WE ARE OPEN!

So here we are. After being away for ages, I have returned. Hopefully for a long time.

As I said above, I won't go into why I've been away. Not yet. I'll be using it as examples when I talk about important issues in the future.

Now on to the important stuff! Links! Here are the links to all my new various pages and social media sites

SlugLady's Sketch-Log, Tumblr, DeviantArt, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter.

More links will appear as I polish up the sites and finalize some updates. But until then,

LETS DO THIS!

Tegan Dumpleton aka The SlugLady

(ps. It's good to be back)

edit: Oh, and as I introduce unknown characters, I will be adding they're corresponding tags

Mermaid Blood: The Storyteller

Now time for 2 more roughs for Mermaid's Blood:

Just the initial idea of another character i've been toying with. Since MB is a grimms tales type of story, I felt it needed a narrator figure. This is just an initial idea for what I had in mind. At the moment, she has no name other then "the storyteller". Mainly based on turtles, tortoises (land and sea) and the myths around them.

So that's it for Mermaid's blood for a bit. But there is a few more things coming today and tomorrow.

Mermaid Blood: Cove Character Sketches

More Mermaid Blood sketchies. I've been trying to work out the design for Cove, since, despite everything I said about Nyneve, Cove has a lot more details to him. He's basicly a frankin-mer-fish-thing, plus the main character (sort of) Once again---roughs, so bad anatomy is bad.

And if you can't read my writing, don't worry. I tend to write in a code where I subconsciously skip letters as I write. If you can actually read this, you are a freaking genius.

It's mostly just notes about Cove's hair, and face. It helps me work out his "look" a little better. Also got in a few expressions and how his hair moves (he does live under water). I had the most trouble with the eyes, since the first few tries came out much more "muppet-y" and if his pupils are drawn incorrectly, he looks cross-eyed. The one with the arrow pointing to it is a more finalized version

And here I am trying to figure out how to give Cove an eyepatch and scars without making him look piraty. Always fun. I've finally decided on the seashell eyepatch with thin string, since it doesn't get in the way of the rest of his face as much.

Why leave in the eye patch? because magic can only do so much (not actually being sarcastic). Cove's left eye is extremely sensitve to light.

The poses are just basic movement ideas, though the pose in the top right is much more of Cove's style. He can be a bit of a pompous jerk. (Yes, I know the arm is horrible.)

I'm still trying to figure out all of Coves scars, stitches and basic siloette. I'm trying to find a balance between all of his details. Some of the "wounds" change over time, but there are some that are pretty much permanent.

Thats it for now!

Seeya
 Tegan Dumpleton aka SlugLady28

Mermaid Blood roughs part 3 Cove the Fish Man

And so the second life of Cove, came to be.
Neither fish, nor man, nor merfolk was he.
Free to swim but not truly free.
Forever a trinket of his mistress,
a player in these tales of the sea.

“But forever is mine.
And one day, I will be free.”

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And now we come to the main(ish) character for Mermaid Blood, Cove the fish-man. This is just the initial sketch. I'm going to experiment with his form a bit more. But the basic idea is there. Cove is a mishmash of different species, including Merfolk, Human and Fish. Why? It's too spoilery. I'm going to go into Cove's origin in the first chapter.

But if you've been reading my notes on Nyneve, then you might have already half figured it out...


Part 1
Part 2


Seeya
 Tegan Dumpleton aka SlugLady28

Mermaid Blood roughs part 2 Nyneve the Sea Witch

Next round of roughs for Mermaid Blood, a series of fairy tale-esk stories surrounding mermaids. This time, you get to see characters I CAN talk about!

This is the Sea Witch, Nyneve, because every Mermaid story needs a Sea Witch...

Actually, Nyneve is one of the main characters/plot devices in the stories. Before you ask, yes, I was a little inspired by Ursula from Disney's Little Mermaid, by they're personalities and drives are very different. In fact she might be closer to Stein from Soul Reaper O_o

Nyneve has magical abilities, but prefers being hands on, and she doesn't have grand dreams of ruling the ocean. She's a collector. You can make almost any deal with Nyneve, if you have the payment to back it up.

Though, the payment could be almost anything as well. A shiny gem, a flower, or maybe your left eye. It might be safer to stay away from her...

These sketches of Nyneve are not final. I'm still working out things like her face and *sigh* her hair. The hair I hate so much, I covered it in the flippin' seashell. You'll see in the nextimage. But these designs are the closest to what I want so far.

The image on the left was done with a reference, as a quick guide to show how her arms and claws move. The image is a combination of a few poses from pose maniacs.

Earlier designs of Nyneve. So far, she's been the hardest character to design. I originally made her part cephalopod, but just looks way to much like Ursula and Morgana. I finally decided to make her more base off of crustaceans, like the crabs, lobsters and shrimp.

Next is a few designs of Nyneve's face shape and hair. I'm still trying to figure out the hair though.

I like the idea of Nyneve wearing a seashell hat (one that she switches often). But as for her actual hair, the first head in the left corner is probably the closest I've gotten. I just want it to be longer...

Nyneve's hair is meant to be akin to antenna or metal ribbons that flow backwards around her head. Think Mr. Sinister's cape from the 90s X-Men cartoon. However, getting the angles right has proved to be a bit of a problem. Unless I change the design, I'm probably going to construct a model to draw from...

Just a few ideas for Nyneve's workshop. Nyneve is part pack rat, part business woman, part mad scientist. And her workshop shows it. She needs a variety of skills in her line of work, and, as i've said, Nyneve prefers to be hands on. Nyneve is also not above creating "crimes against nature". Like the anemone/octopus in the corner.

Up top is a seashell necklace blowing a bubble. It's a magical tool Nyneve and her servants use for collecting. The bubble forms around the item and creates a bottle, perceiving the item inside, like the fish tail on the right.

That's it for Nyneve for now.

...

...Oh, what the heck--

"Poor unfotunate souls~ 

 In Pain~ 

 In Need~ 

 This one longing to be thinner~ 

 This one wants to get the girl~ 

 And do I help them~ 

 Yes indeed~"

Heh. Gotta love the classics

Part 1

Part 3

Seeya

 Tegan Dumpleton aka SlugLady28

Mermaid Blood roughs part 1

Le gasp! Sketches and they aren't for the sketch-log!

Ha. Sorry. Anyway, here are a few sketches for another story I have in the works: Mermaid Blood (title not final). These are all initial rough sketches for the story, so, please ignore the anatomy issues.

Mermaid Blood is about, well, mermaids. An anthology (Yes, another one. Noticing a trend yet? ;) ), written like a series of fairy tales.

Kiss~

King Torrent. He's a jerk.

The Rarest Pearl

Have I mentioned how much I love Deep Sea fish?

I feel pretty~

A few more random characters

Part 2
Part 3

Seeya,
 Tegan Dumpleton aka SlugLady28