June 26, 2007

Geeky


This piece that has been on the brain for at least a year and a half is amusing to me because everybody in hind-sight was an awkward pre-teen. And we all know that if we were to see Ariel in her pre-teen years she would be the most shunned adolescent because she was a huge human-nerd.

So there you have it.

Sorry about the color quality...Watercolor is really hard to scan, which is really urksome.

12 comments:

Tina Poe said...

This is so beautiful, and I love her I love man shirt. I always loved the little mermaid, and Ariel would have totally been a nerd! I hope your Dad feels better soon.

claudine hellmuth said...

so sorry to hear about your dad. love your lil mermaid!

kdhamel said...

This is just great! I'm stumped with this theme - but you hit it right on! Wonderful illo :)

Jennifer said...

I like this piece!

Jana Bouc said...

Wow! It's beautifully done. I love the composition especially.

Diane Duda said...

Love her!

imwithsully said...

I really like this piece. Wonderful character and concept. If you bring the scan into Photoshop, you can easily bring the colors back in using color balance and hue/saturation. I do it all the time to clean up my works and bring them back to their original colors.

Meridth McKean Gimbel said...

hey...thanks for the tip. I'll work on that. And thanks everyone else for the super nice comments. :)

Nina Seven N7 said...

great work. I like how she is so geeky on the top half and mermaid on the bottom.

Michelle Lana said...

Heheh...great take! awesome work.

thefridayfrog said...

oh she rocks! great glasses and braids! (which is exactly what my hair and eyes are doing as i type. - sigh!)

awesome illio! :))

trudette said...

Poor little mermaid , lovely illo.