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Mermaidby *GENZOMAN

Digital Art / Paintings & Airbrushing / Fantasy

Edit: I fixed some color issues and layer blending

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Hi, here goes the wiki attack!

The word is a compound of mere, the Old English word for "sea", and maid, a woman. The male equivalent is a merman.

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.[citation needed]

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 creatures are water fairies (e.g., various water nymphs) and selkies, animals that can transform themselves from seals to humans.

was a looong time whitout posting anything T_T

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~request-commission Apr 14, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Hello! I am wondering if I can use this in a video I'm making? The video is going to be about angels, warriors, angel warriors, mages, witches, girls/boys with guns and/or swords and more. So, it's mostly going to be about fantasy stuff. I will make sure you are added to the credits list for your art at the end of the video and that you get a link to the video with your art in it. The songs that will be on the video is:

We Are Who We Are- By: Kesha
Blow Me Away- By: Breaking Benjamin
Naturally- By: Selena Gomez
Bet On It- By: Zac Efron (High School Musical 2)
I'm Alive- By: Celine Dion
Moves Like Jagger- By: Maroon 5 Feat. Christina Aguilera
Disgusting- By: Kesha

WARNING: There might be 2-3 parts.

So, may I use this piece of art in my video?

~2SeaRose Mar 16, 2012 New member

love it

~GokuMartin Mar 1, 2012

I notice this mermaid isn't wearing a seashell bra.

You truly are the second coming of Frank Fazetta.

~lostkingdom Feb 21, 2012

your mermaid is really beautiful down to the coloring and shading. It's just dam beautiful!!!

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tales of the abyss and .hack//g.u. rock!!!!!!!

~DerpImmaZombeh Feb 16, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

She is absolutely beautiful! Now you sparked my imagination and I have the need to write a fiction piece on mermaids! I most certainly will credit you, too.

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"MY BLOOD!!!! THIS IS MY BLOOD!!!" - Gaara
"No Fuh Duh!" - Me

~lunascarlet0267 Jan 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

any one know wher i can find a good tut on how to draw a good mermaid i can doodle the tail but it never turns out to great awsome pic btw

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my freinds hated the day i first saw soul eater ever since then they're never sure when they'll get hid in the head with a Luna style maka chop !!!!!!!!

~ElvenKing1 Jan 25, 2012

Great Mermaid !
Can I use this mermaid for my card game ?

~RhdRawrr Dec 30, 2011 Student Digital Artist

A Mermaid With Powers? Uhh. I Wish They are Mermaids.

~summidan Dec 16, 2011

it's wonderful *-*

~BarkingBone Dec 14, 2011

Fantastic work - as yours always is. Your colored work always looks as smooth as marble. I really like how her scales look and how the water is curved around her body.

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