Mermay 2022: Biology Influenced Merfolk

Hey there folks! If you’ve been following my twitter and instagram, for this Mermay, my theme is to basically take inspiration from real life biology, and apply them to their design as merfolk… especially their wicked set of chompers. It got so popular on Insta, I even made backstories for their designs there xD.

You can read up more about their stories on my Insta, but the gist is this:Karais a Great White Shark mermaid, and she does her best to look out for her sister, a Lamprey. She lives in a town full of quirky characters, whose merfolk come from multiple kinds of fish and critters of the sea.

i really liked the illustration

The Trix ✨

Unfortunately my screen recorder crashed so no speed paint of this. BUUUT I have it done! Tsuki Ootori is my favorite of my OCs so far. I used two shading styles cause idk which one I liked better but here she is.

Gonna be making a speed paint of this precious doll soon!

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Babies

Rosalie Raines by me! TheThugSeme! Another character in the story I am working on!

Redesigned an old character. Here she is in all her glory!

Her name is Tsuki Ootori, created by TheThugSeme

CRUELLA CHARACTER ANALYSIS

“i didn’t [kill the dogs]. BUT, the world does need a villain to believe in and i’m happy to fit the bill.”

oh, cruella. my brilliant, exceptionally perceptive phenom. so this is one of my favorite pieces of social commentary of all time. here, cruella is delineating a societal paradigm of both sheer idiocy and unnerving oppression. one in which people forgo facts- the only things that are reflective of reality- to forge narratives that are amenable to their pre-conceived notions. such a paradigm aids in the sustenance of oppressive systems like racism and sexism. those with privilege who are hellbent on preserving their justly wielded power will stop at nothing to perpetuate false stereotypes by concocting narratives that couldn’t be farther from the truth. nevertheless, it is not truth that these people seek to unveil, but rather a tale that encourages others to subjugate marginalized peoples. take, for instance, a scenario in which a racist encounters a black man in a hoodie walking down the street. the racist proceeds to concertedly detail the black man as an insidious threat in their phone call to the police despite the presence of any evidence to corroborate the claim. so goes the tale of anti-blackness. navigating back to cruella’s situation, people choose to frame cruella as a so-called “dog killer” out of sheer, willful nescience: they are appalled at the notion of a young woman whose every action is done in the name of securing justice. it is unseemly to them. and this makes sense in that securing justice would mean the loss of immoral power they currently hold. as such, they attempt to burn her at the stake (figuratively speaking) in a social mauling to punish her for not allowing them to hold their deplorable ideologies. nevertheless, cruella leverages the stupidity to create a barrier of defense for herself. after all, who would dare challenge someone as machiavellian as a murderer of defenseless creatures? this is why she’s “happy to fit the bill.” for her entire life, she’s been assaulted at the hands of an unjust society. through this very society’s creation of a caricature of her, cruella is able to avoid the position of vulnerability her marginalized identities (woman, low socioeconomic status, mentally ill) and refusal to accept injustice rear. in conclusion: she is the best person ever ok bye

i’m their number one fan it’s true

some cruellanita thoughts as a lesbian who so desperately wants them to be disney’s first openly wlw couple (but it’s disney so who i am i kidding…just waiting to be disappointed ): i spend a fair amount of time thinking back to the scene where the baroness confronts anita in an ever wretched fashion (she’s giving racist and elitist which is nothing surprising given her personality). also, if you’re not black, let me just tell you that when a white person suffocates you in that patronizing, “you’re inherently inferior” way which was evoked w every move and tone that bitch made…it’s racist. i digress, but that was important. anyway, i envision a plot line wherein anita tells cruella about this encounter which then percolates cruella with indignation such that she vows to make the baroness’ life a living hell part 2. and anita will play coy regarding what cruella is doing (perhaps a long awaited response to that day in anita’s office when cruella pretended she wasn’t for all intents and purposes flirting w anita…if you know you KNOW), which is (continuing to) fall in love w her but at some point, they’ll both let down their defenses and be direct ab how they feel towards one another. and they’ll live happily- but vengefully when need be, not to say that the two are always mutually exclusive- ever after. what can i say…they own me ‍♀️

i like to make a statement

more cruella makeup from her best protege i have the hair, the personality, the fashion (not here bc i was in my nightgown but ), the makeup…only missing that delectable accent

EMMA HAS RETURNED TO THE FASHION SCENE. louis vuitton paris fashion week 2022

newly released pics of emma from 2017. this woman is perfect

manifesting two wins for cruella and an appearance from emma on oscars night. still think she truly deserved a nomination but maybe they’ll stop sleeping on her as our darling in the second film