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Published: 2015-01-11 14:55:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 2117; Favourites: 87; Downloads: 2
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Time for the 6th mermaid; lady of the Amazon River.Filled with all the warm and exotic colours we need at a January day like this
I have used many reference photos of tribes of in the Amazon rainforest, for example the Assurini and Kayapo tribe, to design this mermaid. Interesting reading is always a bonus, when you research.
The “crown” of feathers has been changed to a headpiece of sea leaves and fishbones, while the grass skirt is a part of her skin, to create the illusion of fish scales. The face paint is quite authentic, since I love the simple dramatic war paint!
Of course I had to put a piranha fish in there - it’s a classic
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Comments: 12
I'm glad you clarified what's going on in her back and skirt. I thought it looked like a particularly painful body mod, but if her skin grows naturally in fluttery strips, weaving them down like a basket would make sense, she'd loose less of them to the piranha that way.
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Glad you like it - means a lot
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Nice job!!! Reminds me of Iara (from Brazilian folklore).
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I just read about her - didn't know it before...what an awesome story! Thank you for sharing
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WOW! this is so original
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Thank you - very kind of you to say
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