Melt

I got my inspiration from water droplets to create this image. Vertices on a plane were paint selected in a circular pattern, pulled downward and smoothed out to create an interesting shape at the top. Few of the faces on the plane were then extruded even further to create the melting effect. Soft selection was used to create the droplet shape from spheres. I experimented with depth and value by arranging simple and complex shapes.

Here is there model from a different perspective.