#mermaid tiara

[usssnarfblat]

Ariel's early concept art vs. Ariel's sisters

Official concept art for Ariel's sisters doesn't seem to exist, nor is it possible to find much information about their development. We are left to guesswork and observations.

Maybe the reason I can't find much concept art for the sisters is because it wasn't needed. Several ideas from rejected designs for Ariel appear to have been recycled into her sisters. This would fit with the fact that production for the movie was rushed.

Too bad about this last one never making it past the storyboard; those snail-shell earmuffs are cute.

[memoryaqua]

What's Attina wearing?

I've already discussed what I suspect is the reasoning behind Attina's design. To summarize, her crown resembles that of the Statue of Liberty, and the Colossus of Rhodes--the latter of which is Helos, the Greek God of the Sun, explaining her red and orange color scheme.

But what exactly is that spiky tiara made out of?

There are a few possibilities.

The spikes could be very smooth turritella shells. Or, the entire tiara might be cut from a single huge shell with exceptionally long spikes (a spider conch perhaps). The longer versions of her crown also resemble the spikes of a Crown of Thorns starfish.

Since Attina has more than one tiara, it could be "D, All of the above."

Harder to identify is the lifeform that she employs as a hat during the opening concert.

It seems to be some kind of ray. If so, it's either de-stingered, or Ariel isn't the only sister who likes to live dangerously.

There is of course, also the possibility that it's just a giant ocean mushroom, or something.

[hexjulia]

prettiest girl in the grocery store has every disease, disorder

[faeree-layne]

🐚🪸🌊

[floral-grunge]

anna mond

[elvenstardesign]

Getting back to what started this all in 2012; Circlets, circlets and more circlets! With the occasional bracelet design. This one is silver plated copper with a purple heliotropic crystal. It just sold today too so I'm incredibly happy about that! 😃✨

[liroyalty]

But look, a mermaid theme dress for the Warden of Water only make sense-

[queensparklekitten]

btw the reason i showed you guys another pic of my seahorse shaped butter knife is that my mom pointed out that with the metric ton of large ferns in our front yard, it kinda looks like we're in a kelp forest, and now i'm mentally larping as a mermaid

[transcendingblood]

I just listed these two 3D printed circlets on my Etsy.

[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.

[memoryaqua]

That wave hair!

#mermay🌊🐚✨

[carbonacat]

2023-04-07 - Doodle - Sirène

Une autre petite sirène toute douce🧜‍♀️💗

~1h, Marqueurs Alcool, A8

[fungal-rot]

Sweet, Domestic Life

this one's actually based off a lucid dream i had months ago and oh how i wish to be back there </3 so i decided to write a quick little one shot about it

pairing: Joel x Reader

summary: you and joel have a three year old daughter, and today is her birthday. the two of you are setting up for her party!

warnings: age gap between joel and reader, no specified age for reader, jackson!era, the daughter isn't named here bc i wanted it to feel a little more personal for the reader, but her nickname is Bug, you and Joel make out for a quick second, your child is a cock-block, reader is referred as mama.

w.c.: 1.2k

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Mermaid-Princesses.

That is the theme your three year old daughter had her little heart set on. And of course, Joel did everything in his power to make it happen because 'whatever daddy's girl wants, daddy's girl gets.' So now here you were, hunched over while holding a plastic tiara with pink, heart-shaped rhinestones in one hand, and trying to zip up the back of this corny little iridescent mermaid dress with the other- on a child that couldn't sit still for longer than a second.

"Bug, I need you to stop moving," You tell her as you followed her tiny steps, hand chasing the zipper as she toddled off. Joel sat on the couch, blowing up balloons and tying them off before bopping them elsewhere into the living room. He watched the two of you with a fond gleam in his eyes, chuckling under his breath as the girl argued incoherently, wanting to go play.

"W- hold on a sec, girlfriend." You huffed and placed your hands on your hips, peering down at her with a cocked brow, "I'm almost done."

"No, I play now." She spoke back immediately with a firm shake of her head and scampered off, tiny feet stomping against the hardwood floor. You sighed and threw your hands up before letting them drop back to your sides with a light smack.

Toddlers, man.

"She gets that from you," Joel commented, a smirk turning up one corner of his mouth as he tied off another balloon. "That 'tude. Just as sassy as her mama." He tossed the balloon into the air and smacked it in your direction.

