13. Mermaid - Pepper&Carrot

Panel 1: A cute mermaid sings, eyes closed, with a melancholy expression, sitting on a rock in the middle of the ocean. She plays a small lyre.

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Panel 1: A cute mermaid sings, eyes closed, with a melancholy expression, sitting on a rock in the middle of the ocean. She plays a small lyre.

Panel 2: Aerial view: many boats gather, forming a circle around the mermaid, drawn in by her performance.

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Panel 2: Aerial view: many boats gather, forming a circle around the mermaid, drawn in by her performance.

Panel 3: The mermaid bows modestly to the enthusiastic applause of the sailors on the boats, who give her a standing ovation.
Mermaid: Thank you...

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Panel 3: The mermaid bows modestly to the enthusiastic applause of the sailors on the boats, who give her a standing ovation.
> Mermaid: Thank you...

Panel 4. The mermaid now yell angrily to the sailors. In the foreground little fish, crab, and shark are throwing trash back to the boats.
Mermaid: "...And now that I've got your attention, stop polluting our waters and take your trash with you!"

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Panel 4. The mermaid now yell angrily to the sailors. In the foreground little fish, crab, and shark are throwing trash back to the boats.  
> Mermaid: "...And now that I've got your attention, stop polluting our waters and take your trash with you!"

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# Mermaid

A webcomic storyboard in four panels, black and white and sketchy:

Panel 1: A cute mermaid sings, eyes closed, with a melancholy expression, sitting on a rock in the middle of the ocean. She plays a small lyre.

Panel 2: Aerial view: many boats gather, forming a circle around the mermaid, drawn in by her performance.

Panel 3: The mermaid bows modestly to the enthusiastic applause of the sailors on the boats, who give her a standing ovation.
> Mermaid: Thank you...

Panel 4. The mermaid now yell angrily to the sailors. In the foreground little fish, crab, and shark are throwing trash back to the boats.  
> Mermaid: "...And now that I've got your attention, stop polluting our waters and take your trash with you!"

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Published on 2025-08-06.

License:

Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike 4.0 International

Attribution to:
Art: David Revoy. Scenario: David Revoy.
English (original version)
Contribution: Nartagnan.
Notes: Special thanks to the Fediverse Community!.

More information and good practice for attribution can be found on the documentation.

Source files: Artworks: 013.zip (Krita KRA, 97.59MB )
Speechbubbles: MiniFantasyTheater_lang-pack.zip (Inkscape SVG, 13.43MB)
Git repository

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Bonus: Timelapse

While I'm painting, Krita periodically takes a snapshot of the process. Here is a video compilation of all the snapshots for this episode, accelerated a lot (an episode takes between 10 and 16 hours to complete).