In the classic version of the siren, they were depicted as half bird, half woman. but after searching the link, i found that they were also depicted as evil versions of the mermaid, set out to lure sailors to their deaths.
i took the concept of the siren and i made it my own. instead of a lovely maiden, i reflected their evil nature in their looks.
Special thanks to Linzee777 @ deviantart for the mermaid tail resource, Sinned-angel-stock for the model. (5 years and 3325 days ago)
4 Sources:
- 1: model
- 2: tail by linzee777
- 3: bkground
- 4: water texture
Oh that's an amazing scene and idea. I think you should bet more on shading to give it a higher dynamic.
wow thats creepy ! well done
Absolutely fabulous ! 100% on theme. Really beautiful work, high marks from me ! (And why am I not surprised its you ?
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thanks so much everyone. i was so excited to get this uploaded. when i saw the contest, this was one of my first ideas...and it turned out almost exactly like what i'd pictured in my head.
*blush* lamantine, your compliments are always so nice. Are you saying i have a trademark style?? :lol:
great stuff.....
and author u too have a trademark style.... I can recognize you... 
It's good to have a style, your own style
there's many ppl with a style here, which is not bad in my opinion.
well doesn't she look nice and friendly! LOL
Great job on this!
Of course you do
NICE but is the tale premade by another person ??? is that alowed ???
I asked a mod, and this tail is an allowed resource.
the mods will be quite helpful.
it really is no different than using 3d render stocks or .png files that are up as unrestricted sources.
when in doubt, ask.
ok verry good GL
OMG Awesomely Spoooooky! Love It
Oh, no, I always got surprised when I see the wonderful stuff that is shown here in this site! Everybody (including the author) is very talented, I have no words.
And this entry is cool, the title really means "evil" deeply! GL!
Thanks so much everyone. really.
whenever i have this kind of commenting going on a piece, it makes me feel really great.
erika, you really just made my day with that. i'm honored to be included among all of the talent on this site.
Gia, *blush* thank you!
and thank you for all the favorites too guys. i am very surprised!
That's not surprised to me, author, because I also realized that your style is unique and stable through all of your entries. Your ideas behind the entries easily impress people and your execution is clever. As far as this entry is concerned, you achieved your goal for sure. Even though this contest will be full of mermaids, maybe I won't see any spooky mermaid like that again because that's too difficult to compete with you
. I just have a suggestion of increasing the brightness of the whole scene for people to appreciate more what you've done. Best of luck to you 
EDIT: Oops, I'm sorry, sometimes siren is depicted as a kind of mermaid but in general they are distinctive.
Wow langstrum *faints* thank you! Such an amazing compliment from someone as talented as yourself! I have been playing with the brightness on this to see if I liked it better and will likely upload an updated version soon.
And, technically, she's not a mermaid but a siren...however, I did seem to make my own version of what I see them as. I remember well homers "oddesey" and this is what I always pictured the sirens...perhaps when they surface they turn beautiful just to help them lure the sailors to their ocean graves.
Am I seeing a Hollywood Movie!!!!!!!, fantastic entry in a fantastic contest. GL
thank you shaadow and Nator.
so appreciated.
I did go back and play with some lighting on this, brightened the image quite a bit, and made her face much more visable. Thanks for the suggestions, and hope this pleases your eyes as much as it did mine in the finished stage.
Great!
Looks alot like my childhood swimming instructor, very well done....great image!
Thank you so much!
spooky and dangerous..... good work....gl
Niiiiiiiiiiice!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations!
Congrats for your second place!
congrats on second...
Disturbing and frightening the way she is coming at you from the deep. This is why I get afraid of underwater diving! Bravo and congrats on 2nd! Excellent entry!
Congrats!!
Congratulations on your second..... well done....!
Congrats for the second place
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