#mermaeda

okay i have a confession. when i wrote ch1 i actually had no clue what kind of mermaid story this was going to be.

basically in fiction you typically find 2 kinds of mermaids - ones that focus more on looking aesthetically pleasing, and ones that focus more on drawing connections to actual sea life. I wanted to try and do both, so while he is outwardly aesthetically pleasing, especially from afar, when you get closer you notice more nonhuman features, like sharp teeth

mermaids in my version of this au are mammals, so i want to stay away from actual fish when making comparisons to other marine life be prepared to learn a lot about dolphins in upcoming chapters 

i drew out the first version (top with the lighter fluke) because i literally had no clue what exactly i wanted a mermaid komaeda to look like. i had ideas but couldn’t pin them down enough to write out a proper description for him. the second version is slightly more accurate. i knew i wanted a tail similar to a humpback whale’s so i took the basic shape and rounded it out a bit more