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dark-orca-dynasty · 2 years ago

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It's done, I am FREEEEEEE

Colouring was the longest part of this I think, because that was when I was laying down the spots for her tail. The first version was a pain to do, so I looked up what actual snow leopard tails look like and realised I was going about it all wrong. Still not happy with the way I drew Alpheus' face either, but I'll just practice more I guess.

Things also got pretty chaotic around here, my sister now knows the most murderers out of anyone in the family (3 compared to the family baseline of 1), if that gives you any indication to the kind of life I'm dealing with.

I should have more time to work on this soon, my little brothers went back to school the other week so I'm no longer acting as a short order cook to a 5yo all day, leaving more time to contemplate feral catgirls and everything to do with The Deep.

I have a mermay thing planned too, so hopefully I remember to do that before I start on chronically ill Finn angst or using genderbends to analyse characters. But first, math and geometry because I promised someone I'd get them the measurements from the manor I drew for the AU, because I'm the kind of person who makes full on floorplans for my OCs.

#the deep cartoon #alpheus benthos #I think the thing that threw me off the most with Alpheus in the main comic is lack of shading + the bright blue from the concept art #and then the bonus panel I drew his hair being blown back because he's running and he looks like rhea ripley #...I need to draw him more #after the numbers #the mermay AU borrows from someone else's role reversal AU (need to remember who so I can say they inspired me)#and a lot of animal skin shifter folklore like selkies and swan maidens and stuff #I keep opening the file I did the plan in and getting a few more measurements down #now that the comic is done I should be able to focus only on that #chronically ill Finn stems from my experiences with chronic bronchitis more than my experiences with heat-triggered migraines #because I feel like that would be a more pressing issue for someone who regularly dives #given that issues like chronic bronchitis disqualify you from commercial diving #a lemewrian misadventure

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