#merman mashita

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Offering another dose of Death Mark art for the weekend! ~ I got inspired again by @enjoyjellime's fanfiction "Choco Fin" again - Surprise, it's actually become three pieces! ^-^ I was so happy that my other work was able to inspire them to write an alternate ending for the story! I really liked it a lot, so I had to draw something - also the temptation to explore drawing Mashita as a piranha-themed merman was just too great! xD I hope my drawings did your imagination justice! It was actually a bit challenging to draw Mashita's tail, since I wanted to keep as close to the reference as possible while also making sure to not make it look too short in comparison to Yashiki's long Koi-tail. So I hope I did alright.

The first picture was inspired by the moment where Yashiki and Mashita hug each other, after the spirit has been pacified. The way how the scene is described in the story, with their tails curling around each other and other fish swimming around them, painted such a beautiful picture in my mind that I wanted to draw it. (Please ignore the messily drawn fish in the background ^^'). With the other two pieces I wanted to depict the moment of relief and happiness (and maybe a little bit of smugness in Mashita's case xD) between them and the moment where Yashiki kisses Mashita. I liked how easily Mashita blushes in this story, it seems so adorable, considering his personality, so he's blushing here too. ^^ (Also, I could have sworn this also happened in the story, but apparently I must have imagined it, because that didn't happen in the chapter when I re-read it earlier xD). I discovered that I really love drawing those two in close moments like these, so I'm definitely gonna be doing more such pieces in the future!

Anyways, I hope you liked it! Thanks for taking a look and have a nice week! :)

Also, here's the link to @enjoyjellime's work, if you want to check it out : Fanfiction "Choco Fin" on AO3

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I'm back with more Death Mark art! ^^ This was inspired by @enjoyjellime's fanfiction "Choco Fin", a very sweet valentine's story with Yashiki and Mashita. Though while this picture is not showing something that's actually happening in the story, without the fanfiction this piece here surely wouldn't exist now. So, a great thank you to the author for that wonderful story and source of inspiration! ^^

The scenario I was envisioning here is the classic situation of someone (Mashita in this case) falling into the water, about to drown, and the mer-person (Yashiki) being the one to save them. I pictured Yashiki - not having seen a human in his life before - as being curious upon encountering this strange, oddly similar yet so different looking "creature" drowning there, so I attempted to give him an expression of surprise and wonder. Don't know if it comes across so well. As to why Mashita is unable to save himself here, I'll leave that up to your own imagination! ^^ Btw I didn't draw Yashiki with his glasses because I guessed it wouldn't make much sense for him as an "under water creature" to have glasses.

As for why there is two colored versions - I wasn't quite satisfied with my first attempt (the more painterly one). Often enough I still find myself struggling with coloring my works, it never feels so easy to pick the right colors... ^^'

Anyway, I hope you like it! Thanks for taking a look! :)

Link: Fanfiction "Choco Fin" on AO3