Showing posts with label merman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label merman. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Mermaid paper dolls

 Hello!

Original Paper Collage Painting by inkspired

All paper collages are hand cut from recycled junk mail - catalogs, flyers, magazines, etc.



Let’s have some fun with mermaid paper dolls!

Unless noted, these are all free for you to download and print for your personal enjoyment. Let’s play nice and not try to sell them or mass produce any.



Unfortunately most I have found on Pinterest with no identifying info on who drew them or where you could find them.

As always, I try to give credit where it is due. If you know information about any of these please let me know so I can give credit.


Some of the paper doll clothes do not have tabs, so be sure to add those when you are cutting them out.

Artist: Milka Tertsunen; ArtStation


Cory Jensen is a favorite paper doll artist of mine for two reasons. He is incredibly talented, and most of his paper dolls he offers for free! Here are a few of his:


Paper dolls by Cory Jensen

By Cory Jensen

Here are a few more versions of The Little Mermaid; many are styled after Disney’s Ariel.

By Cory Jensen

Unknown

By Cory Jensen

‘Irina’ Collage Art Doll by inkspired

Paperthinpersonas.com


If you like these paper dolls the artist offers free ones when you sign up for her e-mails.

Artist: Audrey Kaiser


Print out your mermaid twice. The first one glue to thin cardboard, like a cereal box. Or you can print onto a heavier weight cardstock. Then cut out. Draw a stand on first if you want, and cut as one.
The second print is printed on paper. Cut the costumes out, remembering to add tabs if there aren’t any. If it needs to be colored, do this before you cut out.


Paper dolls by Cory Jensen

I thought we needed some mer-men to compliment our mermaids.
Here is a jointed merman by a different artist-
Artist: Shawne Johnson



Here is another jointed PaperDoll, a mermaid, you can put together with brads, eyelets, or string.

PheeMcFaddell.com

Here is one by the same artist that you can color yourself-



This next one is just the mermaid. I thought it was such a great, simple design that you might like to draw some outfits for her. 
Print her out. Go over the major lines with a black Sharpie. Place on a window, with a plain sheet of paper on top. Trace the main lines. Now you have the basic shape and you can start creating outfits to fit!

Make a few copies of the basic shape. Draw your clothes slightly larger, and don’t forget to add tabs. Since she is a mermaid, draw a stand so she can stand alone for playtime. You could draw a piece of coral or seaweed for her to ‘sit’ on.
Have fun!
www.finfriends.com/printable-mermaid-easter-paper-dolls/
Posted on Pinterest by Crafty Annabelle

Now it’s time to go take a break and drink some water and eat goldfish crackers!


The next 2 mermaid paper dolls are by the same artist, but very different styles-
Artist: Julie Allen Matthews

Artist: Julie Allen Matthews 


Next I have 2 more by Cory Jensen-


Paper dolls by Cory Jensen

The next 2 paper dolls are Lucia and Rina, drawn in manga style-



Artist unknown

 I’ve covered many different styles of mermaids for you. Now the hard part - which one to pick to print and play with first?


‘Til next time,
inkspired

You can find me on Pinterest as
Karen Kloberdans









Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Mermaid Splashes

SPLASH!!!

"A Mermaid Weighs In"
by Bill Layne
found at muscleheaded.wordpress.com


There are mermaids splashin' in my pool -

Mermaid Mysterious World
by jewels654.deviantart.com



found at sohbanet.com


Siren of the Sea
by lewfoster.etsy.com

Check out Lew Foster's shop on etsy.
He is one of my favorite artists there!

'merman'
found on fanpop.com


I don't mind their mer-friends so much,


illustration by Mabel Atwell
for "Water Babies"
found on weheartit.com

enchanting water fairies
by Yuehui-tang.com

vintage photo
found on katiesredumbrella.blogspot.com

Crustacean Cafe, Mermaid Tea
found on matouenpleluche.etsy.com

mermaids performing at
the Sip 'n Dip Lounge Tiki Bar, Great Falls, Montana
found on www.thehairpin.com

Or even all the treasures they bring with them -

Mermaids of Atlantis
found on S-ries.fanpop.com

'pirate treasure'
unknown source
Do you know? Leave a comment so I can credit it!


vintage mermaids by Chierri
found on mermaidsisters.net


and I guess I don't mind all the 'stuff' they bring -

'a fisherman's secret'
by aloha_mermaid.deviantart.com


1947 Jantzen swimsuit ad
found on vintagegal.tumblr.com



Florida Road Map, given out my SHELL Co.
found on myraroberts.com


Kaira Andrade mermaid shoe advertisement
found on coloribus.com


It's all the non-mer friends that they bring along
that clutter up the pool....


vintage mermaids
found on jamboree-bay.blogspot.com

mermaid with sphere
found on karenamandahooper.blogspot.com


vintage tattoo art poster
found on popscreen.com


mermaid - sailor sternboard carving
by Jac and Patricia Johnson
www.skipjackmarinegallery.com


mermaid wallpaper found on fanpop.com



I mean seashells and rocks and things are ok,
but the mer-friends that are critters
are just too many!!!


Mermaid and Goldfish by Judith Stein
found on JudithSteinWatercolors.etsy.com


from an Art Nouveau Mermaid postcard
fabric block found on mermaidfabricblocks.blogspot.com


mermaid by Andrew Loomis, from the 1940-1950 era
found on oklahoma.net

The Little Mermaid by Disney
found on blogs.indiewire.com



...and some of them are sooooo big!


Metropolitan August magazine cover art
by Willy Pogany
found on artofnarrative.tumblr.com


Mer-horses with King Titan
possibly by Walter Crane


"Chasing the Wind"
by Don Maite
found on cosmicdolphins.wordpress.com


mermaid and walrus vintage illustration
found on thegraphicaddict.com


seahorse and mermaid
by Sue Halstenberg


...and now my pool seems like the
popular spot in the neighborhood,
and I don't have a full-time lifeguard on duty,
so you know what always happens...


Campari March advertisment
with Eva Longoria and admirers
found on coloribus.com



H. J. Ford illustration from the early 20th century
found on flickr.com

The Little Mermaid saving the prince
unknown source
Do you know? Leave a comment!


"The Little Mermaid"
found on freyjasig.deviantart.com


I think I may as well give up,
and just enjoy them while they're here!


by David Puu
found on clubofthewaves.com



May 15, 1926 Judge Magazine cover art
found on pinterest.tumblr.com



marked July 2013
found on wanderlustdrifted.com


1939 vintage photo
found on ffffound.com



SPLASH!!!

'til next time,
inkspired

www.inkspired.etsy.com
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