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Published: 2018-01-02 03:07:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 494; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 2
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Description Waves - Hayden Calnin

I just started doodling tonight and a random mermaid came out of it, so I tried out a lineless coloring style. This took about 1.5 hours in Krita. I have decided to call her Rurasa for now.
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NelmaThyria [2018-02-20 08:13:58 +0000 UTC]

Love the monochromatic colors and the flat almost lineless style. Rurasa suits her!

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WhisperanzaRose In reply to NelmaThyria [2018-03-01 12:48:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I've been thinking of drawing a few of her sisters eventually but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

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NormaLeeInsane [2018-01-16 07:47:04 +0000 UTC]

She looks cool.

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X-I-L2048 [2018-01-10 21:53:48 +0000 UTC]

What a cute design! I like the white specks on her skin/scales.

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asari13 [2018-01-06 22:28:53 +0000 UTC]

cute mermaid

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Elaho [2018-01-05 19:41:07 +0000 UTC]

I love the nautical feel you gave her with the netting for clothes/jewelry. Beautiful Β 

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WhisperanzaRose In reply to Elaho [2018-01-06 17:32:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Fun fact: the netting is woven from mermaid hair (from her, her sisters and her mother), so it doesn't deteriorate in saltwater the way that string does over time. ^__^

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Elaho In reply to WhisperanzaRose [2018-01-08 03:08:19 +0000 UTC]

That's really cool; I never knew hair could do that.
It would make sense that they'd want to use the material that would last the longest.

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WhisperanzaRose In reply to Elaho [2018-01-13 20:16:06 +0000 UTC]

I think mermaid hair would have natural resistance to water damage.

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CoconutFanatic [2018-01-03 02:49:07 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is pretty I love the fishnet clothing, it certainly feels appropriate XD

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WhisperanzaRose In reply to CoconutFanatic [2018-01-06 17:31:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! There are lots of materials that can be used to fashion some form of underwater clothing/adornment. I just wanted to do something beyond the stereotypical "seashell bra."

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CoconutFanatic In reply to WhisperanzaRose [2018-01-11 19:02:59 +0000 UTC]

Well I'm glad you did I've certainly had enough of that as well

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Plague-Doc-Matteo [2018-01-02 16:55:24 +0000 UTC]

Well she's cute. Are those fins or like little leggy bits sticking out on the sides?

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WhisperanzaRose In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2018-01-06 17:26:20 +0000 UTC]

I was trying to repeat the pattern of the webbing between her fingers by adding those side-fins. They undulate in a motion that makes them not too different from legs in effect (such as those of a centipede).

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to WhisperanzaRose [2018-01-06 18:47:09 +0000 UTC]

Huh okay. I figured they were fins, but a lack of shading made it a little confusing. I'm no 2D artists but I guess as an audience member I can at least convey confusion and report on how it "reads" so to speak. How to fix it, I guess shading? I wouldn't know that too well TBH. That's why I try to avoid criticism on 2D art.

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WhisperanzaRose In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2018-01-13 20:20:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the feedback. I wonder if perhaps it's the color of the darker fin membrane that is throwing you off. Not sure how to fix this either but going forward, I'll keep it in mind.

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to WhisperanzaRose [2018-01-17 01:26:12 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.Β  Honestly I think it's just the lack of shading. This was just a quick sketch right? I wouldn't worry too much about it.

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Aw0 [2018-01-02 16:41:19 +0000 UTC]

Great work! :3

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WhisperanzaRose In reply to Aw0 [2018-01-06 17:24:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! ^u^

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Sketchman147 [2018-01-02 03:17:50 +0000 UTC]

I like her. RurasaΒ is a nice name for her too. I'm guessing she's got a bit of shark in her skin tone and design.

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WhisperanzaRose In reply to Sketchman147 [2018-01-02 03:29:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I had more of a dolphin/fish hybrid in mind while drawing her; I always liked the idea of mammalian merfolk because it makes more sense for them to have hair and such.

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Sketchman147 In reply to WhisperanzaRose [2018-01-02 03:30:29 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. I always wanted to see people experiment with drawing mermaids in a more fish kind of quality comparing to the usual way we draw them.

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