You can see that all my effort went to the background

This is the first part I will make to explore plumoe's clothing, this is just a brief introduction

They don't wear much since they need hydration, and clothes absorb water to a degree... I also used this as an opportunity to draw some villagers that aren't super important but still need a design. Colors may change, especially the clothes, since I kinda of went for it without much thought

Pai Pai and Mihua are the chief's children; they are part of a set of triplets, but I didn’t have enough space for the third sibling. Rae and Merlua are significant figures in the village, with Merlua coming from a very "influential" family.

Uncolored ver

We have a large fish tank. When I was a kid there we had and a fishtank with the species called "Cryptoheros sajica". A bit smaller than a palm and colored black to sandy-brown for the most time. It's to be expected, most animals likes to blend in their enviroment.

But when a fish was ready for mating it was suddenly changing colors. But their fins and scales were becoming more colorful, even their eyes would change from copper to shiny blue. The kid me could hardly belive it's the same fish.

^A regular fush^

^Ready for some action fush^

And I say:

What if adult mermaids were getting more shiny and colorful when thay feel atracted to someone?

As much as I liked Jeathiel's design, I feel like I hadn't a strong idea of how enses look in general

So I decided to draw some random ones to explore their shapes and colors

I also added some important information that I will elaborate on now:

Enses society exhibits a unique blend of matriarchy and patriarchy.

This is because of the rarity of female enses, which granted them significant power and influence within the social hierarchy. Despite their important roles, these women are still expected to adhere to traditional expectations.

In their family structure, each unit consists of a mother and several fathers, typically ranging from 2-5 males for each female. While the mothers are primarily responsible for childbearing, they are not obligated to take on the role of the primary caregiver, a responsibility often managed by one or two of the men in the unit.

The Mamhiel is like a Queen to the enses, she is believed to be closely connected to their God and her word is "almost" a command. Unlike traditional monarchs, her husbands do not hold the title of King and their influence dissipates with her death. Only her children keep their status.

Choruses and compositors are subcategories of enses born with specific innate powers. A chorus is identified by a birthmark on their neck and chest and uses their voice to perform various tasks. In contrast, a compositor can create objects using their light.

For a better view at the drawing;

I didn't really like how the homins were so bland so I thought

Since we humans are monkeys, and homins are Lureed's humans

I made homins monkeys

I have the biggest brain I know

Luta is so adorable and cute and my little baby

However I wanted to showcase other homins that inhabit Lureed, but the only characters of this species I created were all of Luta's relatives

sooo

I made random ones

The sketches are below

I had a little story in mind for a while, a simple one honestly. Just to explore the dynamics of lower-class devels and a bit of enses'.

Jeathiel is temporarily exiled only for 1000 years and had the incredible luck to fall straight into a develish territory... without powers

Zamarm found him and they are now both in deep trouble, all thanks to Zamarm who has a lot of enemies because he is an asshole. Jeathiel is a target by default just by being an ens

They're gonna have fun <3

Bit of Info dump Lore

Enses are a species of light creatures that homins(Lureed's humans) keep calling angels, despite them not sending messages anywhere like the meaning of the word angel* would suggests.

*Angel comes from the Greek "Angelos" which means messenger.

They emit a soft light, like yellow guy here, and are covered in feathers. They can connect with each other mentally and have a strict hierarchical system. Devels, in contrast, absorb light and don't have feathers. They usually fight between themselves and other species a lot, enses in particular. They are really mean... like A LOT (not by nature btw)

Yellow Guy™ fullbody + Sketch

I have this funny idea in my head, that mermaids/sirens consider kissing on the mouth as tender but platonic touch. But at the same time, they consider singing as something quite intimate.

Singing a love song in the presentce of someone not related to you is a blunt and open flirting.

And singing it directly for them is basically asking their hand in marriage.

I mean selkie canonically have wedding customs so why not sirens.