#Clam shell

[medea-of-colchis]

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

[vintagehomecollection]

In a hall recently acquired clam shell sits on an intricately carved late seventeenth-century Irish mahogany table that came from a house in County Leix. The table is carved on both sides and designed to stand in the centre of a room rather than against a wall.

In an Irish House, 1988

[delusions-of-glamour]

Sea shell strawberry lip gloss ♡

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Necklace with seven clam-shell-shaped pendants.

Place of origin: Perú

Culture: Tiahuanaco or Huari

Period: Middle Horizon

Date: A.D. 700–1000

Medium: Silver

[pepperspoppies]

Clamshell Phone Pixel Art

[houseofcatwic]

vintage art

Kitten in Shell

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[byruit]

Vodafone 904SH (2006) Japan

- 2.4 inches display, TFT, 240 x 320 pixels, 262K colors

- 96 x 16 secondary display, monochrome

- Camera: 3.2 MP

- 3G, bluetooth, infrared (IrDA), built-in GPS receiver

- Pre-installed games, Java support for downloadable games and apps

- Additional memory: microSD slot

- WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

[mintyscuriocabinet]

Minty's Beach Adventure!

Today I visited a beach and I picked up lots of really pretty shells! If anyone could tell me what kinds they are I'd really appreciate it. I was thinking I could use them for crafting, so if anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them!

Here are some of my favourites. The little cowrie shells are so cute!

[chimeride]

[gottastim]

cinnacrewslimes on ig

[gradienty]

Bittersweet Clam Shell (#ff5b5e to #dbbbba)

[memoryaqua]

Why Attina looks like a red/orange Statue of Liberty

Information about the development of Ariel's sisters is pretty much impossible to find online. The "Art of 'the Little Mermaid'" book is allegedly an overpriced sham, being 90% movie screenshots, with almost no concept art or information. The DVD commentary isn't uploaded anywhere online, though I plan to get myself a copy. None of the wiki articles about the sisters are any help here, and I can't even find the names of any animators who worked on the sisters.

So when trying to piece together the stories behind their designs, we're left to guesswork based on observations.

But I think I've at least discovered the basis of Attina's design.

The Statue of Liberty, which famously greets ships to the U.S.A., was based on the Colossus of Rhodes, which did the same for ships in Ancient Greece.

So what's with the spike-crown?

The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of Helos, God of the Sun. That might not even be a crown on the original statue at all, but simply rays of sunlight rendered as best as a solid sculpture can do.

Attina's color scheme, which used to peeve me, suddenly makes perfect sense. Her crown and color scheme represent the sun--ironic, for the crown princess of a father who is so anti-surface.

Production for "the Little Mermaid" was rushed, that much we know from the featurette available on YouTube. And in the 1980s, there was no Internet for animators to turn to for ideas. Presumably, when looking for fast inspiration on how to adorn the Daughters of Triton, Disney animators would have been left to searching through books on ocean life or famous sea ports, or brainstorming what images just came to their minds when thinking about the ocean. The limits of hand-drawn animation would have also required relatively simplistic designs. With that in mind, basing the crown mer-princess on famous seaport statues would be a pretty logical choice. And when color coding the sisters, orange and red would have come naturally to anyone upon learning which god the Colossus of Rhodes was.

It's probably no coincidence that the sister bssed on a Greek statue has the mythological name (Attina being a variant of Athena).

As for the other sisters?

It feels obvious that the animators wanted Ariel to be the only sister with her hair down. Some of the sisters' hairstyles look similar to rejected concepts for Ariel.

Neptune-willing I'll be able to get a copy of the DVD commentary, and it will provide some insight on the designs of Ariel's sisters.

[thesiouxzy]

(After Baby Billy’s Bible Bonkers is rejected)

“Y’all can’t even see solid gold when I’m shittin it out in front of you. Y’all just piss me off. No wonder your numbers are down. You think you can ship me off to paradise? Make me sing by a pool all motherfuckin day getting a suntan, drinking pina coladas for free, living in penthouse?! Huh?! I’m an international known talent. I deserve more than that! You haven’t seen the last of me!”

Jesse: “You’re our uncle I assume we’re going to hear from you again.”

Baby Billy: “You damn right you will.”

[emillysstudio]

Meow meow purr purr. It's a cat journal! Resin centre piece and dedicated clam shell case to protect in.

[mrs-trophy-wife]