This is a start-to-finish tutorial on how to digitally create a unique mermaid tail using the Custom-Design Mermaid Tail page at FinFun.com.
Mermaid tail, size 10 / 130–140 cm
A mermaid tail is a dream for kids and older girls too. High-quality, breathable fabric is 4-way streching. Tolerates both pool and sea water well. Vesikaste is an importer of the mermaid tails in Finland. The products have been tested in the Vesikaste Mermaid School.
ATTENTION! To be able to swim like a mermaid, you must have both a mermaid tail and a monofin flipper . These are sold separately in the webshop.
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Description
Mermaid tail, for a child size 10 / 130–140 cm
- Choose a tail colour.
- You will see the pictures of the selected color.
- Remember to also order a Monofin flipper .
Size 10 measurements
| WAIST | HIP | WAIST-TO-FLOOR |
| 60 – 64 | 70- 77 | 72- 82 |
Additional information
Arianna, Fantasy Ocean, Fantasy Pink-Blue, Giza, Jasmin, Pink Lady, Princess, Aurora, Bali Blush, Bali Breez, Bali Hot, Black, Black Sea, Blue, Blue, Blue Diamond, Blue gradient, Blue Lagoon, Blue-Green-Purple, Blue-Yellow Ornament, Candy, Carousel, Christmas, Colourful, Coral, Deep Ocean, Dori, Emoji, Fantasy Blue, Fantasy Dream, Fantasy Pink, Fireworks, Flower, Gold, Green, Green Galaxy, Green gradient, Green pearl necklace, Green Skeleton, King, Lady Pink, Lagoon, Light Blue, Light Orange, Light Pink, Lime Ricky, Metallic Blue, Metallic Green, Metallic Pink, Microscope, Multi-Color Ornament, Nemo, Orange, Ornament, Peacock, Pineapple, Pink, Pink Galaxy, Pink gradient color, Pink skirt and top, Pink Stars, Purple, Purple-Black, Purple-Blue, Queen, Radiance, Rainbow, Red, Red, Red-Blue, Royal Blue, Royal Blue, Seven Seas Rainbow, Shell, Snow, Sparkling Pearls, Star Dust, Starfish, Summer Flower, Sunny Days, Turquoise glitter, Unicorn, Violet, Wreckage, Yellow-Blue, Yellow-Green
Downloading Your Template
- In a new tab, head to the Custom-Design Mermaid Tail page.
- Select your tail size and download a tail template. Choose from tail templates with scales or download the blank template if you want to start completely from scratch.
Tip 1: You can modify the .pdf in Adobe Illustrator. The vector information is preserved!
Prepping the Template for Artwork
After you download your tail template, open the file in your favorite image editing program (Photoshop, Gimp, Procreate, etc.). I’m most familiar with Photoshop, so I will use that.
Tip 2: If you don’t already have an image editing program, check out Gimp. It’s completely free!
After you open the file in Photoshop, you will be prompted with a dialog box with size and color information.
- Make sure that the resolution is kept high. 300 ppi will work fine.
- Select CMYK for the Mode. The tail will be printed in CMYK and selecting this will ensure that the print will be as faithful to the original artwork as possible.
- Go to the layers window and rename “Layer 1” to “Template”. Now select Multiply from the drop-down list.
- Now let’s create a new group. We’ll call this group “Art” (yes, super creative I know). Drag that below the “Template” layer.
- Let’s go back to the “Template” layer. Select the Magic Wand tool and set the Tolerance to 50.
- With the Magic Wand tool selected, click anywhere on the white part of the tail template. You should see the “marching ants” outline your selection.
- With the selection still active, go back the “Art” group and click “Add layer mask” at the bottom of the Layers window. This applied the selection we made to anything within the “Art” group.
- Add a new layer within the “Art” group and name it something cool.
Painting
Now, it’s finally time for the fun part! It’s time to start painting!
I like to find a color palette before I start painting. I found this cool teal and purple palette off of a Google image search.
Tip 3: Check out coolors.co for some other awesome palette options.
For this tail, I’m going to follow the 60/30/10 rule. 60% of the design will be my main color (medium teal), 30% will be my secondary color (light mint color), and 10% will be my accent color (dark purple).
Tip 4: About 1/2″ of the edges of the tail will be cut off when the tail is sewn up. Try to keep the important parts of your design away from that boundary.
- Use the Symmetry tool in Photoshop and select “Vertical” for perfectly mirrored painting.
I like to use a Soft Round brush to paint. I keep the opacity at 100%, and my pen tablet allows me to vary the brush opacity to get smooth, blended colors.
Tip 5: If you only have a mouse, put the opacity of the brush at a lower value (10% – 50%). This will give you more blended colors.
Tip 6: Tap “R” to rotate your canvas in Photoshop. This helps view your tail from any angle as well as making those little fluke lines a bit easier to paint.
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