With a quick titter, you reached out and tapped the bottom with the tiara, letting it hover for a second longer before hitting it to the ground with the rest. "Mm, you must be so happy." Your brows waggled teasingly with an imperceptible back-and-forth nod of your head.

Joel was silent for a beat, his heart leaping in his chest as he stared back at you. He thought about all he's lost, all he's gained, and where he's at right now. He never thought he'd have another kid after Sarah, let alone two. Life was currently really good for the older man. He swallowed the lump forming in his throat, gaze softening as he gave you the gentlest smile, "The happiest." He responded sincerely.

Your shoulders droop a bit with a fluttering feeling growing in your stomach. Then making your way towards him, you sat down and ran your fingers through the graying hair at the nape of his neck.

"I love you," With a murmur you lean in and press a delicate, chaste kiss to his cheek, only for him to return it by swiveling his head and cupping your jaw tenderly, kissing you slowly and passionately. Joel placed a big hand at the small of your back as he licked at your bottom lip before slipping it in for a deep, loving kiss; noses pressed against the others cheek as he wrapped another arm around you.

He pulled away, just enough to reply, "I love you," and crashed his mouth against yours once more.

Then your daughter came running back in, now holding a pair of pink plastic princess pumps, the face of Aurora- Sleeping Beauty- buttoned at the top in feathery down in her pudgy hands, "Mama, shoes."

Your lips part from Joel's with a wet 'smack' as you peer down at your kid, nodding vaguely with a smile, "Yeah, they are! You want mama to help?" You tentatively reach your hands out in an offering, but she quickly turned her body from you, hugging the toy shoes to her chest.

"No, I do'd it."

You giggled, finding her grammar mishap endearing. "Okay, you 'do'd' it, then."

She turned her back to the two of you and crouched down, carefully placing the items to the floor before standing upright again, teetering a bit and grasping Joel's knee for support. He held out his arms, spotting her as he arched his brows in light amusement.

"Y'got it?" He asked, head tilting while he watched his babygirl hike a leg up, struggling to find balance.

"No." She answered softly, lips thinning and brows furrowing with concentration. The shoes were certainly too big for her, you noticed, as she slipped one foot in and lifted the other to do the same.

"Y'want my help?"

"No."

Joel turned to you with a flat expression, eyes saying, 'I told you.'

Yeah, this was definitely your child.

Yet you shrug your shoulders dismissively, slipping the tiara into his hair, leaving it lopsided, "Here, hold that," you spoke and took the opportunity to finally get your daughter's dress zipped, careful to not snag her hair or undershirt into it.

"And she actually gets her stubbornness from you, by the way." You smoothed her sleeves out, working your way down to adjust the shimmery tail of her dress, tugging at the hem slightly while she got her other foot in the slipper, bending over to reach for a red balloon.

All he could do was hum in response, the corner of his mouth flitting up as he grabbed the inflated sack of rubber and handed it to her. She held it up over her head, the static electricity making her hair stand up.

When she finally got situated, Joel let his arms lower a bit as she turned, arms still over her head while her feet scuffled against the floor.

Your daughter's face beamed with delight as she looked between the two of you proudly.

"Lookit you!" Joel exclaimed, mirroring her expression. His palms then splayed under her armpits, and with a soft grunt he picked her up, placing her on his lap before smoothing her flyaways down. He plucked the tiara off his head and placed it on hers, adjusting it so it would sit right, "Daddy's li'l princess."

Her shoulders turned up, now holding the balloon in one pudgy hand while the other placed against her mouth with a scrunched nose and toothy smile as she giggled excitedly.

"More like daddy's li'l stinkbutt," Another voice entered. Ellie walked in, kicking a few balloons to the side with arms folded over her chest as she observed the little girl with a playful glint in her eyes. The comment didn't faze the toddler one bit; instead she lifted her feet, presenting them to Ellie.

"Bellie, shoes." Her voice squeaked, legs kicking and arms reaching out to be held. The oldest girl laughed quietly at the mispronunciation of her name and leaned down to pick her up from Joel's lap, hoisting her onto her hip with a soft bounce.

"I see that, Bug!" She began to walk off, continuing to hold the conversation. "You know what a princess needs? A knight," Her voice carried through the living room and down the hall.

