Catching rays

2026.05.17
Characters: Aava
License: All rights reserved

Digital ink painting of Aava,
a pale mermaid with black bob-cut hair, naked, sitting back against a tree.
She's reaching her arms towards the sun so that her hands cast shadows over her breasts.
The shading is roughly textured, imitating ink applied with a dry brush,
and the composition cuts away to white close around her.

Mermay + meme pose (originating from a photo by Marina Choy) + experimental shading and composition style. I like how it turned out.

Bonus "just the ink" version:

The previous image with the color painting parts removed, leaving only black and white ink.

Note on licensing: I'm not comfortable making this CC0 because it's a very close approximation of Marina Choy's original work. I don't personally mind if you do something with it, but you should ask her permission too, at least for anything public or commercial.