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This was an interesting project challenge as a first time in designing a blind-bag character following some keyword prompts.

With the Mythic category, I wanted to do something out of the norm than the average dragon, which could also have produced its own interesting looks.
- However, when I saw 'Ocean' - I did a bit of digging for water-based mythos. Here I could have gone several ways - there's the Kelpie, which I viewed as a more freshwater counterpart, the Waterhorse/Nessie - an aquatic 'dragon' that was more or less a 'northern' species, and even a Capricorn.

- With the next keyword of 'Simplicity' - I figured the hippocampus would be the best contender as most oceanic sport fish lack decorative features in favor of speed, and fins are very accommodating of the stripes featured in the preview palette.

- Last bit was a little trickier being 'Summertime' as the final prompt. Having already determined an athletic-based water species, the next step I could then take was to render them as a tropical species, which are known for having the flashier patterning used in displaying to predators and their own kind.

Thus we have a tropical species of coastal hippocampus with a penchant for often getting into trouble!

-If you're interested in getting a custom design of your own, there are still quite a few available mystery palettes for the picking! -

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