Sea Lion Mermaid
This is a piece I created based off of a sea lion. I decided to mix the bottom half with that of a mermaid. The background is an HDRI image taken from a free site (POLY HAVEN) and the water was created in Blender (3D modeling software) using a simulation. The sand is a plane mixed with a particle effect. The textures were created in Adobe Photoshop as well. The Blender Cycles engine was used to render this image.
Art direction - The Boldster
Design - The Boldster
About The Model:
The scales are created using a holographic node set up in Blender. Nodes are what gives the objects their colors and properties. The texture for the scales was created as a drawing in Photoshop, which gives them their shape and depth. This model took around a week start to finish to finish from scratch.
