Alrighty, today I have a good evolution of imagery for you! This started as a painting in a painting class I took in college my Junior year--we were supposed to do something that imitated another painter, and I chose my all time favorite, Alphonse Mucha. He's just too awesome not to! So after deciding on that, I settled on a Mermaid made into sushi. That was the easy part. Let's just say that my painting skills were terrible that year.
Well, a year and a half later, I remade the image for a digital illustration class, with much more satisfying results. Below is the WIP for the painting and the final result in digital illustration.
And who knows? I may touch it up again sometime--I personally want a t-shirt of it. :3
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| Original WIP for Mermaid sushi. Rough, rough with color. I then drew out the details and projected it onto a canvas, resulting in the painting on the end there. It looks terrible. |
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| Second pass prep for Mermaid sushi. Image was scanned in and outlined. Color corrections were made to be better matched to Alphonse Mucha's style. |
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| Final product: Digital Illustration made in Photoshop CS5. |
