The Little Mermaid

I'm doing this personal investigation thing in my art class and I chose to study Alan Lee and illustration. It was really easy, I stuck in a load of copies of his work, copies of Lord of the Rings screen shots and some of my better fan arts with a load of analytical babble next to them I have to do sort of summary pictures where I apply what I learned from the investigation. So I'm doing illustrations of stories and making up my own character designs, which I don't do when I do fan art

I love the original Little Mermaid story It's so sad and I couldn't believe how different it was from the Disney version when I read it I don't want to spolil it for anyone so I won't blab about the symbolism I did this with acrylics...you can still see the sketch in places though...ah well, hopefully I won't get marked down for it