I have seen your pictures and I have been amazed. You amaze me yet again with this very interesting and original concept. Instead of making a mermaid, you have what looks like any ordinary woman but her outfit and crown makes me wonder if she is some kind of water goddess or spirit. Though she does not appear to have any weapons, the armor on her arm indicates that she is indeed a warrior. She also has that kind of look with her expression. I love the coloring and detail of her and the background is interesting with the distant whales. Are they her living weapons at her command or is she protecting them? Not too bad on the anatomy though her arm looks a little long and I can't see her other arm unless it's behind her. Other than that, awesome work.

I really like the idea and the concept. The idea of an underwater warrior sounds very promising. But this isn't my favourite work from you:

While the idea might be nice, it doesn't really feel like an underwater warrior. It feels like a normal warrior who happens to be under water.
She looks too human and generic to exuberate an underwater-feeling. She doesn't really seem to fit in her surroundings.

As you can see, I only rated you a 3 for technique, while I perfectly know you're a great painter.
But this piece feels just flat. There are parts that I love, like the fabric, but overall it doesn't really pop.
I think it lacks some contrast, detail and a 3D feel in general.
I'm not a painter myself, so I have no tips on how to improve that, I can just tell you that it doesn't really convince me.

The water for example looks very boring and plain. With more detail, depth and colours this would be a much more interesting environment.

But, the thing that bothers me the most, is the akward pose and anatomy of the caracter. Her but is huge, her chest is pumped up, her head is rather small and to far back, and her left arm looks really strange.
I've seen your drawings, I know how good you are at human anatomy, so that's why this "bothers" me most.

I like the general idea, I like the whole setup. But with your skills you could turn this into something truly breathtaking (pun intended ).