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Submitted: August 15, 2005
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A piece I did as a demo at Silverleaf Renn Faire. I thought Betta's are such cool fish and would make a great mermaid. (Yes, I know that it's the male who's so colorful, but I don't care. It's still a neat concept.) I'm mostly happy with this one...though I wanted her body to be a lighter blue, but when your talking with people and selling your wares while trying to draw, these things happen.

I might do another Bettamaid sometime just so I can do one in the greens. They're all so intense and I love their fins. I found a great book on bettas at the local book store, but money dictates that I can't afford any more reference books for my library at this time. (It's one of my true loves, big picture books. My reference library goes from New Orleans grave yards, Egyption tombs all the way through every sort of animal book I can get my hands on. Thank Borders/Barnes & Noble for their Bargain Book section!)

Anyway comments are welcome, but nothing petty like "Mermaids don't have knees"

Done in Prismacolor pencil on acid-free parchment cardstock. Original 11 x 17

Edit: Hmmmmm...how did this end up in Fanart and not Fantasy. Sorry, my bad.
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Wow! I think this is really awesome! the colorin job is really sweet...and great detail and shading ^_^ excellent job!

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And every time I see you
I crave more.
I wanna pull you closer.closer.closer.closer.
But you leave me feeling frozen.
beautiful pic! I love the shading & detail!

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riddle! :w00t:-
:star: a man is lying face down, dead on a green surface surrounded by 53 bicycles. why was he killed? :?
amazing O_O...truely is stunning...im wanting to draw a mermaid...just havent got around to do it :(

but VERY well done to you..i very much enjoyed viewing this fine piccy

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:rage:"THIS..IS..SPAAARRTAAAAAAAAAA":pissedoff:

"my soulmate:heart: *SpiritWolfen :heart: "
STEPH! You need to put out a tutorial for coloring skin with PRISMAS!

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"Before we let euphoria convince us we are free...remind us how we used to feel before when life was real..."
<STEPH! You need to put out a tutorial for coloring skin with PRISMAS!=minniemae>

:heh: Skin tones...always fun. I will, but not till after I get back from Dragoncon in Atlanta. I don't get to do any "serious" drawing till after Dragoncon....too much work to do for the show. However, when I get back....

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[url=[link] on my baby dragon eggs to help them grow!
Awww! I'm lookin' forward to it! ^^

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"Before we let euphoria convince us we are free...remind us how we used to feel before when life was real..."
Very nice.

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wow, all with prismas? I thought this was acrylics untill I read the description. You colored this very well, and yes, bettamaid is a ery neat concept. Never seen one before so this is certainloy unique.

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:damphyr: What good does us freedom if we fail to be free? - Cartel
Thank you! And Yep! All with prismacolor pencil. Lots and lots of layers!

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[url=[link] on my baby dragon eggs to help them grow!

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