Making a tail fade into your skin with bubble wrap.

[Mermaid Petronella]

So I've seen pictures online where girls have their tail fade really well into their tail and it states 'this is done with bubble wrap'
I tried one with bubble wrap, If you don't like painting your skin I suppose this is good for a dry photo shoot for a fabric tail. But otherwise I didn't find the technique that impressive. Here's a tutorial if you want to give it a try;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJX94ffCb1Y&feature=plcp

[Koral]

Perhaps flipping the bubble wrap the other way, and painting mostly on the bubbles, might look better?

[Gem Stone]

Not a terrible idea I suppose. I would think painting the other side might work better or just using something else entirely. Something not so fluffy and odd maybe?

[Mermaid Petronella]

Good suggestions! I saw a picture a while back saying 'real mermaid' and it did look real however people said it was a hoax and done with bubble wrap. So I wanted to test the theory.

[Mermaid Narina]

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=real+mermaid+bubblewrap&num=10&hl=en&tbo=d&biw=1920&bih=936&tbm=isch&tbnid=hQvxS1LMobGGPM:&imgrefurl=http://www.mermaidnarina.blogspot.com/&docid=NcPxIxjIbruzkM&imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1rg5VYmsL-k/UF91stldLOI/AAAAAAAAAH8/yH0poMYddcQ/s1600/Real%25252520Mermaid%25252520Tail.jpg&w=1218&h=705&ei=dOnOUOmPIe_SmAWxwIDgDg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=526&sig=111892559776347000511&page=1&tbnh=128&tbnw=223&start=0&ndsp=55&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:89&tx=130&ty=57
this is the picture :)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1rg5VYmsL-k/UF91stldLOI/AAAAAAAAAH8/yH0poMYddcQ/s1600/Real%2520Mermaid%2520Tail.jpg

[Mermaid Saphira]

^ I have seen that tail before, it is really pretty