"I'll protect you from dragons, and monsters, and weird men who want to court you-"

You chortled with a shake of your head, leaning into Joel's side, resting your head on his shoulder and run your hand between the spot on his shoulder blades. The two of you sat there, relishing in the family you've created. Even though life wasn't like it used to be, it was still a nice change of pace to what you've endured before.

Life was good.

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again, thank you, everyone who’s shown me support and love on my last fics. i’m very grateful for every reblog and comment, please keep doing that. it makes me motivated to keep writing.

[elvenstardesign]

I had fun making this one too!

[faithful-grigori]

”#tried to sneakily incorporate their ballgowns into their tails”

The girlies as mermaids

[javierpena-inatacvest]

Girl Dad! Javier Peña

Girl Dad!Javi who was once terrified to be a dad to daughters, wondering how in the world he could ever be the right person to raise and protect his sweet girls from the dangers of the world he knew all too well

Girl Dad!Javi who hopes that his girls grow up to be just like you- tough, strong and independent

Girl Dad!Javi who loves spoiling his daughters, and will not stop buying them cute outfits and accessories (especially when they're younger) because of how adorable they'll look in them

Girl Dad!Javi who will happily play anything his daughters ask him to- Barbies, princesses, tea parties, unicorns? You name it, he'll do it. He'll even dress for the part, too, just to make his girls giggle when he puts on a tutu and sparkly tiara

Girl Dad!Javi who loves his girl gang so much, he's always asking if you want to have another baby and give your daughters another sister to play with

Girl Dad!Javi who always lets everyone know how much he loves his girls. His friends and co-workers always used to ask him if he wishes he had a son, or if he gets sick of dealing with his daughters, but they learned to stop asking that real fast after Javi gave them an ear full about how much he loved everything about being a girl dad and what a stupid question that was

Girl Dad!Javi who keeps every single piece of artwork his daughters have ever given him. He's got a file folder in his desk overflowing with scribbles of puppies, rainbows, and god knows how much glitter, but he can't bring himself to get rid of anything

Girl Dad!Javi who constantly sings Disney Princess songs to himself, because after the 74th time of watching The Little Mermaid this week, how could they not be

Girl Dad!Javi who learns how to braid so he can help do his daughter's hair before school in the morning. He'll admit, it's not perfect, and he hates those little clear elastics, but he loves getting to spend a little extra one on one time with his girls. He even practices on you when the two of you are hanging out in bed before you go to sleep

Girl Dad!Javi who loves taking his girls to Chucho's ranch to do chores around the farm, teaching them all the in's and out's of how to take care for the animals, use tools, problem solve and work hard. He's also not above bribing them with extra pony rides as incentive to work a little longer

Girl Dad!Javi who shows up to every single practice, game, recital, and school event the girls are apart of, because there is nothing more important to him than making sure his girls know he'll always be there for them.

Girl Dad!Javi who has to remember to not get too upset when his girls give him sass, knowing damn well they inherited all of their stubbornness and strong will from him

Girl Dad!Javi who has absolutely zero tolerance for any misogynistic bullshit he encounters, trying to do what he can to make the world a better place for his daughters to grow up in

Girl Dad!Javi who teaches everything he would have taught to his son to his girls- how to change a tire, mow the lawn, fix things around the house, toss a football, throw a punch, the list goes on and on. He never wants his girls to feel like they need to rely on anyone else to get things done

Girl Dad!Javi who desperately tries to keep up to date on all the things his girls are into, even if it means listening to one too many boy bands on their trips to and from soccer practice (He'll never admit how much he secretly loves One Direction). Not because he necessarily needs his daughters to think he's cool, but because what's important to them is important to him

Girl Dad!Javi who always encourages his daughters to stand up for themselves. Even if they may end up getting in trouble for something questionable, Javi still can't help be proud of the little badasses his girls are

Girl Dad!Javi who tries to act all cool and tough the first time his oldest daughter goes on a date, but has to keep from crying once she leaves, wondering how his little girl has grown up so fast

Girl Dad!Javi who wouldn't trade being a girl dad for anything else in the world, and is so proud of the amazing daughters he's raised with you 🥹

A/N: I will personally fight anyone who doesn't think that Javi is the king of girl dads. You know that man is SUCH a softie and would love his daughters with his whole heart. I will not be taking further questions at this time. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. Long live Girl Dad Javi 🫡