really great
I really like it, the colors and textures are beautiful. The transition from the light blue to the background color is also very nice and well-defined. The one thing I don't like are the breasts. Maybe it's just me, but they seem a bit..."pointy" compared to her arm and facial structure, which is much softer. They just seem a little odd when used in the overall scope of the picture.
hmm... could use improvment in:
the body. The shading is amazing, but her body is WAY to small to fit her head.
meh...
first thing i noticed as soon as i saw this is that the proportion is completely off. either you drew the head too big or the body too small depending on which you did first. dont get me wrong, it really is a good piece of art. i really like the whole concept of her hair being like water but the mistake in proportion really messes it up cuz its so noticeable so much so that it almost looks like you meant for her head to be that big. aside from that, its really cool.
photoshop...
is very intimate with its effects. these effects r very apparent, so it's delicate work. i thus conclude the mermaid hair is nice, yet your photoshopped skin is ceramic. too shiny and obtuse, too everything digitalized. i don't like those effects in particular.
it's better when you conceptualize to choose the ideal medium. mermaid hair may, of course, be easy to design and paint in photoshop and the like... nonetheless! art is never an easy thing... you have chosen your medium incorrectly.
this would only deserve an 8/9 had it been you'd given this artwork the liberty of maximum potential to shine (pun! lol)... :s
Medium incorrectly? Dang.
Of course, it is (not) easy to design and paint in Photoshop and the like. Remember, there's no magic "effects" button people push and it becomes something. I'm sad digital art gets a bad rep.
out of proportion
the center part in the hair makes the forehead look HUGE for one, the neck is like one of a giraffe and the body couldn't be smaller.