Bonus #Mermay drawing!
Since I drew my regular mermaid so early in the month, I decided to show what she likes to get up to: pressing herself up against the viewing domes of submersibles used in marine research to say hello.
True fact: dozens of undersea expeditions are lost each year due to mermaids compelling scientists to let them into their vessels. It's a big problem in marine studies.
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Double-plus bonus #Mermay drawing! (Sort of.)
Just for fun, I tried rotating my mermaid visitation drawing to match the mermaid's perspective.
I also restored the mermaid's reflection in the glass, which I'd previously hidden because I thought it made the centre of the drawing a little too busy.
What do people think? Better from the scientist's orientation (as shown upthread) or the mermaid's (shown here)?
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@ravanon I find this one a bit difficult to wrap my head around because there's not much context besides the person to tell us which way is up. If you wanted to play with it some more I'd perhaps try adding more environment elements (kelp, fish, rocks?) to make it easier to understand. Or maybe a bit of confusion is the intended effect? Either way I like the idea, playing with camera angles is always fun
Edit: oh, and the reflection is a cool detail, I like it
@molentum Yeah, I think there's a reason I posted this one second—without the context of the first version, I agree it's probably too confusing.
An upside-down fish swimming by would probably be the most economical solution.
I do enjoy playing with orientation; I was even considering a 90º landscape variant, though that might have been a little too strange.
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