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    WIP for Mermay (feedback welcomed)!

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    • StudioLooong
      StudioLooong @MichaelaH last edited by

      @MichaelaH youโ€™re right, it does start to get lost there, thanks! Iโ€™ll lighten it up.

      Taylor Woolley
      (Formerly Taylor Ackerman / StudioLooong)


      Website: www.woolleystories.com
      Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woolleystories/

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      • Elena Marengoni
        Elena Marengoni last edited by

        @StudioLooong I love this image! The characters are really charming and the whole scene is just...unexpected! And the style is great!! What I love the most is that granny seems to be unaware of what's going on around her, yet she's very relaxed and is smiling (could it be because she doesn't see too well??). Maybe you could bring this to the forefront even more by thickening the glasses? Or by making it clear that the catfish on the bottom left is playing some trick on her...or even the one sitting above her could be doing some mischievous act...he looks like someone who would casually drop something valuable to her just for fun ๐Ÿ™‚

        Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elena.marengoni/

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        • StudioLooong
          StudioLooong last edited by

          Having fun drawing some more cat-fish to accompany my cat lady mermaid ๐Ÿ™‚

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          Taylor Woolley
          (Formerly Taylor Ackerman / StudioLooong)


          Website: www.woolleystories.com
          Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woolleystories/

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          • StudioLooong
            StudioLooong last edited by

            Here's another rough idea I had to expand on my mer-granny and the catfish. I think I might try to add some color to my little spot illustrations I did yesterday and then work on bringing this idea to a final illustration.

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            Taylor Woolley
            (Formerly Taylor Ackerman / StudioLooong)


            Website: www.woolleystories.com
            Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woolleystories/

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            • shinjifujioka
              shinjifujioka SVS OG last edited by

              Your cat-fish designs are awesome!

              shinjifujioka.com
              https://www.facebook.com/shinjifujiokaart
              IG: @shinjifujiokastudio

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              • StudioLooong
                StudioLooong @shinjifujioka last edited by

                @shinjifujioka thanks so much!

                Taylor Woolley
                (Formerly Taylor Ackerman / StudioLooong)


                Website: www.woolleystories.com
                Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woolleystories/

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                • StudioLooong
                  StudioLooong last edited by

                  Artboard 1.jpg

                  Taylor Woolley
                  (Formerly Taylor Ackerman / StudioLooong)


                  Website: www.woolleystories.com
                  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woolleystories/

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                  • xin li
                    xin li last edited by

                    Wow. so cute. when I saw your rough sketch, for some reason it reminded me of the book "There's a Tiger in the Garden". I thought of it might be fun to introduce a grand-daughter character in your mermaid granny world.

                    Web: www.lixin.no
                    IG: www.instagram.com/lixin.illustration/

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                    • StudioLooong
                      StudioLooong @xin li last edited by

                      @xin-li thank you! I wasn't familiar with that book but I looked it up and the illustrations are beautiful! Adding in a kid mermaid could be fun ๐Ÿ™‚

                      Taylor Woolley
                      (Formerly Taylor Ackerman / StudioLooong)


                      Website: www.woolleystories.com
                      Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woolleystories/

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                      • StudioLooong
                        StudioLooong last edited by

                        I'm working on one last mermaid piece before I start drawing things with legs again for a bit ๐Ÿ™‚ Here's my progress so far, I have the line work pretty much worked out and this is a rough value study.

                        Screen Shot 2019-06-07 at 9.07.27 AM.png

                        Taylor Woolley
                        (Formerly Taylor Ackerman / StudioLooong)


                        Website: www.woolleystories.com
                        Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woolleystories/

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                          JennyJones @StudioLooong last edited by

                          @StudioLooong I love this garden piece. Itโ€™s got a lot going for it. Sweet and cute. You should work on a short story to accompany it. For what itโ€™s worth, you got a hearty, โ€œawwww, what a cute granny and purrmaid!โ€ out of my 5 year old.

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                          • StudioLooong
                            StudioLooong @JennyJones last edited by

                            @JennyJones haha thanks so much ๐Ÿ™‚

                            Taylor Woolley
                            (Formerly Taylor Ackerman / StudioLooong)


                            Website: www.woolleystories.com
                            Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woolleystories/

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                            • StudioLooong
                              StudioLooong last edited by

                              Not sure if I'm gonna call this one done or go back into it and refine some more...

                              granny_catfish (2).jpg

                              Taylor Woolley
                              (Formerly Taylor Ackerman / StudioLooong)


                              Website: www.woolleystories.com
                              Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woolleystories/

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