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Playing Mermaids, Livia Angela

Medium: Digital

“Turning imagination into a digital reality - my advanced photoshop class taught by Sonya Shannon inspired me to push the limits with shadows & color, allowing me to create a visual representation of how I envisioned my younger sister’s inner world at the pool. While my photography and hand painted shadow work keeps the piece anchored to a sense of realism; I utilized prismatic colors channel layers in Adobe, to kindle a sense of nostalgia and abstractness.

Where did your imagination take you as a child?”

A fantastical collage of a rocky shoreline with turquoise waves, leaping dolphins, a rainbow, and clusters of bright pink orchids. A mermaid figure sits among the rocks, combining a classical sculpture-like torso with a glowing iridescent tail. Colorful light effects blend into the water and sky.