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Concept art for my illustrated novel 'Antara'

About the painting;
Tools; Photoshop Cs3 + Wacom graphire
it's speedy painting
+ some reference for the pose.

this is artwork took daily selection in cg gallery
[link]

About the mermaids;
A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature with a human head and torso and the tail of an aquatic animal such as a fish or dolphin. The word is a compound of mere, the Old English word for "sea," and maid, a woman. The male equivalent is a merman, however the term mermaid is sometimes used for males. Various cultures throughout the world have similar figures, typically depicted without clothing.

Much like sirens, mermaids would sometimes sing to people and gods and enchant them, distracting them from their work and causing them to walk off the deck or run their ships aground. Other stories have them squeezing the life out of drowning men while attempting to rescue them. They are also said to take humans down to their underwater kingdoms. In Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid it is said that they forget that humans cannot breathe underwater, while others say they drown men out of spite.

The sirens of Greek mythology are sometimes portrayed in later folklore as mermaid-like; in fact, some languages use the same word for both bird and fish creatures, such as the Maltese word 'sirena'. Other related types of mythical or legendary creature are water fairies (e.g. various water nymphs) and selkies, animals that can transform themselves from seals to humans.

more informations here;
[link]

Please really please respect the copyrights!!

My copyright info important;
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE
You can NOT use my artworks for any type of sell or publication without my written permission.
My work may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or uploaded in any way without my
written permission. Any questions or doubts concerning must be directed to mexi.marilena@gmail.com

Neron and Irvin

Thanks for looking!

2009 © Marilena Mexi

Description
Concept art for my illustrated novel 'Antara'

About the painting;
Tools; Photoshop Cs3 + Wacom graphire
it's speedy painting
+ some reference for the pose.

this is artwork took daily selection in cg gallery
[link]

About the mermaids;
A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature with a human head and torso and the tail of an aquatic animal such as a fish or dolphin. The word is a compound of mere, the Old English word for "sea," and maid, a woman. The male equivalent is a merman, however the term mermaid is sometimes used for males. Various cultures throughout the world have similar figures, typically depicted without clothing.

Much like sirens, mermaids would sometimes sing to people and gods and enchant them, distracting them from their work and causing them to walk off the deck or run their ships aground. Other stories have them squeezing the life out of drowning men while attempting to rescue them. They are also said to take humans down to their underwater kingdoms. In Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid it is said that they forget that humans cannot breathe underwater, while others say they drown men out of spite.

The sirens of Greek mythology are sometimes portrayed in later folklore as mermaid-like; in fact, some languages use the same word for both bird and fish creatures, such as the Maltese word 'sirena'. Other related types of mythical or legendary creature are water fairies (e.g. various water nymphs) and selkies, animals that can transform themselves from seals to humans.

more informations here;
[link]

Please really please respect the copyrights!!

My copyright info important;
[link]

COPYRIGHT NOTICE
You can NOT use my artworks for any type of sell or publication without my written permission.
My work may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or uploaded in any way without my
written permission. Any questions or doubts concerning must be directed to mexi.marilena@gmail.com

Neron and Irvin

Thanks for looking!

2009 © Marilena Mexi