This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Lucy Fidelis did this as a Christmas commission for me. I hope our pretty tube girl will enjoy her new aquatic existence! You can click through to download the illustration at its full size and resolution. Lucy can be contacted at her professional site.
My original tumblr post was here. This image was posted by the artist on her tumblr at Martha Anne Illustration with the explanatory text “Has science gone to far? Vertical merm. Concept by Tom Rolfe.” It comes to us via Art Against Society.
There’s more than one way to make a mermaid. Or a melusine.
(Click on the image for larger size. 
Gnosis Transformations: Chapter Four, Page Twenty-Seven written and commissioned by Dr. Faustus of EroticMadScience.com and drawn by Lon Ryden is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.)
Lon Ryden shows us that not all mermaids are benign.
You can download a high-resolution version by clicking through.
Lantern Mermaid commissioned by Dr. Faustus of EroticMadScience.com and drawn by Lon Ryden is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.)
Naturally, Anwei leaves with a riddle.
(Click on the image for larger size.
Commencement: Chapter Eight, Page Six written and commissioned by Dr. Faustus of EroticMadScience.com and drawn by Lon Ryden is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.)
This indeed does not seem likely to be an easy explanation.
(Click on the image for larger size.
Commencement: Chapter Eight, Page Five written and commissioned by Dr. Faustus of EroticMadScience.com and drawn by Lon Ryden is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.)
Li Anwei certainly does look rather different from how she used to look.
(Click on the image for larger size.
Commencement: Chapter Eight, Page Four written and commissioned by Dr. Faustus of EroticMadScience.com and drawn by Lon Ryden is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.)