Mermaids in advertising

I’m sharing some recent examples of mermaids used in advertising that I found to be quite nice.

This ad was in a circular mailing some weeks back.  I’ve seen the commercial on TV for this product more recently, and they use the same mermaid and unicorn only animated.

Clipping from my actual circular.

This is from a Car Wash business in Naples, Florida.  It just a simple silhouette, but I still really like it.  If this was on a t shirt I'd totally wear it, advertising and all.

I've had this logo stored on my phone for years, so I'm not sure where I got this picture from.  However, you can find their Facebook page here.

 Another simple but pretty silhouette. This one is from a real estate company on Sanibel in Florida.  I thought the use of the shape of Sanibel Island for her tail was clever.

Image sourced from www.sanibelrealestate.net

I just saw the TV commercial for this product two days ago; it's what inspired me to do a posting on advertising this week.  While I don't condone drinking, I do like their logo and appreciate it's artistic quality regardless.

I couldn't get the website to work for me but I sourced their logo from their Facebook page.

I hope that you enjoyed this week's blog entry.  Have a safe and happy Memorial Day!

Live action musical of The Little Mermaid to air this fall on ABC

So this week it was announced that ABC will be airing a 2 hour musical event of The Little Mermaid.  The cast has not been announced yet, but it has been reported that the show will be a mix of live action and animation provided by Disney's cutting edge technology.  This all sounds exciting, but I'm left thinking that Disney will just use their stock footage of the 1989 film and will haphazardly use that to fill in gaps which wouldn't be magical at all.  We'll have to wait and see this fall.

Imaged sourced from http://disney.wikia.com

Starbucks Mermaid Frappuccino

Bummed that the Unicorn Frappuccino is now just a mythical memory?  Well, now you can make a bigger splash with your drink of choice.  A Starbucks barista has created a Mermaid Frappuccino to fill the hole in your unicorn missing heart.  Although this new fantastical ice cold drink is not on the menu, you can certainly check with your local Starbucks store to see if they can whip it up for you.  You can find the details of just what is in this concoction here.  I personally believe that we will be seeing an official Starbucks mermaid drink of some sort this year.  It just seems logical that with the creation of the Dragon and more recently the Unicorn, that a Mermaid drink is not far behind.  In the meantime, enjoy the unofficial Mermaid Frappuccino!

Picture sourced from fortune.com

Mermaid kicks!

Need some new kicks but want some that reflect your undying mermaid devotion?  Well, you are in luck!  I happened upon a couple of different styles the other day that may pique your interest.  First up is a nice pastel pair with a slight glittery sheen from Vans.  These are exclusive to Journey’s and shii by Journey’s, and they are available in women’s, youth, and toddler sizes!  I’ve only linked to the women’s size but you can find the others easily on Journey’s website.

Mermaid Glitter Skate Shoe

Image sourced from Journeys website

Next up are a few different styles offered by Sperry from flip flop, to sneaker, to espadrilles.  They have four different choices with the same pattern featured.  I'm so tempted to get a pair of the sneakers.

Laurel Reef Espadrille

Seacoast Mermaid Sneaker

Seacoast Isle Sneaker

Seabrook Surf flip flop

All above images were sourced from Sperry's website.

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MerMay 2017 is here! Get out your art supplies.

MerMay is here!  I thought I would share some information with you all about MerMay in case you haven’t heard of it before.  It was started last year by artist Tom Bancroft, an animator that worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation on movies such as Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, to name two.  You can check his webpage out here.  He came up with the idea of a drawing challenge for all 31 days of the month of May, and the subject of this challenge was mermaids.  Each day has a specific theme that artists are presented with, and the finished product is encouraged to be shared online with the tag #MerMay. Here is this year’s prompt list.

List found on Tom Bancroft's webpage.

Tom instituted this on Instagram, but posting are not confined to any one platform.  You can find posting for MerMay on Tumblr, DeviantArt, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest (of course Pinterest, everything is on there).  I encourage you to search for the tag MerMay on your favorite platform; there are some really talented people out there.  As a special project for MerMay, Tom has created an original character with an original story called The Mermaid Who Wanted to Fly that he will be posting on Instagram.  You can find the link to it here.

Picture sourced from Tom Bancroft's webpage

I’m not talented in drawing by any means, so I just enjoy perusing around looking at all the wonderful art.  I can literally do that for hours and not get bored.  My favorite platform of choice these days is Tumblr, and I try to re blog work from other artists there everyday.  If you would like to follow me or just check out what pieces I've re blogged, here’s the link.

Just for laughs, I'll show you the extent of my artistic drawing abilities. :-P

If you have drawn something and would like to share, please comment or reach out to me through email!  As always, thanks for reading.