Challenge #5: Squiggle #2: Minoan Mermaid

[minoanmiss]

Title: Minoan Mermaid
Artist: minoanmiss
Rating: PG-13? R? I'm not sure
Fandom: The Minoans of Bronze Age Crete
Characters: A Mermaid, the sea
Content Notes: NSFW: not erotic, just from a different dress code. As you might guess from my username, I'm fond of the Minoans. They were fond of spirals, so when I saw this week's challenge I thought of them and how they might conceive of and depict a mermaid. I decided that none of the preview images did what I wanted them to, so I'll just put her behind the cut.



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I worked in the spiral in two different places, one less obvious than the other. I hope this works. :)

Comments

[alias_sqbr]

This is lovely!

[minoanmiss]

Thank you! :D

[mific]

Great use of the prompt. She does look very Minoan, and I like how happy and curvy she is!

[minoanmiss]

beams Thank you very much :)

mific replied to a Dreamwidth entry "Challenge #5: Squiggle #2: Minoan

[goss]

Oooh! I love this! :D

She looks so happy and carefree. I also really like the repetition of the spirals from the ocean to her hair. Very cute pic. ^___^

[minoanmiss]

Thank you so much! Both for the comment, which means even more from an awesome artist such as you beam and for the challenge, which totally delighted me. As soon as I saw the spiral squiggle I saw both stylized waves and spiral curls, and the drawing grew from there.

I really enjoyed this one a lot. beams

[adafrog]

Great pic!

[minoanmiss]

Thank you!

[mekare]

Ah, I love her! Her head-jewelry is lovely.

[minoanmiss]

Thank you! Minoan Ladies wore hair bads a lot, so I had to give her some. :)

[tarlanx]

Great use of the squiggle!

[minoanmiss]

curtseys Thank you :)

[amberdreams]

She's cute! And I love the use of the spiral. The colours are very Minoan fresco-like.

[minoanmiss]

How did I miss this wonderful comment? Thank you so much! I actually used a palette derived from Minoan frescoes for this.