Continuation of what I've dubbed the "cornchip comic"; Terzo was just trying to warn him... sort of. (part one here)
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Bonus extra panel of the culprit:
This is why I love mermay🥹
There are many creatures in this world that earn the definition of "people." Their paths to sentience are as diverse as the shapes and sizes in which they come. For mermaids, mimicking humans and hunting them in packs led to intelligence, language, and society.
Mollusks never hunted humans. They stayed in the depths and communed amongst themselves and eventually with the mermaids who shared their habitat. Long before humans knew of their existence, mollusk and cephalopod people were part of many bustling mermaid societies.
Small wonder, then, that humans referred to as mermaids on every occasion in which we encountered them. As far as sailors knew, things that swim are fish, and thus octopus are fish, and thus octopus people are mermaids.
In truth, mermaids evolved from fully formed fish, which had long split off from the ancestor of mollusks. The other phylum was forging a new path without bones. Thus, sentient creatures who arose from mollusks could not be mermaids any more than they could be fish.
But the name has stuck around. "Octopus mermaid" is more easily parsed than "Octopus person," despite the scientific community's insistence on the latter. Those that make a distinction have coined the term Cecaelia for them, but this has yet to catch on. Beneath the waves, mermaids refer to them by a variety of names, depending on the language. In sea common, the term they use directly translates to "Mirror."
This arose because cephalopods have skin made of chromatophores; cells that flex to reveal and hide their color. These "mermaids" use this trick to create a pseudo face on the top of their mantle, with which they interface with actual fish-mermaids. Their real eyes are held on either side of their head, in the place where our ears would be. To further the illusion, the arms branch and split in a simulacrum of mermaid form: head accessories, two arms, a chest, waist, and tail. So creatures that evolved to mimic humans were in turn imitated, though for different reasons.
There are none more talented at disguise than the mirror known as the Mimic Octopus. This creature is able to stretch its form and change its colors to look like a variety of animals to hide, intimidate, or entertain.
This specimen is seen conversing with a lionfish mermaid on a peaceful coral reef. At first, the colors and shape shift only gently, as the mimic is relaxed in its natural form. Suddenly, it stretches out its spiraled tentacles, the subtle stripes growing into thick bands to match the venomous spines of its lionfish companion.
The two of them continue their conversation, punctuated by the cecaelia's kaleidoscope of shifting skin. Perhaps this is how they laugh.
If you are curious about other people of the sea, you can find more research in the following libraries: High Resolution || Mermaid Requests || Discord || @worldofvonder
Had some fun redecorating my sketch book https://www.instagram.com/p/ByAkb0eFKSO/?igshid=1sg6vw51xhkxb
another banger from user at grumpznsuch on tumblr dot com
Thank you for making this I need to see more happy mouth washing head cannons I’m coping so bad rn
wish…
I too would like to draw this little guy(this is my reminder for later :))
went to a pride pin event on campus!
🔥Just a girl🔥 This is inspired by one of my favorite No Doubt songs called Just a Girl 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥#myart #nodoubt #justagirl #procreate #procreatedrawing #procreateart #digitalart #art #drawing https://www.instagram.com/p/B5jlj5LADjh/?igshid=4h75n943gz5d
YES!!
How to draw a Black person
How to colour Black people skin tones
How to draw dreadlocks
How to draw African hair
How to draw curly hair
How to draw braids
How to draw braids part 2
How to draw cornrows
How to draw Bantu knots
How to draw two strand twists
How to draw an East Asian person
How to colour darker skin tones with alcohol markers
How to draw hijabs/traditional Muslim hair coverings (note, he used incorrect terminology, what he called a burqa was actually a niqab! Sorry for the mistake)
How to draw a hijabi girl
All links and art provided by @ itsajart on TikTok
Before you go “mY aRt sTyLe iS dIfFrEnT tHoUgH” you can moderate it and play around with your style to get it to fit.
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