The Old Sea Poet

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Completed, finally.
I was making it for a contest... then discovered that, in using certain Photoshop techniques, I could not enter it in the competition, which was being held at an "easy" level.
All's fair, all's fair.

She reminds me of my grandmother - who couldn't swim a stroke if her life depended on it.

There's definitely been improvement in my photoshopping, but I always feel as if I could do better... =/

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Resources:
Woman: [link]
Hair Brush:
Starfish: [link]
Shell (for pendant): [link]
Quill: [link]
Mermaid Tail: [link]
Scale Texture: [link]
Fish: [link] + [link]
Ruins: [link] + [link] + I seemed to have lost the link to the third stock, will browse for it ASAP.
Water Background: [link]
Sea Weed Brushes: [link]
Calligraphy: [link]