egad! I'm a mermaid! Now everyone will think I look like this which is very flattering. I like your betta tail and the little hip fin thingys.Oh? I thought everyone already new that my mother swam around topless and had a fish butt. Kathryn agrees with me - she has your eyes!
25 Feb 2003	Wrencat	Loading... You didn't show me this one! It's great! Really beautiful. You show a lot of improvement in perspective and realism in this piece. Too cool. (t was a two day painting marethon, and then I sent it off to Japan. There wasn't any time!
9 Mar 2003	Adrienne	Loading... Hi, Sarah...'bout time I left a comment, given how long I have been looking at your art. =P Love the sea-turtle shell, and the way the color shades giving the perception of depth; under sea pics, or ones involving water are tricky, and my personal bane, kudos. So THATS what your mother looks like...Thanks for stopping by, Adrienne. The deep dark secret to undersea pics is to use a photo reference (yeah, I'm that cheap). And that's mom tail and all.
11 May 2003	Lauren E. Ritchie	Loading... Stunning texture to this piece. I really like the tail. Interesting pose too.
30 May 2003	X.s.t.i.n.e.	Loading... Really pretty picture! I love how you did the water and the mermaisd's fins! Awesome work!
22 Jul 2003	DarkAngel	Loading... There's something about the nose that just bugs me, but besides that, great painting! I envy your ability with acrylics!
25 Jul 2003	Lindsay Hanna	Loading... glug glug oo so pretty! Makes me want to go swimming really badly!
15 Feb 2004	Lisa M. Clark	Loading... I also noticed it was a beta mermaid... and I should have as I am staring at my beta right now, lol! Anyway... I love it... your use of colors here is awesome! aaaaanddd... GO WESTERN!
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