AAAHMAGAD! :D

**Ayla of Duluth** · 07-13-2012, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by Spindrift

If she has a photo of you she might be able to help you come up with good colors. I still love the pink/black/silver combo though

Well the only photos I have are my grads. And the color from them would be red. But I'm not sure I like red. I might though.

**Nykur** · 07-13-2012, 11:13 AM

I agree with Spindrift, a pink, black and silver tail sounds like a great idea!

**Ayla of Duluth** · 07-13-2012, 11:19 AM

Lol I have 5 different drawings for the black and pink one and two for the silver and gold. I stapled them together and I'm sending them to her with the check tonight. My brain is tired.

**Mermaid Dottie** · 07-13-2012, 01:45 PM

I'm so excited for you!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Ayla of Duluth** · 07-13-2012, 02:33 PM

Okay, I've done 6 drafts of the purple pink white tail and I finally came up with one that I'm pretty happy with. I think I'm going to give Raven artistic liberty if she thinks she can make it better. I'll upload a picture in a minute.

**Ayla of Duluth** · 07-13-2012, 02:59 PM

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So this is the design I think I'm going to go with. I took out the silver coloring because it misleadingly looked grey unless you held it up to the light. However if Raven finds a nice way to add a little silver into it, I'd be fine with it. what do you guys think? I know its prettymuch like the other picture, but I fixed the fluke colors and touched up the spots. They're supposed to look blended in like the mertailor's blue koi tail. And more circular than splotchy.

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**Mermaid Saphira** · 07-13-2012, 03:02 PM

hey thats neat looking

BTW I love the tail in ur sig!

**Ayla of Duluth** · 07-13-2012, 03:15 PM

there's a tail in my sig?

**Mermaid Saphira** · 07-13-2012, 03:23 PM

whoops O_o ma bad..it's the bottom picture

**Ayla of Duluth** · 07-13-2012, 03:25 PM

lol that's the mertailor's blue koi tail. originally I was looking for his metallic koi tail, but he must've took it down, i couldn't find it. and i didn't feel like trying to remember which member here has one of his metallic koi tails.

**Jadestone** · 08-25-2012, 04:25 AM

Oh man, you're so lucky! I'm happy for you

I love your design! I really like the pink/purple/black/white palate. Can't wait to see where this leads!!

**SilverSiren** · 08-25-2012, 05:05 AM

Just my opinion here, but I am great when it comes to color theory, and none of the colors you mentioned in the poll would complement you according to your information on hair and eye color. If you have reddish tone to your hair and blue eyes, go with a tail that's predominantly green. You could have the pearly white as an accent color fading into a light green to a gorgeous rich emerald. This would make you hair and eyes sparkle with life and be more pronounced. Just my honest opinion, just want to help since this is a HUGE step for you. Congrats! And sorry if someone already suggested this. Blue may also work too btw but would be as dramatic as the green.

**Mermaid Annariea** · 08-25-2012, 12:15 PM

green does always look nice on redheads. and blue would look great too. maybe just make the pink & purple greens and blues instead?
that would look intense, haha.

**Mermaid Azira** · 08-25-2012, 12:39 PM

I am so excited for you! Make sure to post pictures the minute you get your tail!

**Sea Pearl** · 08-25-2012, 12:43 PM

Lucky you! That's so exciting.
I do like the sound of the pearly iridescent white with the fine glitter mixed in, I think it would make a nice contrast with you're tanned skin. I don't think I've ever seen a pearly white tail. You'll have to let us know what colours you finally decide on

**Ayla of Duluth** · 08-25-2012, 12:57 PM

Well I sent her the sketch for the white/black/purple/pink tail a few weeks ago, but she hasn't been home to work on it so the design is still up in the air. I'm thinking of maybe dying my hair brown because this red is so hard to work with. I just dyed it and it came out bright orange when it should have come out dark strawberry blonde. =,,=

**SilverSiren** · 08-25-2012, 01:20 PM

You still may want to stay within range of a natural look of something you already posses. Blue grey eyes? Blue grey tail? with some pearl white? I personally went for something that would play up my dark olive skin tone, turquoise, white, gold, complementary in other words. But hey, your a mermaid, your a mythical being, be any darn color you want! Right? lol.