The background was way too simple. I painted it a solid navy blue, then used a brush with faded edges in black, on about 10% transparency, and carved the look of the rocks. Then I took a light blue on about 2% transparency and highlighted. Around the waterfall, I used a light blue + 2% transparency + the linear dodge setting to do light reflections.
Water was a solid blue color, and I made dark blue and light blue streaks, then used the smudge tool. Around the mermaids themselves (and sometimes the rocks) I added smudges of their colors as reflection.
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god this is gorgeous
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and when you do it'll be eeeeeeeeepic
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Water was a solid blue color, and I made dark blue and light blue streaks, then used the smudge tool. Around the mermaids themselves (and sometimes the rocks) I added smudges of their colors as reflection.
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