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Sea Fever! My favorite poem in the world, especially as the season ends each year and I get nostalgic. I hope I’ve done it justice. _ other comics /art /ko-fi /patreon

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Looking for a little relaxocean? Take a few minutes and swim through schools of blacksmiths, blue rockfish, and towers of giant kelp from a dive in Monterey Bay earlier this week!

On Tuesday, a couple of Aquarium divers went out to explore Eric's Pinnacle, a rocky reef off the coast of Pacific Grove, about a mile and half from the Aquarium. They were greeted by a large school of blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) and blacksmiths (Chromis punctipinnis) battling the strong surface current flowing down the coast, as well as a few passing drifters like Pacific sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens)—tasty treats for the planktivorous fishes on the pinnacle!

Blacksmiths used to be a classically Southern California fish species, but these days they're residents in the Monterey Bay. Many groups arrived with the warmer water that has bathed the Northeast Pacific coast for the last several years, largely due to marine heatwaves and ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) events.

The bottom of the pinnacle is around 60 feet deep, and the top around 20, making it a classic "advanced" dive site for new SCUBA divers. The kelp was nearly horizontal from the surface current, which makes some of the video a bit disorienting!

We hope you enjoy the video! Let us know if you'd like to see more of this kind of content in the future, or if you have some ideas for what you'd like to see from the bay!

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I think it’s incredible how seals experience the world.

Many of the deep-diving seals can go blind during their lifetime and live just fine.

Round whiskers flap around in the water and create their own turbulence, but the specific whisker shape they have cancels turbulence, so they can pinpoint trails of turbulence from prey. Other places to see my posts: INSTAGRAM / FACEBOOK / ETSY / KICKSTARTER

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Summer at the lake 💙🧜‍♀️

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♩“Vogue, vogue, fishy baby~!”♫

I realized much later that I was confusing Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” lyrics (which are actually “walk, walk, fashion baby”) with Madonna’s “Vogue”, but I’m rolling with it. I felt very haute couture once the look finally started coming together!

And yes, I painted my lips tiny for the sole purpose of exaggerating the kissy fish face!

Silicone prosthetic FX makeup done as part of the California MerCon Mermaid Makeup workshop led by Smogteeth! This took me… so many hours. SO MANY. I’ve gone over in Photoshop to erase the prosthetic edges that I didn’t have the skill to hide for real, and wow, what a difference! With enough practice, maybe one day I’ll be able to achieve this smooth finish with the power of makeup!

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Exactly two years ago, I met my mersister Fiuffy Meowmaid for the Mermaid Ball at The Fun House in Toronto. The event has been cancelled the past two years, but we're surely looking forward to attending next year! Keep the mermaid goodness rolling!

Photo: Snapd Toronto Mers: Mermaid Maira & Fiuffy Meowmaid Tiara: @wireprincess Tops: Mermaid Regalia & Fiuffy Meowmaid

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I can’t believe that I’m still coloring these

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Aaa mermay!Kipling for commission for @asras3rdeye!!! Yesss she's a freckled dolphin :3 Thank you so much for commissioning me! Comish Info ^

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My art for mermay! This one was a doozy 🥵 I decided to only do one big piece this month instead of one drawing a day. I’m very proud of the trident! It was very fun to design!

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Monster MerMay Day 18 - Cetacean Anybody know of the Boto Encantado stories? 

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Mermay 2020 - Zodiac series by Pauline Marlet

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I am celebrating my 1st year anniversary on Patreon and I’ve decided to gift August’s art print to anyone who pledges this month. Just pledge any tier by 31 August and you will receive this print along with my Patreon exclusives and perks.

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A snippet for a comic about a mermaid and their crush on the Janitor that passes their tank everyday! I’ll hopefully draw more of these two, since this narrative was a re-vamp of a comic from my second year in uni. I’m hoping 

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This was the last painting I did for Mermay this year, and it was a redraw of something I did for Mermay a few years ago (the old one is on the left in case it wasn't obvious)

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I’m not sure if these would be considered selkies. I just felt like drawing seal-mermaids… imagine how cuddly they would be j_j

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Still here, still drawing mermaids 🐠🐟❤️✨