Rhapsodies

As I mentioned in my first Halloween sketch challenge, one of my greatest desires is to make mermaids scary again. This is easier said then done because most people are distracted by the sexy while forgetting that’s just what the mermaids want you to do. For me the scariest mermaid scenes are not the ones where the mermaids drop the glamour and reveal a mouth full of sharp teeth and claws, It’s the subtle ones like in Hunter Thompson’s  The Rum Diary where the beautiful woman appears almost from nowhere leaning against your boat and you wonder how since you’re nearly a mile out from shore.

Unfortunately it’s hard to capture that kind of subtlety in one image… but I try.