35. Double Yellow lines

Song of the day

 Sirah - Double Yellow Lines

 

Best friends for the road to hang amongst these stars,

this life is the best but to be the best is hard,

I'm only using the title really. It was supposed to be a random girl walking in the middle of the road, like a kid balancing off of railroad tracks. Turned out to be Capucine and Carbone (which you can barely see), from my movie. It was nice to see her again.

Oh dear god, a full body picture. The more I look at it, the more her legs are not long enough. Oh wells.

02. Two of my little girls

Capucine

Young Capucine received a fish whom she named Carbon (Carbone in french) on her birthday. She became the star of my animation short Aquassad -don't even ask, you wont see it ! I haven't drawn her since. Carbon didn't want to come play for today. Another time perhaps.

Drew her by memory.

Before I continue, for those who don't know me, I've been drawn by the sea, the water, the fish, the coral, mermaids and whales before I could draw or focus on something to draw. The little mermaid in 1989 was a revelation I suppose. So whatever school subject I could adapt to underwater settings, I did. My projects had robot aquariums, real aquariums, underwater ruins or fish painted on the walls. With that said, here is the origin of this blog's name.

Mimosa

She is a type of mermaid that has a tail in water, legs on land. The main character of the story I'm writing "Children of the Sea" (working title). Her sidekick is her mysterious, silent (because Mimosa can understand the sea creatures) Octopus called Lotus. Latest design was a large octopus in the water, a small miniature octopus with mini legs on land that rides on Mimosa's shoulder. Completly throwable, shuriken style.

I have the first ten pages written out. This may appear to not be a lot but I find it's important to set out a solid introduction to the characters and considering the fact that I'm also learning how to write decently, it's another learning experience. I know however how the story will flow to different locations and the ending ;) !

At this point however, every time I draw Mimosa, she is not set in stone. The character was born 2 years ago and is in constant evolution :D! Her age changes, her style changes, her clothes change. But she'll keep her green eyes, the lotus trinket in her sea blue/greenish hair and the few scales on her skin.



-Stephie
(holy crap it's hard to edit in such a tiny box @_@;; )