Mermay contest concept WIP

[StudioLooong]

@Aleksey my thought exactly! Where do all the old merfolk go?!

[ArtofAleksey]

@StudioLooong the tropics

[Johanna Kim]

@Aleksey Good job simplifying. I am so looking forward to seeing this develop. Thanks for sharing your earliest rough draft. It's really cool to see your process.

[ArtofAleksey]

So much for simplifying. I kinda like it like this though. Should i get rid of all the additions?
Any thoughts on the rough sketch?

[ArtofAleksey]

Second version

[chrisaakins]

@Aleksey Hahaha! I now have another idea for Mermay. Granny and Gramps Mermaids playing Bingo in Florida. Hilarious.

[chrisaakins]

@Aleksey This one definitely gets my vote. What a great drawing. The other is a great pic but has so much going on that Granny gets lost. It also loses that homey feel I think you might be going for. I think you should show long hair otherwise she kind of looks like a gypsy fortune teller. Maybe when you add color and such that won't be the case.

[braden H]

Nice! I'm likin' all the little details and puns you're working into this. It looks like it's gonna work out nicely

[ArtofAleksey]

Haha ty. Yeah im not doing long hair cause shes just done with the mermaid bs and wants to just enjoy her sports

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok heres the updated paper and ink version it’s abit cropped because photo too large atm.

[sigross]

@Aleksey This looks great. Digging the knitting and playful catfish. I think the tail looks like a young 'uns mertail though. Maybe some barnacles and torn tips?

[ArtofAleksey]

@sigross I was thinking about that but i feel like a mermaid would exercise proper fin care. Like a human would use skin creams and brush their hair so that when they are older they would have well cared for hair and skin. A mermaid would have well cared for scales and fins.

[Spencer Hale]

@Aleksey Looking great! It nice to see all the process steps.

[sigross]

@Aleksey Yes and there's probably fish-folk that specialise in finicures.

[ArtofAleksey]

@sigross yeah her geriatric merdoctor makes sure she takes her mervitamins

[A Former User]

Coooooooool LOVE your character and composition, this is going to look amazing in colour!

[ArtofAleksey]

@hannahmccaffery i hope so

[braden H]

The look on that catfish... It's so perfect... Such grump :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes:

[ArtofAleksey]

@Braden-Hallett lol ty. I pride myself in grumpy expressions

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok so here is the value and light. I haven’t added the shadows yet on anything else except the ship behind the seashell chair.
I might do this with a limited bluish green color palette.