This Artist Illustrated A Story About A Green Mermaid That Hits People In The Feels
Fairytale-like love stories are definitely a guilty pleasure for many. Here’s one you won’t even feel guilty for enjoying. A simple heartwarming story in combination with a unique type of illustration – this is what makes the internet a better place.
A talented Ukrainian artist Andy Ivanov created a touching mermaid story called “May, the Mermaid of Lily Lake” that has quickly become a hit on the internet. He captivated the attention of his over 200,000 followers by sharing one piece of the beautiful story at a time, leaving thousands of people holding their breath until the next episode. In addition to artistic storytelling, exquisite digital artwork is very eye-pleasing.
In the context of the recent quarrel between devoted fans of the iconic “The Little Mermaid” about the casting choices for the live-action remake and harsh discussions on whether Ariel should be black or white, this artist probably thought – “Why not green?” And we couldn’t agree more. It appears that green suits mermaids perfectly. There are no boundaries and rules when it comes to expressing your drawing ideas and it results in fascinating artwork.
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“Hello!”
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“Oh no!”
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“Please, live… I’ll bring you a Petal of life”
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“Do you see this beast?”
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“Got caught!”
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“Good job, boy! We got her!”
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“What have I done?… She will not survive in captivity… I must somehow help her…”
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“I’ll bring you home…”
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“- I’m so, so sorry… Please be free again. – Hey boy! Do not do what you want to do, or I’ll shoot you!”
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“Bang!”
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“Petal of Life… I kept it in my hand, from the beginning”
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“You will live, you will live…”
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Mermaids have fascinated mankind for as long as we can remember. The very first myths about merfolk originated around 1000 BC: Ancient Syrians had a goddess who turned into a fish when she jumped into a lake. However, only her bottom half turned into a fish because she was so beautiful.
The legendary Christopher Columbus said he saw mermaids near Haiti in 1493. He added that, in his opinion, they were “not as pretty” as widely reported, and looked a lot like men. While Captain John Smith claimed he spotted a green-haired mermaid in 1614 near Newfoundland. The captain fell in love with her at first sight. That is until he realized she was part fish. Scientists believe that what sailors take to be mermaids are actually manatees and dugongs. But some of us still believe real mermaids are still out there.
The concept artist and cartoonist Ivanov created this little story idea for the #MerMay challenge, a month-long celebration of creativity, community, and mermaids, obviously. Artists from all over the world create beautiful drawings inspired by one of the most charming characters. A month full of mermaids? Sounds too good to be true. People were instantly so impressed with Ivanov’s beautiful story, and they demanded it to be turned into an animated movie. So behold, Disney, we are ready for a new green princess of the sea!
Would you like to see “May, the Mermaid of Lily Lake” on the big screen?
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I love this story, but I am not sure I want Disney to do the film. I doubt they would preserve the originality and flair of the illustrations.
If something like this were made into a movie, people would trash on it because the story has heavily borrowed already from other movies like Maleficent and Tangled. The drawings are very pretty, though.
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This is beautiful. I wish they made a movie about this! I would totally watch it!
This is really good, I saw it a while back, but I'm 97.5% sure it's not supposed to have text...? Like if bp added the captions it kinda took away from the comic...
Yeah, it took swatch from the comic a LOT I think in the original Instagram posts those captions were there? But they were so small they didn't take away from the story, unlike here.
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Very sweet. Sadly, the behavior of her captors is so typical of the way some humans have treated rare creatures -- ripping them out of their habitat, putting them on display, and trying to kill the caring humans that try to protect the wild creatures.
This almost reminds me of "Splash" with Tom Hanks, John Candy, Eugene Levy, and Darryl Hannah.
I was going to say it reminds of Splash. For the most part it IS Splash.
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OMG im so so imprest it was amizing i wish it was a movie omg grillllllll keep up the good work i LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE it
So I'm pretty this concept have already been taken a long time ago. It just never really circulate since it was a Korean animation back before 2008. Link to the youtube video here, since I'm not sure if the original website dearyou.com is still up anymore. https://youtu.be/eUJ8B40cNhU
Horrible Story. ~ Beautiful Art. Interesting Opening. Everything from the Capture Forward is a Never Happens Story. Goes back to before 1099 AD, read it in the Bible, to have a victim or a target alive or trail to call out to others, any hope they might feel towards others, is who to plan out killing next. ~ That was a Bible chapter i was looking at, confirming something live action PBS acting has shown. ~ Visit twitter.com/0zyx look at the media. This is not a game of person to person. via RADAR all the dots are on the map at the same time. The person to person stories are a game of plinko to hide 1957 Army Film = "Drafty isn't it?" ~ Everyone is a fish in their bowl, getting ThePrisoner2009+1965 Air. Drafty, Isn't It - 1957 Cartoon - Full video - Looney Tunes (Government) US ARMY TV screen = https://youtu.be/ySpwBpCZ-EM via @YouTube
US Army has 02 of 13 feet on the Domain Name System (#DNS's its them, now US Space Command & Norad AirForce, #TrustZone on AMD and #TustedPacketModule on Intel, and something similar to the name #OneNet). ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySpwBpCZ-EM
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I admire the originality and the lead on was very clever too! I'm actually looking forward to what you show next
I dunno why but I got wayyy supper sad when you see that her chest is bound
Sappy rip-off of the Tom Hanks-Darryl Hannah movie 'Splash" (1984). As for 'hit people in the feels'--I gather one of you thinks that's creative writing. Mistakenly, however.
