What Lurks Beneath

Had to re-upload because I couldn't find a button to change the file.
Sooo... in my Colour and Design 2 class, we are doing a contrast vs. saturation piece that had to have two stories, and this was mine. In the contrast (or all about lights and darks) piece, I put the focus on the couple in/on the boat. In the saturation (colour) piece, I put the focus down on the other siren/mermaid. I wanted the story to read from the innocence of love to the more sinister things that hide under it.
What you are seeing here is a combination of contrast and saturation. It combines the best of the two, and lets you see the whole story.
I had a lot of fun with texture brushes on this one, so here's who helped me out:
General textures: [link]
Stars: [link]
Watercolour texture: [link]
Frost texture: [link]