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MysticSybil In reply to LadyIfe [2012-03-29 20:07:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!
I'm still trying to decide on a name....

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LadyIfe In reply to MysticSybil [2012-03-30 00:43:35 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, how bout Calista. It means 'most beautiful ' in Greek. If I'm correct.

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MysticSybil In reply to LadyIfe [2012-03-30 04:35:35 +0000 UTC]

Oo that's pretty

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LadyIfe In reply to MysticSybil [2012-03-30 14:28:48 +0000 UTC]

LOL, really? Names are pretty easy, sometimes, I usually try to go by the meanings.

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MysticSybil In reply to KitWitIssues [2012-02-28 03:00:48 +0000 UTC]

I've always had that same opinion! Realistically a merperson would be a fish, and not have any mammalian features (her breasts) but any time I draw them without they always get mistaken for men! Mostly I just wanted to make it obvious that my mermaid princess is, in fact, a lady.
Thanks for the interest!

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KitWitIssues In reply to MysticSybil [2012-02-28 20:40:52 +0000 UTC]

In my own mermaid research, Google has provided me with this image. I've tried to find the actual source of it but to no avail, but it google does have a few other images to go with it that outline muscle structure more clearly. As nearly as I can tell, this is the perfect version of what a mammalian mermaid would look like, and be built like. I only wish I knew who to credit for it, aside from google. I like it because it actually includes a whole human skeleton. The only thing added are the additional vertebrae in the tail. And most importantly, NO KNEES haha. I hate when people depict mermaids as women in a skin tight leg suit thing.

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MysticSybil In reply to KitWitIssues [2012-02-29 01:50:48 +0000 UTC]

wow that is really cool!!

Oh man I hate the having knees thing too! sometimes it's kinda hard to avoid though.... ugh, annoying

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KitWitIssues In reply to MysticSybil [2012-02-29 02:27:58 +0000 UTC]

I like that version because it makes it sensible for merhaids to still have hips and accounts for the placement of the leg and feet bones. Notice they're all still there, just moved/shrank. I like the idea of mammal mermaids because it still brings in room for the aesthetics of breasts, and who doesn't like those? If you look carefully you'll see that diagram is also anatomically whole. A lot of representations of mermaids don't account for the fact that They still need all the openings in their bodies any other living animal does.

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