#also thought of doing a fox spirit hua cheng × just an immortal dude xie lian set in this same au

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Beefleaf mermaid au painting + the concept doodles that got me here

My idea for the au was something like "Shi Qingxuan is chronically ill, so their brother hunted down mermaids to use their scales to make a medicine. The medicine worked, but then Shi Qingxuan found one of the surviving mermaids in the aquarium in their basement." No idea if I'll end up doing anything more with that idea though

#heaven official's blessing #heaven official's blessing fanart #beefleaf #beefleaf mermaid au #mermaid au #he xuan #shi qingxuan #he xuan's design was largely inspired by basking sharks #there's also some eel in there + miscellaneous other fish + just vibes #the eyes are pretty unrealistic given the low light environment but i figured i should give them human eyes for readability reasons #they do have square pupils though #also thought of doing a fox spirit hua cheng × just an immortal dude xie lian set in this same au #where xie lian rescued hua cheng from a hunting trap hundreds of years ago so hua cheng got attached #and also xie lian and shi qingxuan would become the embodiment of that old immortal vs new immortal post