This Dover Publications peacock image from this week's Soartful Challenges is the inspiration for this digital collage (click on image for a larger view). The stylized tips of the peacock feathers immediately reminded me of a mermaid's tail.
The reclining woman is from the vintage nude site Vintage Pulchritude. The fish scales are from Enchantedgal-Stock at DeviantART. I used Paint Shop Photo to create the collage. There are lots of selections, layering, smudging, erasing, cloning, cutouts and drop shadows. I really got in the zone for this one. When I got done I realized the woman's head, the hand-tinted border and the mermaid tail also formed a fish shape. Speaking of fish I have to get going and head out to the seafood department of the supermarket where I work. Before I go I'm submitting this to two sites where I don't know if they accept digital images. If not, I'm sure they will let me know and I'll withdraw it. Besides Soartful
this is for the Netherworld Nymphs Challenge at Haunted Design House.
