The Little Mermaid was a movie I liked and continue to like, despite the obvious Sue-ish qualities of the main character; as a consequence, I was overjoyed when I discovered an illustrated copy of Hans Christian Andersen's original version. I am a strong supporter of happy endings; the trauma of reading the real ending was intense. I've recovered, grown as a person, and eventually acknowledged that Disney is a tad silly - but I still really want to get my hands on a copy of the movie. ^^ And I can still hardly abide anything but a happy ending.

Anyway, Ariel was done in somewhere under an hour, with plain pencil, and a screenshot from the movie displayed on my computer while I drew. This image hails from the scene in which Ariel first meets Eric, while she is wrapped in a sail, right after Max almost runs her over. I think she looks remarkably cute. ^^ There's a little more erasing and touch-up that needs to happen with her hair, but overall, I'm fairly satisfied with her.