Meet a Mermaid - image 1 - student project

Hey guys! A little about me: My name is Sam and it's my dream to be an illustrator and graphic novel/comic artist! I'm 24 and living in Washington State in the US.

So, for this project, I decided to go with my original characters and story because it's easy for me to think of scenes with them. I started with my brainstorm~

Meet a Mermaid - image 2 - student project

Afterward, I immediately headed over to Pinterest to start my mood board! This is something I do for many of my illustrations, and it's incredibly helpful for me to have a Pinterest board dedicated to my current project. Putting everything into one page was really nice!

Meet a Mermaid - image 3 - student project

Next came my sketches: I didn't do many because I am very familiar with my own characters, so I didn't need much practice with them. I did draw a few plants and mermaids to get the general idea of what I wanted in mind.

The thumbnails were important for the composition, which I struggled with. It was tough deciding how I wanted to convey three characters interacting without losing the scenery - eventually, I came to Abi acting as a sort of mediator between two worlds!

Meet a Mermaid - image 4 - student project

I decided to do the rest digitally, since I have been using traditional ink and watercolor a lot lately. So I did my sketch and linework on my tablet with clip studio :)

Meet a Mermaid - image 5 - student project

After that the rest was just coloring. I will admit I rushed this bit, and it's not even close to finished! Reason being: it's currently 2 am and I work at 7 haha but I wanted to show my progress! I really hope everyone likes the semi-finished version, check out my art on instagram or youtube @sammi_spaghetti to support me! Have a great day! :)

Meet a Mermaid - image 6 - student project

Samantha Rezzetti

Illustrator and graphic artist

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