Aquatic Esther :Contest Entry:

This is my entry for *a0ka0neArt's contest here: [link]

The theme is to draw her OCs, either as they are or completely re-imagined. So I saw Esther, and she intrigued me. Then I was looking through my sketchbook and found there was a mermaid sketch I hadn't used for anything and thought, 'Hmm, she could be a life-giving mermaid'. Esther has healing powers, you see. I tried to represent that in a small way as the piece of coral her hand is on is sprouting green moss, because she touched it, and the rest is brown.

I experimented with coloring again with the help of one of my favourite GIMP artists *dCTb. (second only to *Griatch-art). This is probably the most involved picture I've done in awhile. Yes, there are anatomy mistakes, but hey, she's a mythical creature.

Anyways, go enter, there's plenty of categories available, the OCs are interesting, and the prizes are good.

I hope I place well.

Resources:
GIMP
Reference for Esther
[link]
Brushes [link]
Coral [link]
Seaweed [link]
Underwater Tutorial [link]
GIMP Coloring walk-through [link]

I'm still open for commissions, btw.