#TLM

[m00nb04rd5]

Can I have a moodboard for Azul Ashengrotto from Twisted Wonderland?

https://twisted-wonderland.fandom.com/wiki/Azul_Ashengrotto

Azul Ashengrotto (Twisted Wonderland)

[happi-dreams]

lil doodle of emmet in the snow cause it snowed yesterday!!

[dommnics]

Ariel honey, I'm sorry that the human world is a mess-

EDIT:

Now available as an art print here!

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[tampire]

The Little Mermaid villains wielding Triton's Trident

[dearest-alexander]

#I love my two hoarders.

[cluepoke-archive]

Everything is autism

[zend-pixie]

he means a lot to me an unhealthy amount and i think you all deserve to know that <3

[your-villainous-neighbour]

Eric found one (1) person who was willing to listen to him rant abt his hyperfixation and decided that's his soulmate. same

[alexstewart]

THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) Dir Rob Marshall

[shatterspin]

[taeiris]

not me being late as hell to mermay

[pftones3482]

I want to be excited for the live action Little Mermaid so badly

The Little Mermaid is my favorite Disney movie. Anyone who knows me knows I'm obsessed with mermaids as a whole and will watch any media that has them. Hell, I own my own tails and monofins. But every time I see a gif or a video for the new Little Mermaid, I cringe

(btw, this is NOT because of the casting. If you're against this movie because Ariel is black, you're a racist piece of shit and this post isn't for you)

My issue lies with the CGI. It just looks so FAKE. We've seen through the course of movies and TV shows that use it that CGI does not age well, and that's because technology is constantly improving. What was impressive in 2005 is not impressive in 2023 (Just look at Aquamarine, another movie about mermaids). And the CGI on Ariel and her sisters already looks fake and the movie isn't even out yet!

Compare this image from the trailer

To this screenshot from H20: Just Add Water (a TV show that came out in 2006):

You can see the details of the scales in the second image

The first image is flat. Sure, it's colorful, but it's flat. It's fake. Halle herself is the most beautiful and alive part of the image, because everything else is fake

The difference?

H20 had costume designers, ones specifically trained in mermaid tail making, HAND CRAFT every tail on the show. All of the scales were hand laid, all the tails molded to fit the actors/actresses perfectly, painted by hand

Let's even look at someone with no affiliation to TV or movies:

This is Mermaid Linden, a very well known (in the mermaid community) professional mermaid. You can tell her tail is not as high quality as the ones made for H20 (though it's still a VERY expensive tail) - but it still looks like it's a part of her. You can still see the details. Because professional mermaid tails are also all handmade and molded to fit each person. Even if they don't lay every individual scale, good professional mermaid tail makers are very meticulous about what they do.

This is what happens when Disney refuses to pay practical effects artists. We could have had beautiful, handmade tails that would look real on screen for decades to come and could be reused for promotional purposes - instead, they're underpaying and overworking their non-unionized employees to make CGI tails that don't even look real now.

(to be clear, I'm not shitting on the artists. As I said, they're being underpaid and overworked. This is not their fault)

And before anyone comes and says "But swimming in those is difficult!" Absolutely it is. You should never swim in a professional level tail (or even just fabric tails) without practice and training. Which Disney could have given the cast if they were willing to PAY people (the cast of H20 [a TV SHOW] literally learned how to be mermaids on set. It's been done before)

Disney's "Live Action" needs to be rebranded as "CGI with some real people tossed in" because that's all any of these remakes have been, and it's exhausting when I look at what we could have had.

[noctefuror]

Together at last ⚓️🩵

[bellaaldamas]

If only I had known

If only I had you

[lucy-wyldstyle]