Digital Illustrations
Here is an example of a digital illustration done in Photoshop. I took an image of Angelina Jolie (courtesy of the World Wide Web) and modified it to turn her into a mermaid. I enlarged her eyes, changed her nose, added fish scale skin (via layering an enlarged image of a salmon), colorized her in many layers using the brush tool, and blended in a few different textures. She is absolutely gorgeous! The octopus tentacles were selections from another image, modified with puppet warp.
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf2.myportfolio.com/af4d133a68bfd61df3cada46391fb0d5/da8bd62b-7a81-4d33-8d18-ec9d8289b3ac_rw_1920.jpg?h=c6fd21f20d573b5309db561ca1f5606b)
This image below was my first rendition. For the final one on top, I added more octopus hair and removed the seashell hairpiece in the upper right corner. I also reworked the fishscale texture a bit and made it curve along her jawline.
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf.myportfolio.com/af4d133a68bfd61df3cada46391fb0d5/8ccde5d6-0672-4cb9-afee-18810a11bd6d_rw_1920.jpg?h=df6c91b89e2f240818faa2428a443ded)
The green skin tone is accomplished by a teal/green paint layer added with the brush tool. If you turn that layer off, you see the colors that are accomplished mostly via textures.
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf5.myportfolio.com/af4d133a68bfd61df3cada46391fb0d5/69005e17-cf9d-4391-adc6-fe52cb40367a_rw_1920.jpg?h=474d8130fab13755eba4c93cbe4be596)
And for reference only, here is the original image of her. I am not sure who took this image and cannot give credit to the artist!
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf3.myportfolio.com/af4d133a68bfd61df3cada46391fb0d5/ef3c8401-40ec-45fa-8aa0-720ced48f76b_rw_1920.jpg?h=e16d7f6deecc731a513cd956d057967b)