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Artworks featuring Aava

Painting of a fountain in the middle of a verdant park landscape. On top of it is a statue of an elf wearing a dress and staff, made of blue oxidized copper. The faun mathematicians Olivia and Basil are sitting at the fountain's rim with drinks, joined by Aava the mermaid lounging in the water. In the background, some other characters are seen walking and hanging out on a beach.

Fountain drinks
Digital painting of Aava the mermaid sitting somewhere underwater. She's wearing her jewelled pink halter top and surrounded by rocks and foliage, a bright light reaching her body from between the rocks but leaving her face in shadow. She's stroking her hair with a hand, resting the other on her breast, and looking sidelong at us in a playfully inviting but also slightly sinister gesture. There's a lot of empty space in the image, implying that we're a bit of distance away, perhaps unsure whether to accept her invitation.

Siren's gaze
Gouache painting of Aava, a pale-skinned mermaid with black bob-cut hair, sitting on a rock in a long pink dress and holding a rose in her hand. She's surrounded by large pink lilies which fade into outlines and then into nothing behind her, and there's an abstract art nouveau -style circle framing her head and shoulders.

Going art nouveau mode
Gouache painting of a mermaid sitting on a rock surrounded by reeds and water. It's very misty, expressed by painting transparently and letting the white paper show through. A forest can be faintly seen in the background.

Haze
Ink drawing of Miriel the forest elf climbing onto a pile of rubble. Behind the pile we see ruins of tall urban buildings overgrown with vegetation, and in the middle of it all a large building with a giant domed roof. There's a car under the rubble. Miriel is carrying her bow with the string on and a quiver full of arrows, suggesting she's worried about who might be lurking in these streets.

Inktober 2025
Gouache painting of Aava, a pale-colored mermaid with black bob-cut hair, wearing a billowing pink dress. We're underwater, but not very deep - the darkness is broken by dim shafts of light from above. She's falling backwards away from the viewer and towards a gothic cathedral tower seen in the background.

Stuff with gouache
A grid of four drawings in different styles featuring various characters.

Art Fight 2025
Ink drawing of a mermaid sitting on the sea floor, leaning on a rock. There's seaweed and a school of fish in the background. She's drawn in colored inks but using only lines, partially colored in with hatching.

Mermay inks (2025)
Digital painting of a mermaid posing in front of a row of three stained glass windows on an underwater stone wall. The window directly behind her depicts a sunset over water, and to her sides are two mermaids wearing white drapery. The window is the dominant light source, making bright beams in the water and a stark contrast with everything else.

Big fancy window
Digital drawing of a mermaid wearing a skimpy halter top with an embroidered belt around the waist and chains of jewelry hanging off it. She also wears various other jewelry around the arms and the head and heavy smoky-eye makeup. Her body is colored with drab greens and grays, evoking some kind of Nordic freshwater fish.

Character design: Aava