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"Mermaid and the Sailor (´02)" by Jennie Seay

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Mermaid and the Sailor (´02) by Jennie Seay

Nudity - last chance to hit the 'back' button.

I went on a trip to Italy in March of 2001 and ended up getting stuck overnight at the Newark airport on my return flight. This started as a doodle while I was waiting. I had most of it done by the time I got home, but then it sat in my sketchbook for eight or nine months until I decided to finish it recently. It has some lighting and anatomy problems, but it's not bad for a sketch. I may attempt this in some other media sometime and give myself a chance to correct the boo-boos and maybe put in a background.

As for the story of what is going on in the drawing - what do you think? Is she drowning him or saving him? Your call. ;-)

I got bored. I made wallpaper. You can find it here.

2/02, 9x12 sketchpad, mechanical pencil, graduated pencils

Update 4/04, I added in his foot by redrawing it on a separate piece of paper and combining the scans.

Date	Name	Comment
15 May 2005	JustanOld DM	Loading... I don't think she's made up her mind yet. She's looking into his face trying to see what kind of man he is.
6 Nov 2005	Maja Carlsson	Loading... I am amazed!! What a beautiful picture! Great shading, great anatomy! Great everything!!
29 Jan 2006	Anonymous	Loading... I don't think she's drowning him or saving him. I think she's laughing at him. It doesn't seem like she makes any real effort to pull him down,. or up, but she swims deliberately around him, showing off the fact that she can. -shrugs- that's what it looks like to me. I really like it, though. It has a lot of personality. A lot of artists seem to miss that in their work. You didn't.
8 Dec 2006	Anonymous	Loading... Nice site and drawing! Did you get this story from Ocean's song, "Siren Song"? I read an interview with her about the theme of the song and she said in it it had been written for her "Mermaid and Sailor" story! Her site is at http://www.OceanMusic.com and her CD - i have it, i'm a fan - is named Mermaid Music that that song is from.
7 Aug 2007	Anon	Loading... Amazing!!! His expression just rocks the boat! Awesome awesome awesome
23 Feb 2008	Mermaidmagic	Loading... tear this is sniffle beautiful (hugs tissue box)
19 Apr 2008	Katherine A Oates	Loading... I say she’s thinking, but in the end she’ll save him. Great work!
8 Jul 2010	Chantelle Johnston	Loading... Very beautiful. Nice job. Me Like
30 Aug 2010	Kim Lemin	Loading... I like this one ^^
17 Oct 2010	Anon.	Loading... [i]OH OO OO OO OO OO!!! I AHVE THE ENDING!!! lol haha annnyyyyywaaayyy..... she lightly isses him on the lips, loving him, melting at a humans kiss then tht kiss enchants him. Realizing she cant have him she saves him by bringing him to landMissing:[/i]
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'Mermaid and the Sailor ('02)':

• Created by:

Jennie Seay
• Copyright: ©Jennie Seay. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Drowning, Mermaid, Pencil, Sailor, Saving
• Categories: Man, Men, Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters, Romance, Emotion, Love, Woman, Women
• Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen
• Submitted: 2004-04-11 01:23:10
• Views: 2167
• Resolution: 386x600