Mermaids! Who doesn't love mermaids, right? I've wanted to do a mermaid design for a little while, I did some mermaid paintings awhile back (but don't look, they're ugly!) These ones are far cuter - there are three mer-girls and three mer-boys, and one of the mer-boys is playing a ukulele.
Partially completed - (don't copy it, you will get bad karma). I always do the illustration on paper, scan it in, colour it, then have it printed. This was way more complex, and induced more swearing, than usual - the image contains several layers as the tail is a different colour to the bodies, plus there's a lot more detail to be coloured in. Usually I will start by colouring the base colours - in this case the tails, outlines and skin, then fiddle with the colour of the clothes.Skin tones are getting a bit tricky - it's okay if the tone of a tree or a fish or a pair of pants is a bit off, but if you get skin tone wrong you have jaundiced or sunburnt looking mermaids. No good!
The mer-purses are available for sale:Pocket Carnival shop (in $AU)
On Etsy (in $US)
7 comments:
Oh goodness these are too cool for school. Love them!
Hey Penny! Looks like you've been busy, great stuff. See you soon, Susan
I love mermaids (can't really avoid them with 2 daughters!). Love your mermaids. Just gorgeous.
These are so cute! I love that they're just wearing regular t-shirts, nothin' fancy :)
oh how cute!
i have been sick so not checking my fav blogs!! this is great penny! :)
Wonderful! Nothing is better than a mermaid playing a ukulele.
ooo cute print! I still have my cute pouch I bought from melbourne sitting idly...too cute to actually use it :). It's the cute person's print :)
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