Mermaid Art -- Not-So-Little Mermaid

[Little_Orca]

http://mernetwork.com/index/attachment.php?attachmentid=11828&d=1371027328

Was working on another example of the art commissions I am offering up to help fund my wedding tail, so I decided to do my own portrait. I also decides to go bare belly and not make myself thinner than I am in person... I was a little nervous to do that but I must say... I really like the not-so-little mermaid I ended up with and I had to share her in a post.

[DepthWitch]

I love it, it is very beautiful and a "not so thin" mermaid is a more natural look because I doubt in nature a merperson would be subject to a human sense of beauty lol.

[DepthWitch]

I love your tail btw :) so beautiful.

[AniaR]

awesome! :)

[Gem Stone]

I really like the portrait! it's beautiful and looks like a real natural mermaid! amazing job!

[Cornelia]

I love the pic... its realistic... there a many mermaids/women, which are thin.... but there are also mermaids/women which are not 90-60-90.. thank you for this pic... its a statement... love your body!!!

[Mermaid Varshana]

Sure there are mermaids who are 90-60-90...if they're also 1.6m tall...

[squeakychewtoy]

As a fellow bigger-bellied mermaid, I approve. :cool:

[Mermaid Lorelei]

This is absolutely wonderful! I'm going to have to commission a piece from you after my next paycheck. :D

[Mermaid Shayna]

Beautiful! I love it :)

[Mermaid Allie]

Lol again with my metric issues! Ahahaha I was like 90 INCHES?! That's a bigger chest than Barbie! Little Orca I love that picture! Very beautiful and I agree much more natural.

[Mermaid Kalliope]

Amazing! <3 Much more natural than a slim and trim mermaid. We need the insulation! ^_^

Also, Allie, I was like "Uh, wha?! Oh yeah, centimetres." :doh:

[Ariel-Starfish]

Loving it! <3 I already sent u a pm for a commision <3

[Nashoba]

We're all beautiful! I love this pic of yours. And as another more curvy Mer, way to go, sister!

[SeaSister]

I just wanted to say, I've always imagined that mermaids would have a layer of blubber on them, anyways - after all, how could a thin mermaid survive in the cold ocean for very long? Of course, I'm not trying to put down thin mers, either. Skinny or pudgy, we're all mermaids. :)

Biologically speaking though (because there's totally a scientific, biological explanation for mermaids lol) I do think that plumper mermaids would be better off. Also, your picture looks really great! I love the colours. xD

[Seyani]

Oohh mermaid art~ I love the traditional look to the mermaid.. It gives me a sailor, ocean feeling ^^ I hope to see more~

[Echidna]

Sure there are mermaids who are 90-60-90...if they're also 1.6m tall...

It's a common misconception that, sadly, the entire clothing industry seems to cling to, that with every inch in height, you also surely gain another inch in width :p
seriously, people are not soccer balls.
You CAN wear a size zero or whatever and be 6ft tall.

I am, and it sucks, because if I buy my size, it's much too short because they think "a woman that thin surely must be 4ft tall...",
so I have to buy a plus size for the length which then ends up being far too wide of course.

I could rant on endlessly, but you get the picture.

[Mermaid Varshana]

It's a common misconception that, sadly, the entire clothing industry seems to cling to, that with every inch in height, you also surely gain another inch in width :p
seriously, people are not soccer balls.
You CAN wear a size zero or whatever and be 6ft tall.

I am, and it sucks, because if I buy my size, it's much too short because they think "a woman that thin surely must be 4ft tall...",
so I have to buy a plus size for the length which then ends up being far too wide of course.

I could rant on endlessly, but you get the picture.

I was actually referring to that old Sir Mix-A-Lot song, Baby Got Back as a weak joke. "36-24-26? Haha, only if she's 5'3"!"

[Echidna]

I was actually referring to that old Sir Mix-A-Lot song, Baby Got Back as a weak joke. "36-24-26? Haha, only if she's 5'3"!"
Never heard of (not surprising, I hardly ever listen to music and if I do, it's usually classic)

But it was a good opportunity to point out this clothing industry madness!
I'll take it to the vent thread :D