Third times a charm...

Third try at rendering my character, after having a thing about my character and its environment it dawned on me that a tropical colored fish wouldn't fit in a river and lake scene which is after all where my myth originates from. So after studying many examples of river fish and in particular Trout, I settled on the spotted green and purple scheme derived from the rivers natural greenery, and dark black to purple rocks.


The Myth....

"Merrow (from Gaelic murúch) or Murrough (Galloway) is the Scottish and Irish Gaelic equivalent of the mermaid and mermen of other cultures. There are other names pertaining to them in Gaelic: Muir-gheilt,Samhghubha, Muidhuachán, and Suire. They would seem to have been around for millennia because according to the bardic chroniclers, when the Milesians first landed on Irish shores the Suire, or sea-nymphs, played around them on their passage." Wiki......

Merrows themselves are extremely beautiful and are promiscuous in their relations with mortals. As members of the sidhe, or Irish fairy world, the inhabitants of Tir fo Thoinn the Land beneath the Waves, have a natural antipathy towards humans.