Calypso the Mermaid

Illustrated on paper in pencil. Feel free to interpret whatever colours you wish.

The Character

A mermaid caught in a downpour.
Based on the Odyssian myth, Calypso is a mermaid with a preference for the surface fresh-water and clear horizons of the archipelegan coast over the hazy blue cloud of the ocean.

She lives in the pools of a secret oasis where she's surrounded with her creature comforts, which reflects her taste for fine living and leisure. She's depicted here sat under the falls that nourish her pool.

Any who enter her domain are tempted with the notion of bliss, relaxation, and bounty, and abandoning the lives they've led so far.

Notes on the jewellery

x3 strings of medium pearls around her neck
x2 strings of small pearls around her neck sat above the previous set.

x2 strings of medium pearls. They start at the neck pearls and extend to her wrist. They are bound to her arms by more pearl stringsbelow her bicep, on her forearm, and again on her wrist. They hang loosely between these binding points.

x1 long string of medium pearls extend from her neck and drape down around her breasts and end below the first row of abs.
x1 strings of medium pearls around her waist, forming a circle. They hang from two points on her front (framing her abs) and one more at the centre of her back.

x2 strings of lowest-set of medium pearls. They hang from the lowest points of ring of pearls at her waist. Their connecting points are at her hips and belly button. The centre connection is hidden behind a brooch that is reflective of bird wings or petals around a central jewel.

x2 Bracelets on her left arm. One is thick with rectangular and champfered jewels, and another is decorated with silver round bells on a thin string.
x1 chain earring on her right ear.