Suggestions?

[Chelle]

Hi everyone, I'm messing around with designs for a few tails, and this one is giving me a little trouble. The only fabric I could find with the pattern I wanted was a bright rainbow color (which is fine, I'm totally okay with being a Lisa Frank mermaid).

See, before I went looking at fabric, I was going to base this one off of a sea turtle, so now that I'm having to go with unnatural colors, I need some suggestions to make the whole thing look decent.

http://imgur.com/e5uox5B

First of all, should I make the colored pattern on both sides of the tail, or keep the white underside to keep with the patterns on an actual sea turtle? Second, what color should I make the shell? Should it be colored at all, or just stay white to contrast with the tail?

Thanks for helping!

[BubbleNeon]

I'd be really careful with white. It tends to show through in water and loves to show off curves (even the ones you don't want Dx) I think the shell would be really cool if it were more natural looking if you color both sides of the tail. If you decided to do one side, I think a white shell would also be cool. That's just me though, and this is your tail, so have fun! :-)

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[Mermaid Momo]

Yeah I wouldn't suggest white for a fabric tail, once white fabric gets wet it's basically see through film. Unless you're using a thicker fabric like neoprene, ppl will be able to see your swim bottoms or whatever you have under the tail .

[Chelle]

I'm not too worried about the white showing through, as I'm going to be using performance fabric for swimsuits, and a lining inside. I'm mostly considering from an aesthetic point of view.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

Yeah I wouldn't suggest white for a fabric tail, once white fabric gets wet it's basically see through film. Unless you're using a thicker fabric like neoprene, ppl will be able to see your swim bottoms or whatever you have under the tail .

Nope. Not for me, I have a tail that's got white background with green and blue flowers. But then again I make my own swimwear, and line it with a very dark color so nothing is see through!

[Chelle]

I discussed it with some friends, and this is the final design.

http://imgur.com/bTFdj7u

I hope it doesn't look terrible. QvQ

[BubbleNeon]

I discussed it with some friends, and this is the final design.

http://imgur.com/bTFdj7u

I hope it doesn't look terrible. QvQ
I LOVE IT!!

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