Into the Abyss

One by one her senses die
The memories fade and leave her eyes
Still seeing worlds that never were
And one by one the bright birds leave her

Starting at the violent sound
She tries to turn but final noiseless
Slips and strikes her soft dark head
The water bows receives her
And drowns her at it's ease
Drowns her at it's ease

The Cure - Drowning Man


Made for round 2 of the Battlefield Manipulation Tournament. My theme from Hehayo was "horror and macabre underwater"

Intermediate Tournament - Round 2 - Go!!Hi everyone,
I apologize again for the delay in posting these themes. Here they are:
Every7thHeartbeat - War
annemaria48 and nova63 - Fantasy theme with all 4 seasons
  KimmieKrazy and Godiva500 - black and white macabre /horror
mippieArt and Shedboy68 - Happy childhood manip from this image: http://fav.me/d589myz  
peroline and SoulcolorsArt - Underground town
dreamswoman - "A Man and his car"- It must be in a city and it must be dark or funny.
Annuski - Norse gods
twostepsfromhell2 - simple, emotional portrait manipulation
  Hehayo - surreal manip using bright colors
itznikki530 - horror and macabre underwater
Your deviation will be due to CRPhotomanipulation on or by May 15th at 11:59 PM US Pacific Time (dA time).  If you are working as part of a team, please be sure to list who did what in your submission. As per usual, all stock must be credited and legitimat

This is my attempt to show the last gasps of a doomed soul being dragged into the abyss by a ornery octopus. I had so much trouble with it. Either is wasn't enough or I was trying too hard to do too much. I'm happy with it in the end though.

[EDIT: updated the lighting 5/6]

Thanks for looking  

[Stock]
model - fetishfaerie-stock.deviantart.…
tentacles - speedpaintstudies.deviantart.c…
skull - clz.deviantart.com/art/Differe…
bubbles - morganbw.deviantart.com/art/Un…
jellyfish - damselstock.deviantart.com/art… | damselstock.deviantart.com/art…
flutters - geoectomy-stock.deviantart.com…
textures - simplybackgrounds.deviantart.c… | asunder.deviantart.com/art/New… | foq-stocks.deviantart.com/art/…
hair brush - para-vine.deviantart.com/art/H…