From the title i thought that the mermaid is actually somehow "hitting people in the feels" and i was kinda expecting some kind of funny story about a mermaid that somehow knows what every person needs to feel that special pang in heart and she tells them that...
ok sorry but this is really pissing me off... the "legendary Christopher Columbus"? sure, he's famous, but he didn't "discover" America (Leif Erikson did), he sold young Native American girls as sex slaves (and took a few of his own), he forced the adults to find gold for him, and if they didn't get it in time he mutilated them. he was an awful person...
I would love to see this on the big screen the story really captivated me even though the story of mermaids has been around since I was a little girl I would take my daughters to see this because it's such a beautiful story without the hard sell of Disney May looks like a mermaid no overly wide eyed and a full face of make up Ariel and the story gives us the topic of man destroying the seas and lakes for the love of money pure greed and no respect for nature I really enjoyed this story so I would love to read some more from this author
Okay, when I first read the title, I was not quick to read the "in the feels" bit so I thought that Bored Panda was saying that the comic is about a "Mermaid who hits people".
I love this story, but I am not sure I want Disney to do the film. I doubt they would preserve the originality and flair of the illustrations.
If something like this were made into a movie, people would trash on it because the story has heavily borrowed already from other movies like Maleficent and Tangled. The drawings are very pretty, though.
Load More Replies... This is beautiful. I wish they made a movie about this! I would totally watch it!
This is really good, I saw it a while back, but I'm 97.5% sure it's not supposed to have text...? Like if bp added the captions it kinda took away from the comic...
Yeah, it took swatch from the comic a LOT I think in the original Instagram posts those captions were there? But they were so small they didn't take away from the story, unlike here.
Load More Replies... Very sweet. Sadly, the behavior of her captors is so typical of the way some humans have treated rare creatures -- ripping them out of their habitat, putting them on display, and trying to kill the caring humans that try to protect the wild creatures.
This almost reminds me of "Splash" with Tom Hanks, John Candy, Eugene Levy, and Darryl Hannah.
I was going to say it reminds of Splash. For the most part it IS Splash.
Load More Replies... OMG im so so imprest it was amizing i wish it was a movie omg grillllllll keep up the good work i LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE it
So I'm pretty this concept have already been taken a long time ago. It just never really circulate since it was a Korean animation back before 2008. Link to the youtube video here, since I'm not sure if the original website dearyou.com is still up anymore. https://youtu.be/eUJ8B40cNhU
Horrible Story. ~ Beautiful Art. Interesting Opening. Everything from the Capture Forward is a Never Happens Story. Goes back to before 1099 AD, read it in the Bible, to have a victim or a target alive or trail to call out to others, any hope they might feel towards others, is who to plan out killing next. ~ That was a Bible chapter i was looking at, confirming something live action PBS acting has shown. ~ Visit twitter.com/0zyx look at the media. This is not a game of person to person. via RADAR all the dots are on the map at the same time. The person to person stories are a game of plinko to hide 1957 Army Film = "Drafty isn't it?" ~ Everyone is a fish in their bowl, getting ThePrisoner2009+1965 Air. Drafty, Isn't It - 1957 Cartoon - Full video - Looney Tunes (Government) US ARMY TV screen = https://youtu.be/ySpwBpCZ-EM via @YouTube
US Army has 02 of 13 feet on the Domain Name System (#DNS's its them, now US Space Command & Norad AirForce, #TrustZone on AMD and #TustedPacketModule on Intel, and something similar to the name #OneNet). ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySpwBpCZ-EM
Load More Replies... I admire the originality and the lead on was very clever too! I'm actually looking forward to what you show next
I dunno why but I got wayyy supper sad when you see that her chest is bound
Sappy rip-off of the Tom Hanks-Darryl Hannah movie 'Splash" (1984). As for 'hit people in the feels'--I gather one of you thinks that's creative writing. Mistakenly, however.
From the title i thought that the mermaid is actually somehow "hitting people in the feels" and i was kinda expecting some kind of funny story about a mermaid that somehow knows what every person needs to feel that special pang in heart and she tells them that...
ok sorry but this is really pissing me off... the "legendary Christopher Columbus"? sure, he's famous, but he didn't "discover" America (Leif Erikson did), he sold young Native American girls as sex slaves (and took a few of his own), he forced the adults to find gold for him, and if they didn't get it in time he mutilated them. he was an awful person...
I would love to see this on the big screen the story really captivated me even though the story of mermaids has been around since I was a little girl I would take my daughters to see this because it's such a beautiful story without the hard sell of Disney May looks like a mermaid no overly wide eyed and a full face of make up Ariel and the story gives us the topic of man destroying the seas and lakes for the love of money pure greed and no respect for nature I really enjoyed this story so I would love to read some more from this author
Okay, when I first read the title, I was not quick to read the "in the feels" bit so I thought that Bored Panda was saying that the comic is about a "Mermaid who hits people".
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