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I haven’t done a mermaid for a while — I kind of got burnt out on Mermaid Mondays. They really need a good story behind them to inspire me, but good stories take time, and without that time I come up with things like the laundry mermaid. So I’ve been neglecting them, and I thought I’d do a mermaid tail tutorial to make up for it… Please forgive me for not putting it up tonight – it is about 30 images long and they all need to be resized, thumbnailed, etc. I’m ever so tired of looking at this single tail, I just don’t have the patience or the eye strength anymore! I will try to get it up tomorrow, though. So watch this space…
It’s all good! I can totally wait for a mermaid tail tutorial! At least, for a little while, until the desire burns an ulcer inside of me and I go mad from the pain. So you have time =)
By the way… does anyone know what happened to paperthinpersonas? It’s been nothing for the last few days, not even an error page. I want my paper dolls! /cry
this mermaid is awesome!
i am glad there will be a mermaid tutorial, i can wait for cool stuff, :)
Ooooooh mermaids! It has been too long ><
Yes! A mermaid!
> By the way… does anyone know what happened to paperthinpersonas?
Good question — I follow it on my RSS reader so I didn’t notice anything was wrong with the site, but on April 12 she wrote “Secondly, I have realized it might actually be possible to reformat the site to a standard blog format in a way that won’t take hours upon hours of work. So, that will be happening in the future, but this also means as I play around with format there might be times when links get broken or things seem a little odd.” Hopefully that’s all it is… Good luck, RLC, get it fixed soon :)
Actually, I’ve been meaning to ask you if I may write a story based of of the outfits you drew for Mermaid Monday, (and a few other outfits you drew.) I’ve got a list, and I’ve had this story in my head for a couple months now, but it sort of feels like stealing without asking permission. Just wondering. I like the way you did the fin on this one!
Yay, mermaids! Strange how we all get so psyched up about it…
I love the fin on this one. It’s all exotic-y tropical. Great!
Mermaids! I love it! You should write a story to go with it! just an idea:)
By the way, I was wondering if you could do another black and white outfit to color. I’ve colored all the other ones like a million times. So I was thinking you could do something new and fresh!
wow! im so glad ur even doing mermaids again, much less a mermaid tutorial! so i was reading ur cloth tutorial, and thinking: she puts so much work into these dresses, and i dont even print some of them! so i was feeling really guilty…
anyways, ur new mermaid is as amazing as always!
i love the tail! and the top reminds me of ur first gold mermaid, the “natural” look…
^.^
:)
:D
something additional, just for ur amuseent that mi friend taught me:
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(^.^)
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c(^)(^)
doesnt work as well in this font, but still!
:)
wow! im so glad ur even doing mermaids again, much less a mermaid tutorial! so i was reading ur cloth tutorial, and thinking: she puts so much work into these dresses, and i dont even print some of them! so i was feeling really guilty…
anyways, ur new mermaid is as amazing as always!
i love the tail! and the top reminds me of ur first gold mermaid, the “natural” look…
^.^
:)
:D
something additional, just for ur amuseent that mi friend taught me:
(V)
(^.^)
(“)(“)
c(^)(^)
doesnt work as well in this font, but still!
:)
omygod…
i cant believe my comment went twice!
sorry
where’s the tutrial?
So happy to see a mermaid, they are one of my favorites. I only wish my printer was better on the beautiful purple! Beautiful.
I’m going to try to get the tutorial — and possibly Thursday’s dress — up tomorrow morning. We’ve got some guests right now and I’m short on time ^^;; Sorry, but I will put it up soon :)
I love the tail, it looks so pretty. I can imagine all the other mermaids looking twice at her…
I have a bit of a silly question- what’s the difference between a gown and a dress? I have some idea, but I’m not very sure..
You’d think I know this, drawing them myself, but..
Good question ^^;; I guess I always think of a gown as something longer and more dramatic. A dress can be long and dramatic too, but it can also be short and practical. At least, that’s my perception of the words.
Yes, that makes sense. I thought of a gown as flowing and.. flowing? Thanks!
i was just wondering…when do you think that system where we can make our own dollw will be ready?
I liked the laundry mermaid! Haha liana, I was actually wondering if you sometimes post colored black and white dresses that are fan-made. Why not have a coloring contest?
:D
I agree with Kelly!!!
Oh my god you made a mermaid tail after all this time!! I LOVE it! Thank you x 1000! I know you don’t do mermaid mondays anymore but maybe just once in a while when you feel like it would be good! Thank you so much I love this mermaid!
what if you made a story about a mermaid who was an outcast because of her strangely colored tail.. whatever color you think is strange.. and write a sort of ugly ducking story about her?
YAY!! MERMAID MONDAY-THINGS ARE BACK!!!!!
MERMAID TAILS 4 EVER!!!!!
I love your mermaids.
absolutely beautiful!