Unit two of four

THE EDITING IS SO UNNESSECARY AND MANIPULATIVE

they removed that blonde woman’s arm

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Hans Christian Andersen's the Little Mermaid: Part II.

For Mermay this year, I picked up where I left off adapting the original Little Mermaid fairytale last year. The world below the water is painted like black & white shadow puppets, while the world above the water is painted like stained glass. The shadow puppets call back to old fairytale storytelling traditions and the work of Lotte Reiniger, while the stained glass imagery reflects how the original story associates the world on land with churches and holiness and the question of who gets to have a "human soul."

..."At times he will come unseen to the shores of Middle-earth, or pass far inland up firths of the sea, and there make music upon his great horns, the Ulumúri, that are wrought of white shell; and those to whom that music comes hear it ever after in their hearts, and longing for the sea never leaves them again.''

The image of Uinen as a personification of the Sea

Adapting the original Little Mermaid fairytale every day for May 2026: page 25. Shipwreck. [This is part of an adaptation where the underwater world is painted like shadow puppets while the human world is painted like stained glass.]

It would be handmade, all soft and with only four branches, to keep the shape very simple and comforting.

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Adapting the original Little Mermaid fairytale every day for May 2026: page 19. Back under the sea. [This is part of an adaptation where the underwater world is painted like shadow puppets while the human world is painted like stained glass.]

The Eldest Sister:

The Sunset Sister:

The Adventurous Sister:

The Shy Sister:

The Winter/Storm Sister:

Adapting the original Little Mermaid fairytale every day for May 2026: page 16. This is one of my favorite pages I've made. [This is part of an adaptation where the underwater world is painted like shadow puppets while the human world is painted like stained glass.]

Adapting the original Little Mermaid fairytale every day for May 2026: page 15. A new sister, and a new season-- I call her "the winter sister." I think icebergs translate really well to this stained glass art style. [This is part of an adaptation where the underwater world is painted like shadow puppets while the human world is painted like stained glass.]

Adapting the original Little Mermaid fairytale every day for May 2026: page 13. I try to make all the skies in the human world look a little uncanny and holy. [This is part of an adaptation where the underwater world is painted like shadow puppets while the human world is painted like stained glass.]

Adapting the original Little Mermaid fairytale every day for May 2026: page 12. We move on to a new sister, the shy sister. <3 [This is part of an adaptation where the underwater world is painted like shadow puppets while the human world is painted like stained glass.]

Adapting the original Little Mermaid fairytale every day for May 2026: page 10. She flees.....I really liked drawing the mermaid in this one. [This is part of an adaptation where the underwater world is painted like shadow puppets while the human world is painted like stained glass.]

Adapting the original Little Mermaid fairytale every day for May 2026: page 9. I think you can really see the secret of Kells influence here. [This is part of an adaptation where the underwater world is painted like shadow puppets while the human world is painted like stained glass.]

Adapting the original Little Mermaid fairytale every day for May 2026: page 6. A new sister enters the scene! time for some adventures.

Adapting the original Little Mermaid fairytale every day for May 2026: page 5. I really like how this one came out.