Sunday 15 January 2012

Mermaids

Mermaids!

'Who doesnt love a mermaid?' - AGR Moore. Rightly so. I see a lot of artists I admire drawing mermaids and theyre always so beautiful, so I thought I would have a go too. They are great fun to draw cause theyre just so...swishy. The pencil can just squiggle around the page and find great shapes and poses for these girls.

Theyve all been quickly rendered but I was trying to keep in mind a better sense of colour, which I have mentioned before, that's something I really struggle with. Dont think Ive done to badly, with one or two exceptions.

And to finish them off, Ive given them all horribly sugary sweet names! Some for no reason at all and some for characteristics that remind me random people.


Candy.

Coral.

Siren.

Snowflake.

Holly.

Georgia.

Erin.

Daz ;)

Lilly.

Ellie.

Fleur.

And as a final note...if you like the look of any of these, they will soon be available as prints and/or watercolours on my Etsy store...coming SOON!

So stay tuned!

17 comments:

  1. Epic post, my friend! Love it! :)

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  2. looks like fun! Love the top one, or I guess I should say Candy! hahah

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  3. These look great! Very fluid and full of personality! :)

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  4. Very nice post indeed, I love how they are all unique but still feel like they belong to the same universe.

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  5. Great stuff! Nice sense of movement :)

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  6. These are brilliant! Lilly and Snowflake are my fav's

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  7. they're all lovelyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!

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  8. Nice works here! Congrats! :-)

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  9. These are great! They're all different yet with your same style!

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  10. gosh so cute !!! :) I love the first one :) <3 :)

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  11. i love your sketches! Now I'm your brand new blog follower!!

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  12. These are excellent-- great poses and expressions!

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  13. Just want to get this scandal out of the way now, I've been misquoted in this blog post. My exact words were: "Everyone loves mermaids."

    That is all.

    Oh and good work as always, Gill :)

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  14. totally digging the flow!
    Great character too :)

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  15. Great character designs and colors!

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