"Taluril" by Rochelle Green

Taluril is a young siren who comes to shore in the evenings to watch the comings and goings there. This was a fun commission, and the character belongs to A. Stewart. She thought she had challenged me, until I told her that I pretty much only ever drew mermaids in highschool, at least in my spare time. So this was a good piece of nostalgia, thank you. And I kept thinking about mangos and guavas and other tropical fruits, which is probably why I was craving juice all the time.  Sorry about the nudity, but I usually prefer more naturalistic mermaids, and bikinis are more a man-made thing than a fishy thing to me.

I recently did a speed-paint revamp of this picture, approx 4-5 hours playing with a few ideas and techniques.

May 2006. Repainted June 2008.