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The chains.
THE CHAINS DESTROYED ME
I'm not sure where this idea came from and it started out with me trying to do some pose practice. At some point I guess I decided I was going to take it all the way into a full piece and here we are. xD
I improvised the character and he's loosely based on a sea urchin. The impression I got while drawing this was that he was incredibly poisonous and he'd been chained to the bottom of the ocean to keep him away. Other than that, he hasn't done anything wrong, and as you can probably see, he's incredibly sour about it. I'd say he's been down there a while and he's become quite unfriendly, not that I blame him.
Edit: I was convinced by you lot to do more with him, and so I am as of now working on a short comic that tells his story and how he ended up like this. Thank you all so much for your support and giving me the confidence to make something.
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Thanks! I like his eyes too :}
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Dear DizzyAlyx
I've got to ask you about the shackle/manacle. How does the shackle/manacle work? Is the "fastener" as you call it a key based locking mechanism? If so then why do I not see a keyhole or padlock in any of the pictures or any indication that the shackle/manacle has a "seam" or hinges that would imply that it opens. Nor do I seen any bolt or screws (which are common "fasteners") holding it closed. If it is key based, where is the key? Did the merpeople who chained him up take it with then and if so where do they keep it? Or did they throw the key into the Abyss?
I've also got to ask: How come he hasn't been able to remove the shackle/manacle? You said in previous comments that he's been chained like that for ten years, while I understand that today he can't remove it because of the blood clot that has formed. What I don't understand is how come he wasn't able to find a way to remove it in his early years of imprisonment/exile before it "crippled and deformed his hand"? You would think that with nothing but time on his hands the young merboy that he was would've been able to improvise a lock-pick or wrench or screwdriver to remove whatever "fastener" was keeping him trapped.
In this comic I found the imprisoned merman was able to create a lock-pick from the bones of his fish dinner:
If I was writing the "Gone and Forgotten" story I probably would've had a merperson sorcerer use magic to enlarge the shackle/manacle enough to fit his hand through and then (using the same magic) cause the shackle/manacle to shrink and thereby trapping his hand.
Please respond, THANK YOU.
PS: Sorry 4 the questions.
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I'm sorry to disappoint, but the answer to that question doesn't have any value to the story. You're digging a bit too deep into something really shallow and insignificant. Like I've said before, the specifics of how exactly something locks around his arm isn't going to add anything interesting or important to the story, and would only be unnecessary details that would drag it out for no particular reason.
When writing and planning a story out it's important to recognize things that are just unimportant details. Figuring out something that would work and explaining it wouldn't add any kind of depth or important information that I'd need later on. Especially since I don't plan on opening said lock. If I was, maybe it'd be something worth thinking about.
Simply put, if I don't plan on opening it, I don't need to explain how it opens
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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All right, I guess I am reading too much into this.
Sorry 
So your story is more going to focus on how he got there rather than how he can escape. Sounds to me like your planning on him being chained for life. More comment than question.
Thanks 4 always being quick on answering my questions
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No problem! Youre correct in assuming the story will be focused on what happened before this moment than what happens next. His future isn't 100% set in stone, though I do have many paths he could take in my head. Literally the only thing I've got my mind set on is that that lock does not open. Not to say he doesn't get out one day, which he may or may not. It's just that the lock itself is very insignificant in my head, it is what it is and it does not change. I don't need to go into it too much with that in mind :}
I do always appreciate the questions and interest though ^^
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Seeing how you don't have a clear conception of how the lock works then does that means you not going to actually show the moment they put it on him in whatever flashback you have planned?
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It's going to be in his memory, kind of a "it happened so fast" kind of thing. people with no faces because he doesnt remember them. It'll be him remembering that it was put on him, not how, since that'd be what he remembers more
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Ah I know of that guy, I see his work in groups I follow a lot :} As far as I'm concerned you can do whatever fanart/fiction you like, I don't have any problems with that, I just hope my characters are interesting enough to work with, I haven't told too much about them yet. 👍: 0 ⏩: 1
If you decode all the mermish please don't shout it out! In the two years I've created him, I've never straight out told people his name. It's a very large part of his story that he's been left and forgotten by everyone he once knew. Having his name be kind of difficult to get a hold of is the point, being in plain sight if you bother to actually look for it, but a total mystery if you don't. His name is there, but only if you care to look for it, just like anyone from his past could get it if they cared to remember.
Only two people have figured out what it is up to now, and theyll probably get a shoutout from me when the time comes ^^
With the Sea Urchin thing, I don't usually like making mers a "
Hmmmmm I haven't really got a set age for him, he was definitely a child when he was chained, and has grown up since. It'd have been at least 10 years if not more. Since I think him to be around the 10-12 year old age from how I drew him in the last piece of him I did. Around the same age as Teddy and Rolph currently are in the comic.
Don't worry I know you want to keep his real name a secret. Which is why I didn't include the letters I decoded in the message.
Thanks for the chat, But I'm going to have to end it now. Also I'm going to hide my last comment for reasons I can't at the moment discuss. Talk 2 U later.
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I saw this and gasped, this is splendid dear, just wow. Plus he does look sexy
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Ahahah, you're definitely not the only person who thinks so xD Thanks!
That's why he's got his own comic :}
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That's adorable, oh is he gay and into male mermaids I saw that cute blonde with green blue scales. He is adorable I could totally see those two together. They would be the most kawaii lovers >w<
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Aaaaah Butters is only a kid though, I dunno if I'm into that pairing. Plus he lives in a lake ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I haven't really thought about the Urchins sexuality though, I guess you can think of him as you like
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i am yellin... this is so good? gorgeous?? how do you even..? i love him
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Ayyyy thank you :} I currently have an ongoing comic for him!
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i just read it! i lov this man i want him to be happy
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We'll have to see about that
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ah this is amaze !! this character is super biSHHH and your style is amaze q-q
also gj on the chains !!
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The chains destroyed me omg xD Thank you
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He's so attractive my heart almost stopped
I'm crying, save me--
//literally though, he is incredibly beautiful considering
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oh thank you! You are apparently not the only one who thinks so which is quite surprising to me xD
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I legit saw this on Google and now I found it here...omg
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That kind of makes me curious of what you searched to find it on google xD
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It had something to do with anime mermaids
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when I saw this it reminded me of Siren's Lament by InstantMiso.
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Please don't do that, it's not flattering to have your work compared to others'.
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I didnt compare the art... I'm just saying that it reminded me because in that story sirens are sad creatures. Its not like I'm straight up insulting you. Chill!! ༼ つ ◕o◕ ༽つ Also love your art btw
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Im not getting mad xD and I read that comic, so I'm well aware of their similarities and differences. The similarities are literally only surface deep so I don't really like it when people compare the stories or settings when all they did was take one look at this picture and see that theyre both merpeople lol. Its much deeper than that :}
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I just think its brilliant how you were able to create a melancholy image. Its beautiful. I dont think there any similarities between your art and miso. Every artist has their own technique.
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Okay, well thank you :} Every artist does indeed have their own technique
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he's really beautiful. I like dark characters like him~
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hi... thank you for your :"D .....
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Oh wow... I really love this picture. I have the feeling that i can see what he feels and how lonely, sour and sad he is.
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Sour is pretty much the exact word to describe this guy ahah thanks
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Your mer-people are SO cool!
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omg love it, absolutely beautiful, you're an amazing artist!
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