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Published: 2012-07-16 02:37:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 19578; Favourites: 1933; Downloads: 82
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A new paper illustration for a friend of mine at work . I brought in the book "Confetti" by Brittany Lee a few weeks ago to work and my friend loved the mermaids in it (it's an awesome book! Go check out her work here: britsketch.blogspot.com/) .So I decided to do a different take on a mermaid for her. It was a lot of fun! I've had a lot of stressful things going on the last few months, so my creativity really dried up. But this idea got into my head and I had it drawn out, cut up, and glued down all within a week! Looking forward to the next project now!
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I had to look up who that was--such an interesting story! Thanks for sharing!
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love this take on mermaids! good job and congrats on the DD
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Thank you very much! The DD was a pleasant surprise!
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i would just like to point out the the mermaid seems part killer whale and yet shes seems to be friends with the seal. killer whales eat seals ijs
also this is really pretty.
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Hey that doesn't mean a human can't have a pet chicken............. and eat kfc every so often. <__<
>___> -Pets my chickens.-
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so every so often you eat some cat, dog, Canary, the occasional sushi roll goldfish any domesticated pet really
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Yes, orcas and Inuits both eat seals. But mermaids aren't real, so I figured I could make up my own logic with this one. 
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lol no prob its really cool
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I assume that may have been the artist's intentions? A seal wandering up to a person/creature that is reminiscent of their enemy shows strong trust and friendliness in this mermaid character. It sort of makes me assume that the mermaid is just that amicable and appealing, that a creature who could easily be afraid of her is going to show trust instead. It could be assumed that the mermaid has ulterior motives, but the colours and expressions do not give me that impression.
At least that's what I gathered from it, eh.
Certainly beautiful work.
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That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw she was part killer whale! Be safe young seal o.o
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Thank you! It's roughly 10" x 7". I don't have the original any more, so I don't remember the exact measurements. But it's slightly smaller than a standard sheet of paper.
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Oh my gosh it's so prettyyyy!
I just love this so much. 
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Wow! Can't say I've ever seen or thought of a mermaid with a orca tail! Awesome!
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Thank you! I like that you called it an orca, too, instead of a killer whale. The misnomer always annoyed me, since it's technically a dolphin, not a whale.
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Me too! I watched that movie ALL THE TIME.
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This is beautiful and i wish i owned the original ;w; keep up the beautiful work please!
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Thank you! There will certainly be more to come!
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Aw, man! That's so great that you were able to achieve this much detail with multiple layers of paper! It's lovely.
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Thank you! It's a lot of fun
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Wow, that's such a great idea! It turned out wonderfully as well. And from looking at Brittany Lee's art I can see why you had to do it! Her work is extremely alluring! It seems like very tedious work (unfortunately for me that would cause some great stress). I would love to do something like this one day though. : )
Love it!!
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Thank you! For me, it's more meticulous than tedious, but if you're not interested in small, detail-oriented projects, it would certainly be tedious. You should try it sometime--just do something with larger shapes!
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Haha, oh I wouldn't say I'm not interested in detail work, I just wouldn't see the light of day for awhile if I started to do that. I just get so entranced in it, and I have to make everything perfect! Thank you for the advice though, I think I might actually try it with bigger pieces. Christmas is coming up and I think my mom needs a card like that. : ) Thanks for sharing your work, it really does get some creative ideas going!
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This looks so amazing. I would never be able to use an exacto blade or even scissors to cut anything like this out.
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Thank you! It certainly takes some practice and patience, but it's worth it!
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You're welcome! I love really good puns and really bad puns.
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So beautiful and balanced! Very nice work! I bow to your scissor skills!
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Thank you! 
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"Blade skills" sounds like you're sword fighting. Which is cool too, if also inaccurate.
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Beautiful work! The design and the method are both beautiful! 
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her tail looks like that of a killer whale, which eat seals, but other than that, beautiful work <3
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Orcas AND Inuits eat seals. But mermaids aren't real, so I can make up my own logic if I like!
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