Phew! After hours and hours of work, I'm finally done! Sorry for the awful lighting, the first pic is with flash to show off the darker colors and the second is without to show the overall color better.

I did most of it with gel pens but the background water is acrylic paint because I was not going to painstakingly fill in the water with gel pens XD. The Kelpari is colored with pastel gel pens, the seaweed is colored with neon gel pens, and the mermaid is all glitter pens ^^

Hey there! Just wanted to let you know that your images are not loading (at least for me). It sounds like you put a lot of effort into the colouring page so it would be sad if faulty uploads prevent you from entering the colouring contest!

:D
attempted sweetlips g1 and seahorse g2 on the kelp
as a digital painter mostly, lineart is foreign to me, lol. twas an interesting experience

Whoa! Your technique and lighting are insane! Absolutely love the colour choice too. That tiny bit of backlighting on the silver at the shoulders and the top of the hat? Amazing.

Thanks so much for letting me know! For some reason, Imgur is being buggy for me so I'll have to find another way to do it. ^^

Oh thank you!
(I was unaware people were paying attention lol) Your compliments are much appreciated! >v<

Well, what can I say? I'm just your average art enjoyer! Every compliment you receive is 100% deserved.

I wanted to give this a shot but i didn't have access to my usual drawing program, so i thought i'd try things out in a drawing app i downloaded recently to get more accustomed to it.


Without lineart glow and to show the actual lineart just in case.