It has been a while since the blog was active, but that doesn't mean I have not been actively engaged in creating new work. I still make owls and play with the designs. I also enjoy following my muse to other fantastical places and this past year I have been inspired by the ocean.
For this post I want to show you the mermaids I designed. I started with a tabular flat design and I plan on improving on that shape and advancing the idea. For the moment I have played with the mermaid character on the tab. Using dichro or silver glasses for the tail. Now I have to mention here that I am a bit of a zombie fiend and I couldn't help myself... I had to make a zombie mermaid. I feel certain there will be others in the future.
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other major design for the mermaids are based on a round shape. I made about five of those, playing around with glass combinations.
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| First tab mermaid, with a dichro tail and elaborate background. I decided the finicky background did not do any favours for the mermaid and changed tack. |
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| Second tab mermaid. I sketched a mermaid character in pencil first. She was chubby and cute. I really do like her from her dramatic stylized hair, googly eyes, round tummy and little hands. |
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| Ruuuuun Zombie!!!!!!! She's kooky and rotting with hanks of hair and bloody eyeballs. |
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| My first round mermaid. I like some aspects of it, like how the background is shell-like, or whirlpool. |
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Second round mermaid. I tried to make the mermaid stand out more from the background and used dichro for the tail.
Below are variations of above, playing with glass combos. |
