#1950s mermaids

[opalsiren]

ms. chatham keeping her locket and old photos of her and julia and gracie... julia holding onto her locket... gracie passing on drawings of mako to charlotte and telling her stories about mermaids... max keeping all his research from the mermaid days and photos and videos of the others... explodes violently

[juicenet]

i've finally completed the epilogue of silver triptych (the 1950s mermaid fic) and you can read it here! so glad to give closure to this story that's been in the works for a while now <3

you can also start with chapter 1 here :)

[shytravelerstrawberry]

Julia was a special friend

My favorite 1950s mermaids, louise and julia

Black and white version below, lmk which one you prefer!

[medea-of-colchis]

Russian silver gilt & clam shell powder compact c. 1950s

[gameraboy2]

“Mermaid (A Fair Catch)” The Saturday Evening Post, August 20, 1955 Cover by Norman Rockwell

[dailyflicks]

MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID (1952) dir. Mervyn LeRoy

[razzleberryravyn]

Glynis Johns in Mad about Men (1954)

[cityoftheangelllls]

Thought I’d do a little art throwback with my own historically accurate (well mostly) takes on Disney princesses and heroines, which I did from 2021 to 2022! Included in this series are:

Snow White - early 16th century Germany (then part of the Holy Roman Empire)

Cinderella - late 1860s-early 1870s France

Aurora - mid 15th century France

Eilonwy - 8th-10th century (present day) Wales

Ariel - 1830s Mediterranean Europe (maybe Italy)

Belle - 1760s-1770s France

Jasmine - 16th century Arabian Peninsula during the Ottoman Empire

Pocahontas - 1607 Virginia, (present day) United States of America

Esmeralda - 1480s France (Romani garb)

Megara - Classical period of Ancient Greece (c. 5th-4th centuries BCE)

Mulan - Wei Dynasty China (386-535 AD)

Jane - 1900s England

Tiana - late 1920s New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Rapunzel - 1790s-1800s Germany

Merida - 10th-11th century (present day) Scotland

Elsa - late 1830s-early 1840s Norway

Anna - same period as Elsa (duh)

Moana - ancient Polynesian Islands (c. 1st century BCE)

I had so much fun drawing these, as well as doing the research for each one! I actually drew most of the outfits each one wears (in their first movies) but they're waaaaay down further in my blog.

I'm planning to do a digital redo of these someday, as well as do my own historical spins on other characters I haven't done yet.

Which one is your favorite?

Commissions info

[from-a-spiders-web]

I have hidden inside a sea shell but forgotten in which. Now daily I dive, filtering the sea through my fingers, to find myself… “The Sea Shell” by Marin Sorescu 

[opalsiren]

max and gracie h2o just add water you will ALWAYS be famous

[juicenet]

chapter 9 of "silver triptych", my 1950s mermaid fic, is finally out! you can read it here.

chapter summary: Gracie's relationship with Max begins to strain, as she is still unable to accept her mermaid state. When she finds out about an upcoming planetary alignment, she realizes that it might be exactly what she needs to return to "normal". In the wake of this revelation (and amidst strife in Julia's family life), she and Louise are forced to reexamine their future.

chapter 1: read it here

[unknownn-girl]

use your one phone call on your ex-girl, boo

[thegivenchythree]

Carey Mulligan in Balenciaga Haute Couture (fall 1951) 96th Annual Academy Awards

[imholdingoutforahero]

“Ever Afterings” by Dylan Bonner

[gameraboy2]

“Mermaid (A Fair Catch)” Saturday Evening Post, August 20, 1955 Cover by Norman Rockwell

[diormarmont]

I said "He loves my heart shaped sunglasses" - Everyman gets his wish