Concept art: Catfish mermaids.

Final design concepts for the Catfish inspired mermaids.
- Bald heads: I don't think long flowing hair would suit these designs, being bald makes the overall look more streamlined. My logic was 'fish don't have hair; it's useless in an underwater environment so I decided against it.
- Simple tops: A tank top with an under bust corset or simple high necked vest top. Gills or stripes wrapped around the sides of the body. Stick to simple colour scheme of orange, grey, white, red. Could buy tops cheaply to then dye up and distress or appliqué/ sequin.
- Tail sewn with a gradient dyed through it and patches appliquéd up the length. Tail fin a different darker colour.
- Body paint: Pale washed out colours with scales textured on up and down arms.
- Face paint: Differs with design but sticks to same basic colour palette. Sclera contact lenses would be ideal but are quite an expensive accessories for such a small part of the characters design, and can be easily done with photoshop too. Ears can be photoshopped on, but if I have time then making these would be ideal.

Drawn in Photoshop with a mouse.