i think i must accept that cuttlefish mer Four is not getting drawn anytime soon and share the concept sketches from way back in mermay π«
Why a cuttlefish? Because they have tentacles/arms and I thought hey thats fun considering Four can split himself into four, and also because they can change colours to disguise themselves / hypnotise prey and i thought that was also quite fun considering Fours whole colours deal.
I also thought it made him a bit of an odd duck among the more traditional single tailed mers, and I imagine that when he first met the chain he kept his arms close together and blended into a nondescript colour and clutched at some fabric to try and imitate a single tail for as long as he could to fit in.
I also thought itβd be super cute for the minish to be seahorse adjacent creatures (although the seahorse with arms sketch does look a littleβ¦.odd) and for Fours minish mer form to be a seahorse! Going from eight arms to a single tail would be a bit trippy for him at first, nut also the seahorse is again not a standard mer tail and works differently to get him around. I just like a complicated Four π
