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Published: 2013-12-17 15:24:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 27905; Favourites: 2739; Downloads: 263
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Copyright Β© Kmye Chan 2013. All rights reserved.A tempest is just a mermaid's bad hair day.
I have been working on this piece on and off since summer. At one point I got so frustrated with it that I thought I would never get around to finish it. Hopefully it was all worth it...!
I am trying to achieve an aspect closer to oil painting (while still working in my usual marker/ink/pencil combination). I quite like it, time-consuming as it is.
Hope you like it!
PS: closer shots can be seen on my Tumblr , and you can see a part of the process here in time-lapse video:
vimeo.com/82108248
[Markers, inks and pencil on watercolor paper | 30x40 cm - 12x16 inches]
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Reminds me of a scene from the animated Sinbad movie
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I love your use to muted colors in this piece, especially with markers. It breaks the mold of markers = bright colors.
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Wow, so beautiful! I've always imagined the power of the sea as it's beauty. This made me think of the Tempest by Shakespeare, even before I looked at the description.
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Thank you! I wasn't thinking of The Tempest when drawing this, but you are right, it is very fitting!
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I was so happy to see the time-lapse of this one. It's really great to see you work. Amazing as always.
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The time you spent was worth it, fantastic job!
This is one of those pics you need to look at large and view for a while to really appreciate the details.
Not just a quick look, there is so much to see.
Very intense, love it!
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I really like this. Great movement. But the bumps on her hips/belly are bothering me for some reason.
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Thank you for sharing your process. That was fun to watch.Β
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I really loved your video on vimeo, and the way you work with markers, wich I never used on my drawing but now I want to try them... thank you for inspire me
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This is rather fantastic. Β You've got an interesting combination of the tight formal victorian-like clothing with the tight shoulder with the chaos of the rest of the water/tale and the ribs... she's got the claw and the hand - it's a very specific emotion you've built like pent up frustrations, being restrained too long and then having to boil over. Β Kind of makes me wonder what the ship did to piss her off and push her over the edge, huh?
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Thank you very much!
I have always imagined mermaids as mean creatures that sink ships out of pure spite. Maybe she just does not like ships stepping on her waters.
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You're welcome
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This is so gorgeous. I just love the texture of the fins particularly, it's perhaps not quite what you'd expect, but it's perfect. <3
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I think your medium is well worth the time and effort you put in to it, it's giving a fantastic effect.Β
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This is just so amazing. And I love the video of its creation! I don't think I blinked once while watching it.
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Gorgeous! I always look forward to your artwork!
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Thank you very much!
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Very nice! I love the way you made the waves and the whole concept of the drawing. Your taking on quite a challenge by trying to get a oil painting look out of markers, ink pens and pencils. I think you do a good job of it!
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Thank you!
I don't think I will ever be able to *really* get an oil painting look, that is probably out of my skills range... but I am mostly trying to get that depth of shadows and brightness of lights that you can get with oils. Maybe I should just skip to oils altogether.
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Omg this is beautiful! The concept and how you actually embodied it in art is just asdfghjkl well hey I'm no artist but this is really something
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