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Mermay 2022 - CotWR - This... feels nice — Description
"Although still angry and confused at the sudden transformation, Roxanne couldn't help feeling comfort and warmth spread through her as Eliza carried her in her arms. Sure, they were still being hunted by two dozen guards in that forest, but it helped calm her down. A little reluctantly, she admitted it out loud, blood rising to her cheeks, and making the pirate captain smile softly.

They'd figure this out, together."
(Legends of Erayfen, Cycle II - Chronicles of the Wind Rider) (aka Personal Stories Project)

In the story, this happens a few minutes after my Mermay 2020 illustration "I'm half-fish?!" ~ Eliza picks up hers and Roxanne's weapons then picks up her angry mermaid gal pal. In part because, yeah, they have to get out of the forest and away from the people chasing them, but also to re-centre Roxanne a bit. As a niäleath (a special type of shapeshifter), the captain knows shapeshifting can be scary and confusing, particularly involuntary or first shifts. Her loved ones holding her helped reassure her when it happened to her, so ... Well that and she just likes holding Roxanne in her arms, honestly xD

So this was gonna be a quick doodle to keep up with my yearly tradition of drawing Mermaid Roxanne each Mermay, despite me having not drawn for almost a year (except for a few life drawing sessions and my little Christmas doodle). I'm still dealing with not wanting to nor enjoying drawing a lot, but hey. Making an illustration instead of just a rough doodle feels like there's still a part of me, somewhere, that likes it x) Even if it flickers . Besides, doing this was nice, I'm happy with how it turned out especially given my relationship with drawing this past year xD It might still be the only "ambitious" drawing I do this year, I guess time will tell x)

A 1-min timelapse process video will be available on Instagram, Twitter and FB later, and a slightly longer one on YouTube For once I even recorded most of my messy sketching process xD!

Thanks for passing by, folks!

Doodle/Artwork and characters by me/MJ/LynkaWolf/Rymae ^^

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