Cartoon style drawing of a mermaid with short dark hair and blue tail. She is wearing purple-and-blue top, purple flower between her hair and golden key on a necklace. She is holding a smartphone with both hands, looking at it with surprise and disappointment. There are a book and headphones lying on the sand below her.

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   Mad A. Argon :qurio: (madargon@is-a.cat)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2024 06:45:41 JST Mad A. Argon :qurio:

   After I added some older #Mermay works on DeviantArt, I mentioned one #mermaid was based on my sister. So I had short conversation in comments and other user asked me, if I plan to draw myself or my sister as a mermaid. I thought it could be a good idea and started #drawing.

   Initially I planned more stereotypical scene, treasures from a shipwreck etc. Later I thought ships nowadays would drop more modern artifacts, like electronics. So what about made this picture also a symbol of my current complicated relationship with modern tech, as an IT person with some knowledge but also kind of Luddite who actively avoid mainstream devices and services?

   When I sometimes read or hear about newest drama in corporate software world, my most often first reaction is similar to this picture :blobcat_uwucry:
   Mixture of surprise, shock and disgust...

   #art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #krita #ArtWithOpenSource