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Just doodled this in math. Color opinions? It was inspired by deep-sea anglerfish, with the spines.
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Just doodled this in math. Color opinions? It was inspired by deep-sea anglerfish, with the spines.
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How about, orange, darkblue, electric green and white?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tolgarr
Ooh. That sounds good. Maybe the Orange in striped on the fluke and fins, the dark blue as a background on the fins with white fraying the edges? An the green lining the belly, fading to white. And the darker shades area near the pelvis the dark blue fading to a darkish green?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yulia
Oh gosh I gotta do this when I get my colored pencils
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Loving the Milotic design! What's the other one? Is it Dragonair?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lotus_Blooming
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Originally Posted by Lotus_Blooming
I LOVE these!!:swoon::swoon:
Mermaid Neri Elvina, you got it!!
Marlin, thank you!!! :D
Yulia, I have a design for you! If you'd like any of it to be altered, let me know! I have a couple of others I may post in a minute, but this was my personal favorite and it has Pearlie's individual gradient scale design! (which I highly recommend)!
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Oh wow! I love the extra fins! :swoon:
I probably would have chosen a lighter blue, but that's the only thing I would change. Now I have to order one of Pearlies scales in that color! ;)
And there's coming more!? This night just got better.
Nice! I edited it to have a lighter shade of blue and here's the updated one~!Quote:
Originally Posted by Yulia
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Of course! It's hard to choose your dream tail right off the bat, so I drew up a couple of other designs just in case you didn't like this one as well.
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All of my better designs using Mernation's template. Including Milotic and Vaporeon!
Edit: the last two are based off of fish, a powder blue tang and flame angelfish
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Love them!! The Milotics are my faves. <3Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Neri Elvina
Neri, I love that black, yellow and blue one! It's gorgeous!
An update on my own design :) I digitalizing it and changed some markings. Just trying to figure out the colors as of right now. :D It's coming along amazingly
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Here's the other completed design, Yulia!
I based the spots on the electric blue seahorse in your album.
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:swoon: WOW! You're so good at making these! I think I like this second one better, it's so ethereal!
I think I like it, too! I still recommend getting individual Pearlie scales, but I think the longer fins suit you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Yulia
I designed a tail based off of Vaporeon! Not the best but :P
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I love it, Ciara!!
Thanks! Not my best though, i forgot i had a light blue so i used the wrong one P:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lotus_Blooming
if we are going to post of our pokemon tails
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this is my magikarp design because magikarp is my favorite pokemon! im waiting to do this with latex
and i already posted my sharpedo tail design. getting the fabric on monday
Fun123joker, that looks so awesome! I love what you did with the whiskers! :)
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This is my tail....
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And this is my dorsal fin :)
Aww, thank you for sharing, Delphis!!! I'm so glad you like how they turned out and I can't wait to see you get your dream tail! <3
I'm so excited!!!! I'll be doing this as a fabric and buying it as silicone:)
That's a fantastic idea!!! Oh my gosh, it'll look awesome on you! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Merman Delphis
Delphis, that design looks super gorgeous!~
*Cue drooling* :drool: :eyepop:
Wow Delphis!! That is amazing!
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Here's my Cherry Blossom inspired tail ^W^
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Sorry for the quality, my tablet was dead.
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Pretty Ciara :3
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Thanks :)
I designed my first shark tail and possibly the first one that's actually modeled after real shark tails with vertical flukes. I designed it to be swimable, but please, keep in mind that this design may only be suitable for aesthetic purposes. The swimable version would need to be a lot longer than a typical mer tail so as to allow the feet to be smoothed into the tail so no heel is visible and a longer tail would allow for better propulsion through the water with the minimal movements required to swim side-to-side (the movement would be centered in the hip/waist area of the body). They would require no scales because shark skin appears smooth. The monofin would simply be on its side and would not actually need to be a monofin (as they wouldn't be housing feet) but a mere fiberglass sheet cut into the appropriate shape(s) should do the trick for the fluke and also the additional larger shark fins at the top of the tail could require fiberglass sheets to keep them straight and allow for easy maneuvering through the water. The knees and feet should be thoroughly bound for a more fluid shark-like movement (and to diminish knee pain from swimming unconventionally). The labor that would normally go into making scales would be eliminated and instead, that funding would go into the extra silicone required to make a tail this size and shape. Please, feel free to use this design for your future dream tail, but do not remove my signature ("AR" is for Ashley Rodriguez, my legal name, and the lotus flower is obviously for my mersona, Lotus), and make sure to give me the appropriate credit for my design. (I have the original copies and evidence to copyright the design). Once I have the money to begin making tails myself, I am planning on attempting to make one of my own. Let me know what you guys think! :)
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Vertical flukes have been discussed before, and since our bodies isn't made for moving like that, you can hurt yourself.
Once again you drew an amazing tail, Lotus!
It's awesome!
Not sure if it would work, but I'm interested in seeing this wearable and swimmable one day!
That makes sense. Like I said, it could definitely end up being a design more for aesthetics than actual swimming.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yulia
Thank you!! Haha Same here! It's definitely in the experimental stages right now. <3Quote:
Originally Posted by CowgirlMermaid
Once you have the time and funds; Good Luck and Have Fun experimenting!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lotus_Blooming
Thank you!! It's going to be really fun! It shouldn't be harmful or painful if designed correctly so that the tail does most of the work and the body is not required to move too abnormally. Gotta keep trying! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by CowgirlMermaid
Unless you engineer something to transfer energy to the end of the tail, you're going to be wiggling from side to side and not getting anywhere. Also, our spines are made to move vertically, not laterally. It's an interesting idea in theory, but in reality, I doubt it could be used for more than very short swims, film or modeling work, or dry gigs.
I'd like to see it happen, though! Engineering the mechanics to make it work would be an interesting challenge.
Very true! I need to study shark anatomy and mechanics and maybe I'll be able to get somewhere with the design to make it swimable without being harmful or outrageously expensive. Haha Thank you so much, Pearlie! I appreciate the feedback. It'll probably take several more designs to get to a swimable tail. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by PearlieMae
I think it could be cool to use in shallow water at a beach, or a kid's pool.
Great idea!! That's a good solution for now until a better design comes out! (Hopefully, I can help with that production somehow)! I really want to see more shark mers! <3Quote:
Originally Posted by Yulia
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...b301f52a9d.jpgmade me think of this. :)
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