What Are Your Merfolk Doing Today 2.0

Okay, the chapter update will be delayed again because I had another spark of creativity.

I spent most of my time on the new build, but I tested some poses that almost took just as long to work out.

First, I wasn't too unhappy about this depth for this pose, I imagine that my merfolk would have enough strength in their tail to prop their torso at least this far above the surface if they were curious enough about something above the surface. I also imagine that being able to do something with their hands to make a gesture while using their tail wouldn't be outside the sphere of possibility for my merfolk. It still didn't feel 100% right.

The depth did give me a good look at my new build from the water. I've seen merfolk in the Disney Animated films be about this far above the surface during certain scenes, so I can't imagine that in the sphere of merfolk and fantasy it isn't that strange. Still, something didn't feel quite right.

Using the Tool by TwistedMexi, I adjusted the pose again. This felt like a happier balance between being too far out of the water and just enough in the water. Again, a human probably couldn't manage this with their legs and maintain a pose with their torso, but I imagine that merfolk and their tails would make this more than possible. While wading in the water, I don't feel like merfolk need to be low to the surface all the time.

With a bit of camera work and some adjustments later, I got the pose with a good look of the new build.

With the Tool by Twisted Mexi, I went from this:

To this:

To this:

I was pretty impressed by this! Gave me pause to think.

And then I had a spark of creativity that ate all my time and took away from having time to upload my chapter.  (While I finished the chapter, I did grab a couple screenshots I felt the chapter was missing, so it's not 100% written now. Sorry about that.)

My next spark of creativity led to getting a group pose to see what I could do in future chapters. I had to know. It turned out better than I thought.

Btw: Dylan is suggesting that his older brother serenade the girl of his dreams, completely forgetting in that moment that Alex can't speak or sing. While Dylan might be a creative prodigy, he hasn't perfected the art of singing yet. His twin brother's reaction should be evidence enough of that. And yes, Dylan and Zephyr are exactly identical in every possible way in regard to their appearance. They just have very different personalities.

After seeing this work so well, I went through an entire scene. Was extremely easy once I got the brothers where I wanted them! 

Edit: I won't be having the twins in the open ocean so late at night, past curfew, and in such a dangerous place without their parents. This was strictly for testing the poses with the TwistedMexi Mod.