#hallucigenia mermaid

[shirecorn]

Today's..... Mermaid

It's my goal right now to create a new mermaid design every day Mermay. I thought opening up requests would be a great way to learn about new and awesome fish! Then people asked if maybe I can do other sea creatures that aren't strictly fish?

Sure! I've done selkies and cetaceans, what if somebody wants an octopus? So I can handle that! I said any aquatic animal is fair game.

I have since been challenged with an array of strange and haunting creatures that technically count as aquatic!!! And I said I'd do them so, after the frog, a cherished supporter gave me a new task.

hallucigenia

Yeah I didn't know what that was either. It's a funky noodley spiky creature from the cambrian era and TECHNICALLY IT'S AN AQUATIC CREATURE SO OK. Hallucigenia is called that due to the absolute silliness that went into its discovery and reconstruction. Scientists originally put it together upsidedown and backward, not knowing which part was for walking or waving around. So of course she proved a ridiculous challenge to adapt to mermay.

Ready to meet my cambrian nightmare?

yeah. She's happy to meet you too.

[frowny-clowny]

I made my favorite animal into a mermaid because nobody else will I give you all Hallucigenia-mermaid

[opalescent-apples]

Mermay Prompts (Unofficial)- Prehistoric Edition

Anomalocaris

Trilobite

Megalodon

Essexella

Dunkleosteus

Ammonite

Icthyosaur

Plesiosaur

Cameroceras

Opabinia

Tamisiocaris borealis

Hurdia victoria

Hallucigenia

Wiwaxia

Ottoia prolifica

Haplophrentis carinatus

Isoxys

Marrella

Leanchoilia

Dickinsonia

Syllipsimopodi bideni

Styletoctopus

Tusoteuthis

Priscomyzon riniensis

Asterotrygon maloneyi

Glyphithyreus

Leedsichthys

Tylosaurus

Metriorhynchus

Kronosaurus

Prehistoric hominid (Reverse Mermaid!)

The last prompt is a bit of a wild card, with the human side being prehistoric as well as the fish.

(I personally will not be able to post every day, but I intend to fill all 31 prompts).

This is not intended to be scientific, more of an exploration of sea creature art, and the extinct sealife I see getting passed over in most MerMays. I'll still be making traditional mermaid art for most of these (with a twist). I hope you enjoy.

[uniquezombiedestiny]

I apologize in a very "sorry-not-sorry" kinda way but you DID activate my sleeper cells with your wonderings about your Kin Assigned Yume 2kki Worlds so here I am to give you just a little more sauce to drink (yummie!)

The Silent Sewers DOES have creatures in it! :D A creature, anyway. That whale looks at you as you pass it by. There's another, more eerie and empty sewer you can get to from around here called the Dreary Drains with some cool graffiti in it, but alas, I wasn't about to make a trip longer than I needed.

Really, all the worlds by the world author that made Silent Sewers give off a very empty, Hollow Knight-ey vibe now that you mention it. There are even frequent benches... and a dive into an abyss. Though not a shadowy abyss, more like an ocean abyss.

And, also... the Viridian Wetlands isn't just water, it's also got plants, this cool ass lizard, mermaids, and an entire treehouse! It's a place that would probably be nice to fall asleep and dream about for real...

And while it's too long a trip to make to show any screenshot proof, those tally marks? Those are worms! Hallucigenia worms, like the prehistoric creature.

Again. Sorry-not-sorry. But you did make me feel very excited.

dont apologize this is awesome!!! the sauce is very yummy. 10/10

both of the worlds look amazing... they have a bunch of details and stuff in it that i really like. also that whale is a Creacher

also the tally marks being worms?? thats really cool

[shirecorn]

Will you take cephalopod mermay request/commissions?

Yes! It's up to the commissioner if they want me to go with straightforward mermaid body plan (humanoid torso with creature back half) or if I should figure out something new.

I added a paragraph to the end of the post about doing non-fish creatures

You can do any mollusk or other critter you want! Someone just ordered a... hallucigenia. yeah. That's gonna be fun when i get to it!