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Alright, I designed this a few years back, but here it is! http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04...e1b21c3976.jpg my Jareth tail! based on the Goblin King (the beautiful lord David Bowie) from the movie Labyrinth in the song As the World Falls Down. I know the heel fins are a bit wonky, they're based on his crystal balls.
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My new tail fluke...
Wanted to match a new swimsuit, http://www.funkita.com/diamond-back/...ll-brasil.html
Picking up my fabric from the post office tomorrow. https://www.theremnantwarehouse.com....lue-green.html
How I'm going to construct the curved bits, I really don't know! I'm going swimming tomorrow, so hopefully get some ideas whilst finning the lane!
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Mmmm... Now I'm just picturing David Bowie in those pants....Quote:
Originally Posted by mermaidofthelabyrinth
So I posted this earlier in a Finfolk thread but I'll add it here too (thanks to CowgirlMermaid and Julianne for directing me over here :))
The fluke is one of the styles offered by Finfolk (really liked the shape). The coloring I ended up basing off the skin on my upper arms (light peachy color with darker pink mixed in and lots of freckles, plus I'm super pale so you can see the veins in my wrists/hands very easily). I'm really happy with how it came out and it's definitely my dream tail. I have to save it for it (which will take a while) so for now it'll stay on paper. And in the meantime I need to work on training so that when I eventually get said tail I'll actually be able to swim. Anyway, here's what I came out with:
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cool idea!
thanks! :D
Pretty!!
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thank you :)
I'm getting a tail from SyrenStudios. after many email correspondences within 24 hours, low and behold my tail sketch from Lily.
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that is beautifully made!!!! I love it Seaglass Siren!
This is one of the first tails I've sketched a few year back, when I first entered the Mermaid community. To me It would be awesome to have a tail like this one, in fact, I can't wait to finish school and have time to work on my first silicone tail!!!!:yay:Attachment 29723
Gah, it's so pretty, SeaGlass!!!
The colors remind me of your name ;)
It's beautiful - I love the colors!
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Originally Posted by Mermaid Isabel
no lie this tail colour combo and style is way cute.
Omg I love your tail design! It actually reminds me of my fav football team, the San Diego Chargers! So awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by mermaidofthelabyrinth
much love, one love - Moana
SeaGlass I can't wait to see it! Love the fluke
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I enjoy designing tails :) here is my newest tail idea:
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I'm not a pink person so I will never make it myself but I might have to make the top.
How you paint with water colour I'll never know but that is a beautiful picture, and you are high up in my artist book because that is a skill I do not have.
Also your tail is amazing.
Aw thankyou Neri!
Ooh, I like that one too :)
Finally found the mermaid maker I keep seeing icons and such from. Tried it out with similar coloring and fins to what I would like my ideal tail to look like (a bit more gradient and a bit different dorsal/pectoral fin shape but still). Though I also really like the coloring on this one (it's a bit more fantasy than my other one). Maybe I'll someday be able to save up for both (right....)?
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I did some quick design sketches to show my photographer friend (who inspired me to make this tail). The fluke and fin shapes may change a little, but they'll be chiffon with boning in the darkest section, so I want them to still be flowy. Body references from SenshiStock on DA.
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And these are the fabrics. The top three are the sheers (far left is almost exactly my skintone, and a flowy top (lined) will be made out of it). The lighter ivory lycra will line the sequin (as it's semisheer), and the bottom right fabric swatch will be the back of the tail.
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Sorry for the terrible handwriting.
That's so pretty :)
That back side though
That is so freakin pretty! I just ordered a similar fabric to that stripey one you're using for the back side for my own fabric tail. I hope you post pictures once it's completed! (:
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I have found MY fluke! I know it took several tails to figure it out, it is me. It swims beautifully in the water, and I am getting used to the weight of this tail more than my other Finis Foil tails.
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Congrats :) lol I'm still waiting for that to happen
That's cool! Did you extend a Foil?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Jaffa
Nope. I didn't end up extending my Foil. I couldn't bring myself to alter such a beautiful paddle!
I've extended a foil before and it was honestly a pain in the fins
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Thanks guys!!
I totally will! I ordered swatches of a bunch of stuff, as you can see, and I'm planning on lining the whole tail with another layer of lycra. I like the look of the Neoprene tails (being more solid and smooth), but since I can't get these patterns in that, obviously, I'm layering up. I may end up making a neoprene lining at some point, I'm not sure. I think it's a little thin to just be one layer on its own, though, for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Meronica
So, I decided to upgrade my old fabric tail.
This is my sketch. I am a horrible artist, sorry. Also, I might make a few small changes, as I either make mistakes, or see see other things that I like that I decide to incorporate into my design.
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This is my old fabric tail.
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These are the sequins I'm using.
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This is my start. I'm a little farther now, but don't have a good pic.
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wow! sparkly!
Not that I have the time for it, but I thought of something a while back and had a few moments at work to throw this together...I'm thinking of a green tail, VERY fish green, not Ariel-like at all...muted natural colors, and acanthus scrollwork for the fluke. Of course, the top would be all seaweedy scrollwork, too. :D
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What do you think?
LOVE!Quote:
Originally Posted by PearlieMae
If one day, in the far streched future I get enough money to have a silicone tail, I would just love to earn one like this one.... With the colors of the first picture and the fluke of the second
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And this is a little cucumber inspired tail :P
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Originally Posted by PearlieMae
... are there any SweetLolitas or royal mermaids in the house? cuz this one has Rococo all over it
Well, I AM Empress of All the Seas...
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:hail::hail::hail::hail::hail::hail::hail: