#implied blitzbee

A small bumblebee thingy I did heheh

Behold! Fish people! I went for pretty realistic looking fish peeps and drew my favorite tfa characters! I also kept thinking about some lore and how to fit these guys together so theres a lot of writing in this!

Blackarachnia was a researcher for Sumdac Marine Rehab Center (SMRC) before turning into a crabby sea witch, she isn't sure how she came to be a mer but she possesses the magic to turn others into mers. The rituals to do this are tedious and dangerous so she only does so sparingly, she's trying to figure out how to turn back into a human but she hasn't mastered it yet. Her and two friends were goofing on a boat as it was racing out to sea to observe a lobster mer migration, they failed to realize they were marching in lines to withstand a fearsome current and when she slipped into the water she was whisked away immediately.

A true beauty this one, blurr is a fast and stealthy fish who likes to spy on the humans and warns other mers about poachers. He was born in the deep sea like all sailfish mer but was drawn to the east coast as mer flocked there to take sanctuary in the protected area, (SMRC) along with other rehab centers advocating for the East Coast to remain poacher free.

One of SMRC's most colorful and playful mers, Bumblebee is a permanent resident at the rehab center. He was found during a coast guard raid on illegal poachers as he was a colorful and vibrant fish, often chosen over normal mers as they make prettier pets. He plays the role of education mer at the Rehab center and absoluetely delights in the attention, playing his role of clown fish quite well. Sari's dad won't release him as the last several attempts had the golden fish coming right back in nets, and he's afraid one day it won't be a distraught fisherman returning him but a poacher making off with the numbskull.

An absolute monster of a fish, blitzwing is a mudskipper of unnatural size. Rather than have gills on his neck he has a huge gill plate under his ribs that can filter water out or seal and let him breath air into his lungs. He's one of the older mers as they can live centuries, but he's only a few hundred years old. He was around when both world wars were happening and used to live around the north west European coast, infamously named "Die Groß Menchenfresser" by the people who found him for specific reasons. SMRC was the only Rehab center willing to take him after he was deemed too dangerous to remain free at sea, his habit of sinking tiny U-boats turning to modern day boats.

One of the hardest fish to draw Prowl is an elegant Sea Dragon, he and an elder mer were responsible for caring for his pods pups. It's normal for a single mer to birth a litter of rambunctious pups so when the spring breeding season rolls around water is ripe with tiny chittering beans. Mers can't hunt and defend their territory with pups in tow so some offer to care for pups in comunial nurserys, prowl being one of these mer. His life changed when the shadow of a huge poacher boat fell over his sanctuary, his memory lost as he awoke to a ravaged and empty nursery. SMRC found him in the empty cove greaving, wounded and starved before they took him in. He spends his time diligently caring for his underwater garden in his tank, a permanent resident as he has no pod and he still has intense fits of depression every summer.

Did some mini practice poses for BB to get a feel for his character (how is this midget so hard to draw??). Decided his poses could use some beans to enhance the tone!