The Cartoon MermaidI was looking at some cartoon mermaid images on the internet the other day and decided to try to create some myself. Unfortunately, drawing is not my strong point so I fired up my 3D software and played around for a while. The first thing I did was take one of my mermaid models and flatten her out. This eliminated shadows and highlights. Then I created a flat texture for her without any shading or details on it. There were some problems with the eyebrows and eyelashes at first but I soon came up with something that looked pretty good. Then I brought the image into Photoshop and brought out the nose and lips a bit better and put an outline around her. Here is my first cartoon mermaid.
 While I was playing around I noticed that if I made the model less flat it caught a little of the shadows and highlights and looked like a carefully executed drawing. Executed in Photoshop that is! Some cartoons like Little Bill and the recent Mickey Mouse ones have the same computer-generated look to them. Here is the second cartoon mermaid.
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