A late post but one none the less. Since it’s Mermay, the month to draw mermaids, I decided to draw my original muse, Ariel; in both of her forms. What do you think?
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Earth Day! April 22
Apologies for the very tardy blog post but we wanted to display Zoe reminding you how important it is to share and respect the Earth. We are co habitants. The things we make that are manmade do have to be considered with where we source them, how they’re made, how much natural resources are needed to make then, can any resources be re-used or replaced AND where are they disposed of when used.
For years the oceans have been seen as a dumping ground. Most people feel “out of sight, out of mind.” When you yourself cannot see where the oceans intertwine from river to sea, form surface to sea floor, it’s easy to think the oceans are infinite. In honesty the oceans cover more of the earth than land, yes, but they also have animals living in them. Waves and currents are natural filtration created by tactonic plate movement and gravitational pull. That is made to filter dirt, fish waste, some animals eat the dead remains of other animals, etc. However plastics and fabrics are dumped daily and animals have to live with that. It is unjust as plastic and excess waste can kill animals. They eat the plastic or get chocked by fabric or ghost nets and drown.
Specifically the rare “leatherback sea turtle” is a deep-sea soft shelled sea turtle which feasts on jellyfish. They may in turn accidentally mistake a plastic bag for a jellyfish and have undigestable plastic stuck in their stomachs. This tells their brain their stomach is full of food but because it cannot be digested they then starve to death or die of infection from the plastic. Other cases where their throats are designed with spikes to help them swallow live food so the plastic can get stuck in their throats and choke them.
The Pacific ocean has the largest landfill trash dump pool, a gyer, known as the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” It is not an island but just a large soup of trash in the ocean that has accumulated from pollution in surrounding areas that get pulled in one spot via currents.
We MUST do better. Recycling and reusing are the easiest ways to help. Offer donations or your services to beach clean up. Anything to “Keep Our Oceans Clean!”, says Zoe:
Happy New Year!
Here in the Western part of the world we’ve already welcomed 2024. However, those celebrating the Lunar New Year are still counting down. The day to welcome Spring won't be until February but we have Beach Babe Zack celebrating Soellal a little early as he set his eyes on the Dragon Zodiac in the night sky.
What a busy 2023!
Salutations!
I can’t believe it’s the end of another year already! While 2023 was supposed to be the year of the Beach Babes story, life works in funny ways. However, i’m not letting my life get in the way of the “Beach Babes” lives. Updates to the webtoon were planned originally for weekly/bi-weekly releases. Yet, due to scheduling conflicts we see that was not the case. The latest update was in July of this year. 2024, year of the dragon, is sure to roar louder and more productively. I’m speaking it into existence! As we close out December let’s take a look at the last solo Holiday Illustrations for Halloween and “Winter Solstice.”
Honorable Mention: "Cupid 101" DTIYS
Fellow Web Comic Creator, @TaeNaeArt, of ‘Cupid 101’ on Webtoon Canvas decided to host a ‘Draw This in Your Style’ Challenge. Since she is celebrating 20,000+ readers I decided to enter. It was a breath of fresh air and a fun drawing exercise. The drawing features the protagonist, “Cherry.”
Though I do not win, my entry did receive “Honorable Mention” featured in Episode 6 of ‘Cupid 101’! Congratulions AJ on 20,000+ readers!
