Happy 32nd Anniversary to The Little Mermaid film! I can not express how much this film has meant to me, not only from my childhood, but when times in my life that felt impossible to get through that helped comfort me and reminded me to keep hoping. As many of you may know, last year was a particularly difficult time for me.
But I felt that in such an awful time I was able to make something and The Little Mermaid became an emotional touchstone of mine. Before 2020, I wouldn't have dreamed of having many Ariel dolls, let alone any other characters from the movies because animated characters are so incredibly daunting for me to attempt but I do have to thank this film for helping me extend my skill set.
And I genuinely hope that my own work has inspired others to try doing customs like this and to attempt projects that seem implausible to do. Because the one thing I learnt from The Little Mermaid is doing the things you dream of, even though it's scary and honestly horrifying at times, it's better than never doing them at all.
