Where did the legend of the mermaid come from, and when did it come from? Presumably no one can say it clearly, some people say that it is from the Danish fairy tale "Daughter of the Sea", and some people say that it comes from the beautiful mermaid Lorelais often mentioned in German legends and poems, and for Chinese, the mermaid is the image in ancient Chinese mythology.
In any case, the mermaid is beautiful and mysterious in people's imagination, it has a beautiful female face, and long hair, the upper body is no different from a human, and the lower half has a fish tail. Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, people's imagination of it, as well as the legends about it, have never stopped.
Although no one has ever seen the appearance of a mermaid, this does not prevent people from creating out of imagination, we have seen a lot of mermaids in film and television dramas, cartoons, they are actually imagined by artists. The illustrator artist that Xiao Dai wants to share with you today has drawn a series of mermaid illustrations based on his own imagination, although there are different images, but each one is very likable.
The artist is Mitsuba, who launched a challenge to paint 30 mermaid illustrations in 30 days and successfully completed the challenge. Based on the mermaid, the artist incorporated more pop culture elements, including animals, anime characters, and festival themes.
Mitsuba bluntly said that she is not actually a mermaid lover, compared to preferring fairies, goblins, dragons and other magical creatures that are fantasized, but the mermaid theme gives her more creative inspiration, so she can stick to this challenge. Mitsuba's illustrations have a fresh color scheme, and the painting style is also very cute, especially the cute face of the little mermaid, coupled with the mixture of tails of various elements, making each image make people fall in love with it at a glance.
Xiao Dai has sorted out some of the wonderful works for everyone, well, let's enjoy the cute, cute little mermaid created by this illustrator, I don't know which one you like the most?
Tiger Mermaid
Bat mermaid
Leaf mermaid
Mermaid in the Wind
Galactic Mermaid
Ghost mermaid
Sea Dragon Mermaid
Halloween Mermaid
Kitten mermaid
Koi mermaid
Vegetarian mermaid
Jellyfish mermaid
Ramen mermaid