Mermaid

This one, I erased the paper in the image — leaving just the drawing. I did this because it was on the backside of one of my dad’s forms from work — and the form structure and text showed through. (I may do this ‘erase the paper’ for all my old artwork on white paper.) I kept the date and the surrounding original paper background — you can see how dark the paper was, and the benefit of removing it.

Drawn by a horny teenager, she is a bit too detailed on her private parts — but it does raise some interesting questions about mermaid/merman physiology and reproduction. Are mermaids warm- or cold-blooded? This mermaid has a belly button (as does Ariel from The Little Mermaid), so she must have started in a womb with a placenta, and not been hatched from an egg. Plus, she could clearly nurse her own young — a very mammalian attribute. Also, how could she give birth if her legs are connected top to bottom? Hmmm…