Aysun's Midnight Moonstone Tail by Pearlie Mae

[Mermaid Enora]

Aghhhhh.......you got to work with Arsene!!!!!!! He's my all time favorite ren faire performer!!

Sherille: I heard at the TRF from ye odd duck that one of the bordello sisters has commissioned an owl statuette in their costume. Was that you or fancy? My sister loves that store and has a penguin in her fairy costume.

[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

That is so cool Sherielle

Teehee Melaina. That is what I did for the last 8 months and I am about to go back for 10 more. It is, interesting to say the least.

Enora, he is certainly a talented performer.

[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

Okay, they are a little hasty, but here is what I worked up:





The blue scales will be like labradorite and the light scales like moonstone.

I know the spots will not be circular and more like patches. That is fine and I think it will look good.

(There should be 12 spots, not 10. I have no idea where the others ran off too)

I am hoping the dorsal stripe could be an almost black blue?

And perhaps the fin would be somewhat translucent.

I feel like I am not going to have extra fins. I like them, and like the way they look on other tails, but I feel like I am having to shoehorn them into my design and it is not flowing naturally.

Suggestions or comments?

[MermaidBrandie]

Can't wait to see Pearlie's scales in these colors!


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[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

I think the fluke needs a gradient fading from the base.

[MermaidBrandie]

I think the fluke needs a gradient fading from the base.

Maybe black edging fading up to the blue/light blue?


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[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

Hmmmmm

[MermaidBrandie]

Is that a good "hmmm" or a "hmmm I'm not sure I like it but I don't wanna say that" lol


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[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

It is a good "hmmm"

I was imagining the other way, but this gives me something to consider

[MermaidBrandie]

That way would look good too, I just thought of the bottom stripe first because it would help make the fluke pop in pools, instead of running the risk of the fluke edge fading into the background in pictures. ^.^


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[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

So true

[MermaidBrandie]

^.^


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[PearlieMae]

I'm loving this! Maybe 13 moons will be more fitting, seeing that there are 13 in a year.

Also, I'm laying in the clay to sculpt your fluke today...roughing it in to take a look at it in 3D!

[Yulia]

The fluke looks like a cute little creature, with the moons as eyes, and the darkblue looks like arms.

[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

Oh my sweet goodness Pearlie! That is so wonderful to hear :3
I needed some good news today.

And that is funny, Yulia. I can see that

[Aysun_the_Mermaid]

Did two more fluke mockups.



My original mental picture was a fade from the body of the tail to the tip of the fin.

Then CoyoteWalker suggested a reverse fade so that the edge of the fin would not disappear in the water in photos.

(I was trying to be cute and simulate translucency with shrinky dinks >.> )

[Yulia]

Ohmagosh, they are so cute!
I like the first one best, with the black. The moons get more contrast, they look like they shine on the black sky.

[Mermaid Kelda]

Agreed! I vote for the first one, too

[MermaidBrandie]

Dawwwww ^.^


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[Sherielle]

They're looking at me, lol