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simonpark81 — True MerPeople
Published: 2011-06-13 15:23:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 1292; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 0
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what a merman would actually look like, if nature had a say and not magic or mysticism... drawn almost two years back but i promised i would upload it....took a while to draw... took three months to get round to colouring it
anyhoo, pretty pleased with how it turned out-
drawn using biro and pencil crayons
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Comments: 28
Very cool!!! I wish there were more original depictions of merpeople, such as yours 
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thank you so much! i try to envisage mythical creatures as science would dictate them to be;
mermaids would need blubber, massive muscle structure in the upper torso for swimming, and of course a powerful midriff to flex that huge tail 
hope you have a wonderful day! if you havent already, please come see my gallery! i have tonnes of drawings uploaded now...
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coooooool work looks great very unique and realistic i love it and you are very talented keep up the good work
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thanks i like the muscle structure in this one but the colouring on this was the first time i tried to colour any of my work... before this my whole artistic style was different..
so it was like a milestone for me
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well great work and youi will get it how you want it eventaully
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yeah i should probably stop uploading old stuff and confusing people lol
but i feel they should get seen somehow..
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dont worry you should keep uploading cos then people might like them as they are great
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will do, it would be nice to get feedback on some of them, im way too critical of my own stuff.
:-S
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i suppose it is the natural state of the artist to question himself...
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i know true say
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The background is a little bleh compared to your other water photos but it's still nice. your anatomy is great ._. His eyes are a bit freaky. Lol. I like your aquaticamerican friend though. 
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heh heh yeah i drew this one years ago, and by chance a freind asked what i thought mer people would look like if science and nature made them, not magic.
by strange chance, this is the very first picture i coloured since taking up art properly again, so while i apologise for the roughness, i do think it adds a certain.. je ne sais quois.
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thanks i did this years back... then saw hellboy and i was like "motherf**er!!!! thats not faaaiaiaiaiaiiirr!!!!!
i designed this as far as i knew!!! lol
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I didn't even compare it to the mer in Helboy. I see it for what it is.
and I like it.
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i know, its just when i saw hellboy i was fuming, it looks a lot like mine
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hooray!
i always thought people tried to make them look too human, they would never last deep ocean without better skin and body....
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yeah, like in the new POTC movie. Pretty, but they could never survive long.
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Very nice work. Love the bubbles
The colors are great
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thanks!this one was a study of movement in water originally, back when i was still trying to get my head around animating software and working out still frame motion
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all the pieces in my gallery a study of something or other.. anatomy mostly (obviously) but also elements factor largely, and animal muscle structures...
sorry im babbling on again lol
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Turned out so great ^^ picked perfect spots to place bubbles
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i tried to think of where they would be if he were swimming... i still like this one, which is rare for my really old drawings
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