Fairies, Mermaids, Dragons, Fauns, Dryads, etc

[Leyelle]

Ofc I have to start with my mermaids

Marlais and her granddaughter/daughter Mora

Mora

[LavenderLeavened]

my comic is all about faeries so I've got quite a few

[remiquise]

Most my mermaids got their tits out and I don't think I'm allowed to post that;;;
uh, here's one with a poorly drawn top

Here's one where you can't see anything

And here's one of a character who's "half merman" in the canon so he still got leggies and clothes

[Leyelle]

And here's one of a character who's "half merman" in the canon so he still got leggies

XD, mermaids in my story's canon all have legs, even when they're wholly mermaid. Marlais in the picture above is entirely mer

[ThunderChicken]

One I did of Daecon as a merman for Mermay in 2024. One of the "rules" of my shapeshifters is that they can only shift into mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians. No fish, no invertebrates. They also must keep the same general limb layout (head, body, four limbs) although Daecon is the only one who can actually do extra limbs. The "no fish" rule is why I didn't give him a fish tail - instead he has flippers and fins. Also, no gills: He's an air breather.

I liked him as a merman so much that for 2024 I decided to give the ability to Evander as well:

Daecon's scales are a pearlescent white, Evander's are gold.

Somehow I am going to integrate mermen Daecon and Evander into the story.

Also, do witches count? Here we have Lucinda the Hecate (woods witch). She is immortal and can take on any human female form but chooses to look like a little old lady.

[applebun]

I usually don’t really have any existing species in my stories so I make up some new ones. That said, Hafella here is inspired by a Norwegian Huldra

Which is a forest-dwelling creature with malicious intent that also has a cow tail. And that’s basically Hafella’s character description.

[LunarScyphozoa]

How strict is the definition of “mermaid” here? Any limit on how many eyes and legs they can have? Uh, asking for a friend..

[Leyelle]

I've never heard of that creature before.

[Leyelle]

no limit on eyes or legs, or minimum number either. just a sea dwelling sentient species I guess?

[applebun]

I've never heard of that creature before

That’s what makes it so interesting to me. I love creatures no one has ever heard of

[Leyelle]

Oops, forgot (spoiler warning for readers of "Crystal Blue.")
Fairy Boy:

Fairy Momma:

Not a bad looking 76 year old lol.

Also remiquise drew this awesome picture of Christopher George and Mora together. I love it so much!

[Leyelle]

Here's a funky looking fairy with serrated wings that I drew in my comic "Mental Soup"

[Jwebtoons]

In the modern day world Hiro Hinmoku wears a necklace that holds a fantasy mimic that can create a superhero suit around her body. She fights goblins in the first chapter.

Read Form: Hero | Tapas Web Community

[Leyelle]

Is she a mermaid or is she not? I still won't tell. but my MC Mora (who IS a mermaid) thinks she's probably a mermaid

[applebun]

Here comes my officially most ancient OC:

Meet Frida the Lilac Princess. I came up with her when I was about 7 years old and it was her story that got me into writing. I still hope to get it out there one day, but as a novel, not a comic.
She’s a half dragon! She has 3 brothers who are all more human looking, she really comes after her mother…

[Leyelle]

It's interesting that her genes would make her dragon-looking in everything but her hair and half her face lol. Oh, and part of her hands. TBH, most of my dragons either look full 'human' or fully 'dragon', though their human forms still have notable traits that make them look like dragons to everyone who knows dragons, just like many ethnicities have common traits/features

[applebun]

Tbh I still haven’t quite figured out how dragon genes work in this world, since they are evidently able to conceive children with humans. Though the human would mostly not notice that it’s a dragon in the first place, because dragons are able to create very powerful illusions that make them almost undetectable amongst humans. (Frida’s only half dragon so she can’t.) Her mother actually got into a medieval church that way when she married Frida’s father and no one noticed.
Though there is still the possibility that something went seriously wrong when Frida was born, because that was when her father noticed that his wife was actually a fricken dragon, and also he told his sons that their mother died while giving birth to her, so there’s that.
Wow I sound so uncertain when I talk about this story probably because I already wrote 3 versions of it and want to rewrite it again…

[Leyelle]

did her mother not die?

As for genetics, I have several stories with dragons and the physiology works differently every time, lore is one of my favorite parts. just have fun with it, i say.

[applebun]

There are like 3 different rumors about what happened to her mother, so telling if she died or not would be a gigantic spoiler. It’s also very important for why her oldest brother went out to hunt her. (Okay, this is kind of a giant spoiler already, since the story is from his POV lol)

[Leyelle]

This is a drawing of my OC Therese George made by @feuersichel