Shark Mermaid - Commission

this is one of commissions I did in the last weeks..
Commissioned by P. Velasquez.

Idea: Shark Mermaid.

The Story:
"This crown princess loved breaking the hearts
of princes she had meet! A prince would give
her gifts and she would promptly dump the prince..
A prince was on the verge of taking his own life
because he was led on by the princess until he
meet the witch, he told his story about this princess
to the witch. The witch told him not to worry that
she would take care of it.
One day the princess was enjoying one of her
gifts in the forest, it was a mechanical riding horse,
the only one of its kind! Until she meet the witch,
the witch told the princess about the prince and his
tale of woe.
The princess said it was true, that she was going
to soak each prince for all his worth! The witch
told the princess to give back all the gifts and to
apologize to each prince in person. Of course the
princess said no...
And the witch said, 'I was hoping you would say that!
The witch then told the princess that she was a
maneater and would resemble such a creature.
The witch then transformed the princess into a very
small shark like mermaid creature, and dumped her
into a fish bowl!"

(story by P. Velasquez.)

Mermaid and Castle (new version)

This was a portrait of a Mermaid I did last year, now I changed
her face and other little details on her.
Painted with ps-cs2.

The Kiss

This painting was a commission for a private client,
P. Velasquez. I painted it two years ago.
Now I changed the faces, and I fixed some minor details.
Done with photoshop-cs2.

The Story:
"The diver was hunting for whatever treasure she could find
in a wreak. But the sea-nymph spotted her and thought she
was her lost mermaid lover somehow transformed into
a human! The sea-nymph took it upon herself to transform
this human back into her mermaid lover. But of course this
human is not her lover just some human looking for treasure."

The Siren - Commission

a commission for P. Velasquez.


The Story:
"She has seen us and want to add us to her
collection of bones of those who tried to capture
her and drowned..."

Technique:
Digital Paint. Ps-CS2, brush tool.
Used a photo of Jenn (client's friend) as reference
for the face.

(there is a little change compared to original version)

Kyraton's Mermaid

She was a pin-up in grayscale I did for P. Velasquez,
now amply modified and changed in a new mermaid portrait..

The Tail - Commission

A commission for P. Velasquez.

The Story:
She lives in a wonderful land full of magical
beings. Born as a human, she felt that she
was meant to be a mermaid all along. She
told her parents about what she wanted but
they told her not to be such a silly girl.
So she started to take fish that her father
the fisherman caught and skin the fish to
make her mermaid tail from the skins of fish!
Everyday she worked on her mermaid tail
until it was completed. Now she is
underwater, and maybe some kind being
or god will grant her wish.

original version

Anya - Commission

Second commission for M. Andrews.

The idea is a sequel to the The Magic Trap
where Shanura's twin sister, Anya comes
looking for her. She makes a wrong turn
in the temple where her sister was last
known to be and triggers another trap
laid down to catch intruders.
The temple knowing Anya and Shanura
are sisters decides to seperate them
forever, Shanura was Earth, so therefore
Anya has to be water.
On completion of the trap's spell.
Anya looks on in fear and shock as she
has become a mermaid.

Painted with ps-cs2, brush tool.

(the story and characters created by M. Andrews)

The golden ball - Commission

Commission for Phil Velasquez.
His friend is transformed into a latex mermaid by Circe the sorceress.

Story: Circe needed someone to dive into the deep to retieve a golden ball of great magic. a female diver washed up on Circe's island and Circe saw her chance and cast a spell on the diver, using the diver's latex suit as raw material, she transformed the diver into a latex mermaid, the latex is now her living skin! Circe told the latex mermaid what she wanted and if the latex mermaid did retieve the golden ball, she would transform the latex mermaid back into a human being and send her back home. After many days and hardships the latex mermaid finally found the golden ball, now she waits to see if Circe will keep her word.

Painted in photoshop-cs2, brush tool. Photo ref used for the face.

The Mermaid Queen - Commission

A commission for Phil Velasquez.

A Mermaid Queen underwater,
with her crown and trident.

Digital illustration, done with
ps-cs2, brush-airbrush tool.
Used photo of Jenn (Phil's friend)
as reference for the face.