Mermaid Peter - Tumblr Posts
Dear God, please take my brain away. And my hands. Please.
I'll try to draw a colored reference or something like that soon, if the college spares me
I'm not entirely happy with how this piece turned out, but I won't work on it any further because I'm afraid I'll ruin it even more.
SSOOOOOO
This is mermaid Peter. A couple of facts about him, cause I got too silly while drawing him:
• he hates his fish nature and would like nothing more than to become human (he just thinks that humans are cooler than mermaids).
• instead of smallpox scars, he has fish scales visible in places, which he also hates.
• collects all sorts of human trash from the bottom and thus has collected himself a collection of toy soldiers and various army attributes.
• for a long time couldn't understand why the violin doesn't play underwater (fish-brained dummy).
• in his spare time stalks one land-based man named Frederick.
Okay, I'll stop there. Let's just pretend those three posts didn't happen. Please.
Some crappy sketches from college.
Ok, maybe I'll stick around this concept for a little longer. I absolutely love hcs for this silly from @halwardthefirst and especially these ones + my hc that mermaid!Peter likes to eat worms. Y'know, cus he's half fish. And also brainless blorbo.
Couple of sketches before I go to bed. I'm still trying to figure out this man's character, but I feel I'm getting closer.
And yeah we're getting angsty with the last one. I mean, if this goober hates his nature so much, why wouldn't his human idol do the same if they ever met? Once again, thanks to @halwardthefirst, I love your ideas for this messy merman
And also, ngl, sometimes I just wanna find some pathetic man and crush his ribs with my embrace. That's partly the point in this case. I'm very normal about this dead dumbass russian emperor, I swear
Doodles before sleep.
Some more facts about merman!Peter:
• when he is nervous, he unconsciously tugs at his hair and instinctively covers his gills with it
• prefers to swim in rivers so as not to swim out into the open sea (his aunt lives there)
• hates to openly show his fear and gets very angry when he is forced to do so (it applies to human Peter too btw)
• can make a high-pitched dolphin-like screech when suddenly startled
• he can breathe air outside of water, but he uses a human respiratory system to do so, not gills (I haven't fully thought through the anatomy of mermaids in this AU yet, sorry)
• his gills are very sensitive