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All fairy tales have heroes and villains. This series wouldn’t be complete without sharing the films’ ultimate bad guy. I drew inspiration for my illustration from this picture of the sea witch, Ursula!
Ursula is part human and octopus. She has eyes and ears in the Underwater Kingdom looking for ways to exact her revenge on King Triton. The merpeople who do not help or fail are reduced to a polyp and the only way this curse can be broken is by her death. Other than herself, she only cares about her two beloved pets the slippery, evil sea eels – Flotsam and Jetsam (shared sketch earlier in the month), who she refers to as her ‘babies’.
While Ursula wants to be the queen of the Underwater Kingdom, she’s more of a ‘drama’ queen with her theatrics, overemphasizing her life with a dark and humorous flare. Here’s a snippet for you to evaluate.
The first time I saw this scene with Ursula saying she’s wasting away to nothing, it was a truly laugh out loud moment in our house, mostly me as our kids were too young to understand. I really need to find this movie on Blu-ray or streaming so I can one day share it with my little Angel.
[tweetthis]Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the #AtoZChallenge with my 6th-year participation in the April #blogfest. Join me this month with my #TheLittleMermaid characters #artsketch theme. U is for Ursula. #pencildrawing #Procreate #illustrations[/tweetthis]
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