Concept Art Mermay 7: Squid By TheZodiacLord Watch

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I decided to actually do mermay this year! But with a bit of my own twist... As an excuse to do concept art for my story, The Heavens' Proxies which has a lot of diverse species, including mermaids, I want to explore :3 I'm determined to do all days of May wish me luck XD

To help with that tho, most of the drawings are going to be a certain amount of messy. If I were to make ALL of these fully rendered scenes I'd never get them done @ v @ it is concept art anyway so it's more to just get my ideas onto a canvas.





Now information time for anyone who likes world building nonsense! For the first couple drawings some of this will be copy pasted as is relevant so I'll section it off so no one has to read the same thing over and over if something is copypasted XD



General Mermaid Information ==> The basic mermaid outline in this world is that all mermaids are technically women, but a number of these mermaids are actually hermaphroditic and take the role of the males in terms of reproduction. They're referred to in mermaid culture as "Empresses" while female mermaids are referred to as "Queens". All young are called "Princesses". There are three different kinds of "mermaids" in the world, tropical mermaids, which are the more traditional, attractive looking mermaids, deep sea mermaids, which are more monstrous and vicious mermaids living in the deep ocean, and finally Amphibious mermaids which are odd, more humanoid mermaids that actually have permanent legs and live in swamps but are still considered mermaids in this world.



Deep Sea Mermaid Information ==> Deep sea mermaids are the more monstrous of the worlds mermaids. They come in many varieties, none of which are quite attractive. They are very predatory and aggressive, lacking any ability to communicate with other sentient creatures. They've been known to hunt for pure enjoyment as well, killing whales and fish just for the fun of it. However they are rather restricted to the deep sea and have a strong desire to be able to live closer to the surface to better hunt things like humans and elves. For many centuries they've tried to catch Tropical mermaid Empresses to breed with them and try and have offspring that have more tropical mermaid traits. Through this, they've slowly succeeded, having some variations that are closer to the prettier species, although they still have a long way to go. They're often more fishlike in appearance and very very carnivorous but can't quite reach the surface.



Squid Information ==> Squid's are one of the more elusive of the deep sea mermaids. They're usually only seen if a sailor was to find one dead in a net or washed up on shore. They're currently known as the largest of all deep sea mermaids being about the size of a real life giant squid, however it's possible there are still mermaids out there that are bigger and just unknown. Being so deep down, they only come into contact with tropical mermaids if they swim deep enough. It's very very common for squids to actually feed on other, smaller deep sea mermaids and even baby whales. Some rumors actually say that squids are somehow related to Jellyfish (An honorary "mermaid" species in the world even if not by technically) As people point to the pale white colors, wide lower body, tentacles, and head tendrils, but no one is sure.





If you want to ask questions feel free XD

Zodiac, out.

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Published : May 7, 2019