my CG / Photograph Mermaid art

[kiwicolin]

Mermaid-sm.jpg

Here is my Mermaid. I photographed the model. Used 2 Kino flos, one with midnight blue gel for the blue moonlight in the hair and back.
The moon and back ground were all photographed by me and composited. I modeled the lower half of the mermaid (tail) in Maya and then brought it into PS as an obj. I then textured and composited in PS. The texture was a fish with a lot of cloning and painting and stretching to get a good texture map. Hope you enjoy!

[pthought]

Very nice work - very realistic transition from the model to the fin. I like how you transitioned as opposed to having a hard break there like some artists do. Nice work, and great work on the touching hand between the model and the reflection, and the resulting ripples.

[jering]

Really nice work Boss Man and thanks a lot for sharing.

[kiwicolin]

Glad you like it

[kiwicolin]

BTW, Adobe used this image in their Keynote presentation at Photoshop World this year

[jering]

Congrats Boss Man

[sulaiman almawash]

Great work ..

[Dear]

Colin, Congratulations nice to see you sharing your art.
Dawn

[fotodog]

Way to go, Colin! lovely work. I can't imagine the time in making the scales texture.

Well deserved honour in the Adobe booth too!