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Mermay piece

My final submission for mermay! Though I was unable to render it in time, leaving the piece unfinished, at least i learnt a ton from it! Pff, this was my first time painting a scene again in actual years and i forgot how many principles you need to juggle 😂 …which in turn made my process into a verrry messy back-and-forth. (and with a lot of mistakes to learn from :p) As for feedback, I think the main point i struggled with is the combination of values and color (i fix the values, now the colors look wonky, so i fix the colors, now the values look wonky etc etc…). I would love any tips or examples on how to color a scene like this without it feeling washed out and how you would go about making this piece striking and readable! Also, i feel the cast shadow on the mermaids face looks weird (too harsh..?) but i couldn’t seem to pinpoint the reason nor a “fix” for this. If someone sees or knows what i’m not seeing, it would be of great help! It was a really fun challenge to partake in. Who knows, maybe I’ll give this piece a go again with some time. Cheers!

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I seem to be unable to edit my submission, but I would like to add that any other feedback would be appreciated as well! I really wanna use this piece as a means to learn from :)

May 31, 8:10 PM

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