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Drawing Disney characters in my own style & version is a lot of fun. I thought Ariel would be fun to draw and she was. I made her hair a bit darker than usual, because hair always looks dark when it's in the water. I purposely left the background a bit "streaky/watermarked" because the ocean is not one solid color of blue.
The actual (original) "The Little Mermaid" story is really sad. Disney tends to give fairy tales good endings instead of the original stories, which are pretty harsh.
Drawn with a Copic Multiliner (0.03) pen and hen coloured in with Copic Markers and Watercolours. The bubbles were drawn with a white gel pen.
Ariel & Flounder & The Little Mermaid © Disney
Original "The Little Mermaid" story © Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish poet and author who published the original story in 1837 as "Den Lille Havfrue".
Artwork © J.E.McNeese.
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Highly detailed like usual 
Is she holding a fork?
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Yes, she's holding a fork.
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Everytime I look at the fork her hair suddenly looks speghetti marinated in very red sauce.
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He's a cheerful sort of lad, er, fish. 
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yep yep the ^o^ face is so golden
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This is great
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I am very pleased that you like this (especially since she is your favourite Disney Princess). Thanks for the
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Where did she buy her charm belt? I've got to get one.
Good work!
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Hi! So you like the charm belt I gave her? I'm glad you like the design! I originally was just going to make her with pearls but then I thought, "Nah, she needs something a little more elaborate." I turned it into a chain & then I thought making little sea items (shells, coral...even coins from shipwrecks) would be neat.
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Pearls aren't as unique. I love charms and they've been popular for the past few years. Now iridescent shells are big. It's fun to add a new twist to someone else's character design.
You could add some pieces of sponge. Kidding...lol
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Yeah! I forgot about sponge! Darn it, I should have made it a sponge belt! *Just kidding* 
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yeah I was thinking sponges and some plastic containers.
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Ha ha...no kidding! That is what sometimes floats in the ocean. It's a real shame. I've never understood the logic of dumping garbage into the ocean (or anything Nature in general).
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maybe someday we will have the technology to teleport garbage to jupiter or some other junk eating planet.
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WOW. this is really good 
and flounder is so cute!
the coloring is so great! i wish i could do that
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Thanks for the instant 
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Fantastic! Love her shiny skin and massive blue eyes!
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Aloha! Yeah, I made her skin shiny since she's in the water (and I wanted the light reflected from the top). As for her eyes, I actually made her smaller than the Disney version!
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I like the jewelry you've added all over Ariel. The hair is excellent. Her eyes are much more mature than the Disney Ariel. The more I look at her, the more I details I continue to find.
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Merci beaucoup! I am pleased that you can find all the details in this.
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I guess that's one of the things i love about your work, the detail and the love and care you put into it.
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Thanks for the
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another really amazing one keep it up. There's never one good thing to say about your artwork as its all so AWESOME! *dies from nosebleed*
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lol well I won't die from one anytime soon and like I keep saying your artwork is always AMAZING and AWESOME and I can tell you do your best and it shows. One of these days I hope to get some copic markers i've always wanted to use them though sadly I haven't seen any where I live so i'll have to end up buying them online someday.
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The only place where I have seen Copic Markers in my area is 110 miles away at a Hobby Lobby, but they don't have all the colours. I began buying my Copic Markers at Kinokuniya Bookstore (which has every single colour) in downtown Los Angeles a couple of years ago. It wasn't until a few months ago I won an auction on eBay for 59 new Copics & when I was in LA last month, I bought about 20 more. Right now I have 95 all together (plus two colourless blenders). It's taken a while to accumulate them all. They are about $6 each and worth every penny. The more I've been using them, the more I want every color.
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wow that's just a couple colors but then again it makes sense lol. Well either way hopefully someday i'll get my hands on some and use them for my artwork.
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Ah, yes, Ariel is one of my favorite disney characters. I just like her carefree character they way it was described in Disney's version.
But there are the more realistic views on what her real story was about. Disney does have a tenancy to work some 'magic' on their movies. Well, that magic is what pulled me in I suppose. xD
I absolutely love this work, especially Flounder who is captured pretty well here. He's always dragged along with Ariel on one of her wild adventures, even if he's always scared he's always loved spending time with Ariel.
I did notice that the little charm-chain around her waist is also like the drawing that had Cherry's friends in it. I see you like charm-chains. I admire how detailed you made both of them.
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Ariel is definitely a carefree (and even strong-willed) Disney character (even Belle and Jasmine were like that). Yeah, the original Little Mermaid is pretty depressing; the ending isn't a "happy fairy-tale ending" at all. I'm happy that you think I drew Flounder well.
Ha ha...yeah, now that you mention it...Ariel does have a charm-chain like my OC Nikki. I like accessorizing people (especially girls) but I'm glad you mentioned it...I actually didn't realize that I had done two artworks in a row where I made the charm-chain.
Thanks for the great comments on this & also for the
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the hair and tail are really shiny and the coloring on them is great!
i love ur flounder he looks so asian haha
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Ha ha...yeah, I figured since my style is influenced by the manga-style that I'd give Flounder the ^_^ face.
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just lovely!!she's even more beautiful than the disney version!!!her hair flows like silk!!!!just one question though,why is she holding that fork in her hand?
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You do not remember the fork in the movie? When she first discovers it, she asks Scuttle the seagull what it is (and he says it is used to comb hair).
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oh yea!!!!lol how dumb of me!!!hahaha! i haven't watch the little mermaid in yoinks!!!lol
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Nah, you're not "dumb".
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beautiful
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Aloha! Thanks for the 
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Thanks Mr. Leon Kennedy. 
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I don't remember Ariel's bikini top being quite so... brief...
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What's that supposed to mean?
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Nothing. I was just teasing that your Ariel looks less sanitized and more like an actual woman than Disney's.
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Ah, I see. At first, I thought, "Brief"...what's that supposed to mean? Thanks for explaining it to me.
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This is beautiful<3 I LOVE the little additions you added to her, with the jewelry and stuff, and the coloring looks amazing, especially on the skin! I really like the style you used her, and her hair looks so pretty! The fin looks great as well---nice job!!
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Why, thank you for all those wonderful comments you gave me. It make me smile.
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You're welcome ^_^ I'm glad you appreciate my comments~ I agree, it's fun adding little details to simple outfits!
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