That World

Wow this was fun to do!!!

I went on a huge nostalgic Disney kick the other day, and pulled out my favourite Disney movie of all time: The Little Mermaid. The music and art never fail to inspire me, and I found the entire soundtrack on youtube and put it on loop several times as I did this picture. Originally Ariel was supposed to be much darker, almost to the point that you couldn't tell who she was (originally this piece was titled "Who Is that Mysterious Woman", from Eric's point of view as he blearily sees Ariel over his shoulder), but after I played with the colors a bit, I thought this was more suitable.

The favourite part to do was the fin, and that only took 1/25th of the time it took to do everything else T^T. I had hoped I could have done more with it, but I had reached my "happy" threshold for it and my brain already then itched to do something else. The hair took as long as the sky and the sea.

I realize there are quite a lot of issues with her anatomy and the shading of the lighting source; any constructive criticism or suggestions on such would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks for looking, and mucho thanks for any comments/favs and feedback! Hope you enjoy it!

Tool: Paint Tool Sai, (for everything)
Time: Approx. 12 hours.
Reference: Loosely on a photograph of the sky, found here:[link]