Mermaid: Don't Touch The Hair

Alright, so I was asked to do a drawing that would be my own personal take on a mermaid. So here it is. The idea for the fins being a little shredded up was inspired by animals that tend to have scars from getting a little too close to boat propellers... Although now that I think of it... she should also have scars on her upper body. Ah well, that didn't slip my mind till now. As for the hair is made from Jellyfish stingers. I don't think enough people add additional aquatic creature traits to mermaids, and I thought the idea would be cool. And just to make sure people got what I was going for, I added a few jellyfish in the background.

Originally, I was going to throw a trident in there as a bit of an homage to The Little Mermaid, but decided against it at the last minute because after I added in the Jellyfish, it would have made the overall image feel unbalanced.

I'm also thinking about doing more sinister looking mermaid like creatures. I've lately had the concept of a creature with a human upper body but a crustacian lower body, or possibly a more monstrous looking mermaid. After working on something different than what I'm used to, I'm curious to give a few more fantasy sea creatures a shot.