And here we go again with the freakin' specieist agenda, FA! There's more to the ocean than aquatic mammals! D< (No offense to any of you cetaceans, sirenians, otters, and pinnipeds.) Srsly, I'll bet there are Sharks and other Fish in this fandom who are at a loss for their species when submitting art.

But, back to business.

A late En Memoriam to a beautiful fish we owned.
Meet Blutane, bi-colored Royal Blue/Red crowntail betta. The IRL version of this handsome fish sadly didn't get a chance to have a photo taken before departing a few months after we first got him. So, this speedpaint was from memory and glancing at other Royal Blues and Reds.

Quite a bit of creative liberty taken here, aside from the anthropomorphization. He's very much 'WTF?' at being a merfish. xD

Like I said, this was a speedpaint. 4-ish hours start to finish, excluding the time taken to get dinner and watch two episodes of Kuroshitsuji. Blutane was this gorgeous iridescent betta, and I think I did him some justice with my attempts at iridescence.

Art © Chobaryu