Creative Collaboration with LeilaniJoy

I was going to Miranda's blog to examine some of her backgrounds and read what she had to say about them. The first thing I saw was an incredible mermaid creation that she had done as part of a Creative Collaboration Contest with LeilaniJoy. There were only two days left to enter the contest and it was something I thought would be so much fun. I spent most of the first day looking at resources to help me draw the faun legs on the provided upper body (three choices). I knew I wouldn't have time to do a background so choose the fairy personality (three choices) because it fit onto the wonderful mushroom picture either Ken or I took on our trip to Seattle. I don't enter lots of competitions but this one just grabbed my imagination.

Other than the sketches for the legs, clothes and hair all creative work was done in Photoshop. I'm getting fairly comfortable there and learning more all the time.