As Promised--Sexier Mermaid

[silver_tiamat]

I feel like I need to do something fun, so stay tuned for crazy artwork. It's very possible that I may end up doing some Avatar: The Last Airbender fanart, though I don't promise anything. I just need to do something that isn't a mermaid, a boat, or water. (Well, I guess that cuts out a water bending Katara as an option for fanart. =/ )

Comments

[outlier1985]

Well, she still has the little fish hair ornament thingies, at least. I thought that was a nice touch. xD

I get what you're saying about feeling like you're 'selling your soul' a little bit. If it makes you feel any better, I'm at least one guy who doesn't go for the typical features 'most guys' seem to be obsessed with. T^T

[silver_tiamat]

Haha--I'm NOT getting rid of those. I like 'em! And they are there to stay

[miss_ljv]

This reminds me of what the other person who's been commenting on my journal entries about body image says. She always comments that "by today's standards" I'm attractive, but using that phrase is so not true! I'm short, not athletic in any way, and I wear a size 7 jeans! Like, I have my eyes going for me, and T&A (the A further accentuated by having deformed lower vertebrae that gives me swayback, as if I'm pushing my ass out), but I am NOT "today's standards" hot. I'm "kinda like Athena though not as extreme with the tits and I don't have her calves and I'm not alluring like she is, I look more like a cute, innocent tease" hot. XD

I DEFINITELY don't like that open-mouth look. Nope. Not in the drawing, and not IRL. The only thing I envy about models is their arms.

[silver_tiamat]

I think we've talked about this before--the fallacy of thinking that "big boobs" are "in" to the extent that if you have them, then you're set. It's not even remotly true--all the people we hold up as the epitome of our cultural beauty are ALL small chested, because they're all SO THIN. We can't wear half the clothes that are produced because they're not MADE for large chested girls with smallish waists! Half the time, just finding a dress that FITS is a near miracle. Finding one that fits and that I *LIKE* is a real miracle blessed by Baby Jesus and Buddha himself

[miss_ljv]

Hahaha! I get the same feeling from YOUR photos XD Me having the tendency to exude sexuality only benefits me some of the time. I also get the "Holy shit you're intimidating! O_O" response more often than you'd think. :P I guess we're made for each other because I love long, luscious dark hair and bodies like yours, and you like those light eyes ^_^v

I feel ya on the "finding shirts/dresses that fit" front. I put on a shirt of Steve's the other day, no bra, and I was stretching it out. I was trying to find a comfy lounge shirt, not a shirt made for a wet t-shirt contest!! I also have a hard time finding dresses that look good. I'm much more able to find skirt outfits :/ You reminded me that I too envy those thighs!! Not TOO skinny, like, not Kate Moss, but skinny ones fa sho.

[silver_tiamat]

Haha! We're kinda silly. XD I get the "You're SO intimidating" ALL. THE. TIME. In fact, it's the thing everyone I've talked to from high school who confessed retroactively that they totally liked me, but never dared to do anything or say anything because I was just that intimidating. D= Or even in my senior year when people confessed that they'd wanted to befriend me, but I was just TOO INTIMIDATING. ~_~ Yes, I'm so deeply scary...with my cutesy baby voices, and cheerful exuberance, and tendency to pull out a picture I've been working on to color in class. *sigh

[miss_ljv]

Hahaha I'm not sure if I could trade my eyes for beautiful hair, either XD It's like, as much as we want things to change, these parts of us are, like, part of our identity!

I feel ya on the thigh thing! They are jerks!

[outlier1985]

Well in my case... speaking purely in terms of physical features, facial features matter more to me than anything else. That's not to say I have absurd standards or look down on flaws or anything of the sort. :S

As for other features... ehhhh... what I 'like' in women... it's hard for me to say. I'm not sure if it's because I don't really KNOW, myself, or if it's because I'm uncomfortable expressing such thoughts. Probably both. XP

One thing I can definitely say matters to me is personality, mannerisms and 'vibe,' so to speak. The way a girl smiles, or talks, or whatever else can mean more to me than any physical feature.

And, umm... I'm suddenly becoming terribly self-conscious talking about this, so I'm going to stop there. And perhaps go hide under my bed or something for about an hour. ^^;;

Like, I can't get over the desire to make her smile, because I DON'T WANT TO DO THE OPEN MOUTHED, STUPID, VAPID, FUCK ME LOOK THAT MODELS USUALLY WEAR. *huff huff* Not that this bothers me immensely or anything.Yeah, no kidding... who the

[silver_tiamat]

Facial features actually matter more for everyone, regardless of what they say. Human beings have a special part of their brain that is solely made for facial recognition. Human beings LOVE faces. Looking at faces pleases our brains. It's one of the ways you can tell when someone's "wrong" in some way--if they have an unnatural relationship to the face, such as an autistic child having great trouble looking and focusing on a face, especially the eyes

[outlier1985]

You don't have to worry about getting self-conscious on my journal. =) I'm not going to condemn you for anything--and you're always welcome to give your opinion on something, positive OR negative. You can talk about what you like and don't like. And if it makes you too uncomfortable, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. =)Thanks. xD

[silver_tiamat]

Well, you'd be surprised by what you "learn" from people without them ever saying anything directly to you. Most of these things would be learned from you peers, from your teachers, from TV, from movies, and from other external sources. Your parents aren't the only shaping influence in your life--a fact a lot of people forget when they get eager to blame their parents for EVERYTHING. Sometimes, it's pretty obvious it's the parents' fault. But, other times...well. We absorb a lot of information from many sources. It'd be tricky to track down exactly where you began to feel like talking about the opposite sex, or sexuality in general, was something to feel embarrassed or wiggy about

[miss_ljv]

I second the You don't have to worry about getting self-conscious on my journal part. Buuuuut that's coming from two women who are very open and enjoy discussing things, and are very comfortable with things of a sexual nature. Just throwin' it out there though ^_^