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Description Oh, it's finally finished! This one sure gave me some problems.

I decided pretty quickly that I wanted Ariel in the early 1830's, but then I couldn't find good enough references. After I found some, I couldn't decide on the hair style. I tried to get Ariel's bangs into it, but it just wouldn't work.
The next problem was the pose. I think I've made about three or four sketches before I found this one.
Then came the color of the dress. I sure didn't want to make it pink like the dress Ariel has in the movie (it just does NOT go with a redhead). At first I thought about blue, it's my favorite color and it would really suit her. Then I looked at my gallery and saw that all my other historic disney outfits are mainly blue or have at least some blue parts in it....
I finally ended up with a kind of green, similar to the one Ariel wears nowadays in the Disney Lands.
And then the background.... yeah, I don't feel like talking about that

A special thanks to :tangledinblue: for commenting on my poll, it really helped making my mind up

My Historic Disney series:
Snow White: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His… Snow White II: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His… Grimhilde: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Blue Fairy: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Cinderella: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His… Cinderella II: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His… Lady Tremaine: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Alice: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His… Queen of Hearts: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Wendy: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…  Wendy II: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…  Tinker Bell: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Aurora: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…  Aurora II: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…  Maleficent: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Ariel II: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…  Vanessa: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Belle: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Jasmine: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Pocahontas: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Bo Peep: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Esmeralda: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Megara: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Anastasia Romanov: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Mulan: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Jane: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Kida: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Giselle: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Tiana: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Rapunzel: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…
Merida: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…

Anna: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His… Elsa: aniek90.deviantart.com/art/His…

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Comments: 26

ChrobinCormillaLover [2021-12-16 04:19:25 +0000 UTC]

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Glittertiara [2015-09-28 17:28:57 +0000 UTC]

She's pretty.

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aniek90 In reply to Glittertiara [2015-09-29 20:03:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you 😆

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MiyuraWindsong [2013-06-05 18:26:16 +0000 UTC]

I can't blame you on how you had problems with the dress idea. The writer of the book is from Denmark. I believe Eric's kingdom was set in England, because when Ariel and Eric went out for a drive around the city, there was a Punch and Judy show (the hand doll show which Ariel pulled off).

In Robin Hood, when Robin and Marian had a party in the forest, we could also see that show.

In Pocahontas 2, when Pocahontas went to London, there was also the Punch and Judy show.
But in The Little Mermaid Film, It never really said where. And all the clues conflict with each other.

The chef is french, and baguettes in the film.

In the song 'Poor Unfortunate Souls', Ursula says "Come winds of the Caspain Sea"...which is in Russia...
but the original author is from Denmark. It's really confusing to me, but I think it takes place in Denmark. I know know what century though. I hope this helps with anything...

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aniek90 In reply to MiyuraWindsong [2013-08-04 15:44:34 +0000 UTC]

Haha yes Disney likes to keep us confused But I must say, most movies of the last couple of years actually take place in real places, like Scotland and New Orleans. Hopefully they'll keep going on like this, makes my task a lot easier

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GPDisney [2013-03-13 20:53:15 +0000 UTC]

First thing I want to say: I'm only of those people who thinks pink goes with a redhead, but the sea green/aquamarine color you used with Ariel is really nice, because I think that dead shade of pink they used in the movie is dull and boring! I dislike the Little Mermaid's pallete in general, mostly the surface backgrounds, that grey sky makes me shudder.
I'm not a really fan of the hairstyle you used, the curly look ridiculous to me, and I really hope that that thing atop her hair is a bad-choosen hair bow or a hat. The bows looks unrealistic to me, as do the flowers, but those I think are cute.
But I like the necklace (the pendant could be a seashell) and the puffy sleeves and the general gown, with the frilly underdress with the both the bodice and the skirt opening to reveal it.

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aniek90 In reply to GPDisney [2013-03-14 19:07:35 +0000 UTC]

Ugh I know, this one absolutely didn't turn out the way I wanted! I'm actually thinking of drawing Ursula or Vanessa soon and I'm also leaning toward 1680 for the outfit. Maybe I'll do Ariel again in that time.

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Smurfette123 [2012-11-05 22:53:33 +0000 UTC]

CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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aniek90 In reply to Smurfette123 [2012-11-06 18:43:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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MarissaSunshine [2012-06-19 07:28:09 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I almost didn't recognize her at first, very impressive!

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aniek90 In reply to MarissaSunshine [2012-06-19 18:09:42 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I had some troubles doing her... I still have the design in my head, but lacked the techniques to draw it.

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MarissaSunshine In reply to aniek90 [2012-06-19 18:44:48 +0000 UTC]

Happens to all of us.

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phyantom000 [2012-03-09 03:29:20 +0000 UTC]

You should have just made the dress ariel XD...from what i understand they literally invented a new shade of green for her tail and they called it ariel.

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aniek90 In reply to phyantom000 [2012-03-09 11:48:41 +0000 UTC]

Do you mean the pink dress? Well, pink clothes don't really fit a woman with red hair.

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MightyMorphinPower4 [2011-07-18 23:04:05 +0000 UTC]

Beatiful one of Ariel here

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aniek90 In reply to MightyMorphinPower4 [2011-07-21 19:27:22 +0000 UTC]

Oh, thank you so much!

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otterlily [2011-07-06 21:25:06 +0000 UTC]

Wow, your drawings are improving! They've always been better than what I could do, and now they are even better. Congratulations. ^^

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aniek90 In reply to otterlily [2011-07-07 20:06:42 +0000 UTC]

Oh, thank you very much And don't say that, it took me quite some years to get where I am and I'm sure you can do it too

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otterlily In reply to aniek90 [2011-07-09 15:13:58 +0000 UTC]

XD, oh I'm sure I'd be good if I tried. Problem is, I don't try. Too much work.

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Disneyboi411 [2011-07-06 02:21:31 +0000 UTC]

what country is this Ariel from? I can't tell

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aniek90 In reply to Disneyboi411 [2011-07-07 20:05:53 +0000 UTC]

Well, at this time in history (especially in the western world) fashion was pretty much the same for the upperclasses. But I'd say she's from southern France, maybe Monaco

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Disneyboi411 In reply to aniek90 [2011-07-08 01:58:50 +0000 UTC]

okay, I never knew what she was supposed to be, when I designed it I decided that it takes place on an island near Greece that was claimed by the dutch

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kazarr [2011-07-04 17:05:18 +0000 UTC]

Nice! Good job on the clothes and the hairstyle. ^^

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aniek90 In reply to kazarr [2011-07-04 18:55:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!

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tangledinblue [2011-07-04 16:30:59 +0000 UTC]

She's so pretty! Love the green on her! And her sleeves, they're so poofy! ^_^

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aniek90 In reply to tangledinblue [2011-07-04 18:55:04 +0000 UTC]

Oh thank you!! :3 And thank YOU for the lovely suggestion

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