#leafy sea dragons

[zegalba]

Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus Eques)

[shirecorn]

Leafy Sea Dragon mermaids dance within kelp and seaweed, letting their shimmering ornamentation catch the light or blend in, depending on who they want to see them.

This species was requested here!

[elixir]

Leafy Sea Dragons Photos by Alistair Merrifield

[wolfgirlandfarmboy]

IT'S OFFICIALLY MERMAY Y'ALL ❤️🐟💚

[scribbling-dragon]

merman scott. i started drawing this, blacked out, and had this when i came back to

[blanchelune]

Some artworks from the past 2 months

[emiruu-u]

TURNS YOUR LOCAL GREEN NINJA INTO A LEAFY SEADRAGON

God I love him he such a silly fish

I plan on doing all the ninja so gimmie some fish suggestions for the rest of them!!

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

a quick half-baked scribble of Coral & her pet lovely daughter

[citruslucy]

marine dotwork flash 🪼🤍

[naffeclipse]

Okay basing this off the fact Eclipse can travel waters, what if Yn tells him they can't live in one cold and he just takes them to the warmer waters?

Heheh seahorse yn

Oh my gosh oh my gosh hhhhghghghhghg new Y/N just dropped

This would be one setting where it's not in the Arctic but Eclipse has left those waters to drift about, and look what he happens to find! A lovely little siren, hiding in the kelp.

A leafy sea dragon that can camouflage and even change colors to hide themselves in seaweed and the kelp formations they live amongst. Speed is not their forte. They also have a prehensile tail that can coil around or grasp things. They would live in deeper waters and have beautiful dark brown, yellow, and greenish hues to their leaf-like appendages over their tail with small, transparent dorsal and pectoral fins!

Every time Eclipse glides through the warm waters of seagrass, searching like a hungry shark, Y/N clings tightly to kelp with wide, terrified eyes. They watch him drift closer, hoping against hope that their tail colors have shifted enough to blend them into invisibility. But, somehow, he always snatches them out of the protection of the underwater forest and meadows. Y/N cannot run away, they simply lack the agility and speed, so they're stuck once Eclipse has his hands on them.

Y/N gets used to Eclipse's grabbiness—it's strange to interact with an apex predator that doesn't want to eat them (at least not right away.) They will relax enough to let Eclipse pull them along, his pace so much faster, and even coil their tail around him when Eclipse decides to stretch out on the seagrass for cuddles.

Y/N's leafy appendages are a great source of awe and admiration for Eclipse, and Y/N has never seen such a black and white fish like him before, especially not in their home. Eclipse loves Y/N's slow and drawn-out singing. Y/N doesn't often sing, especially when he's taking hold of them, but he'll keep his hands off just to let them echo a few notes while weaving in between the long kelp strands. He'll follow, much less graceful in the watery forest, but he never loses sight of them.

[smittyw]

MERMAYING !!! GET LEAFED IDIOT

[badstitched]

⋆ ｡˚ New Patreon Pattern ~ Leafy Sea Dragon ˚ ｡⋆

This is my favorite sea creature ever, the sea dragon, and my patrons insisted I make it rainbow for Pride! And then the Gemini in me was like.. how about other versions? Slide through to see them all!

The model shown is stitched with Cosmo floss! I've also collaborated with @dyeingforsass to provide flosspacks to those that wish to stitch this version!

There's also a Fancy Floss version, using a DMC palette, and you can stitch the fins using that fancy floss you've been hoarding.

And lastly, a DMC version, with a more natural palette and different body markings.

I hope you consider checking out my patreon! It's only $6, or $9 if you really like what I do. You get a hoard of patterns and a lovely community.

My model is shown stitched on the gorgeous Azaleas fabric by @witchsgardencrafts.

This pattern is only available until July 15, 2024. https://www.patreon.com/badstitch

[artist-ellen]

A merman?! Yup! It has been ages since I’ve drawn a guy.

This illustration was really fun, it started in a totally different direction but once I had the lightbulb moment to draw my favourite seahorse (The Leafy Seadragon) it all started coming together. Leafy Seadragons live off the Australian coast so of course I had to go with a dashing Indigenous Australian man as the human-inspiration.

I am the artist! Do not post without permission & credit! Thank you! Come visit me over on: instagram.com/ellenartistic or tiktok: @ellenartistic

[hamsterdancen]

rare event: adopt drop

leafy seadragon themed adopt

What's Included: Refsheet Above / 2+ Additional sketches / scanned acrylic pen art

Rules: any gender / no additional rules

looking for offers from 70 usd, dm me if interested

[aftersector]

bingliushen but make them these seals for mermay 🎣

[marinememes]

Juvenile weedy sea dragon from an aquarium in Hawaii