I just discovered from @americanbeetles that this is actually a 'hand fish'.
And here is my birthday prezzie to myself! I love it so much. It even has torpedos I can shoot across the room at people.
THANK YOU, YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE!!!
By @moggyminor
By @Hannah_etc
By @jacobsheep
By @Alexrjpaterson
By Cecily the Milway
By @AJLillywhite
By @damyantipatel
By @jamiesmart
By @CTD
By @AreSlinkysArt
By @Le_Woodman
By @mooseandmouse
By @missaprilnash
By Jared
By @thefingersofgod
By @LovelyLee_G
By Ace Rockman, via @The_ZoomComic
By @revchriswhite
By @rose_appleby
By @_Studiotoad
By @Sally_Nicholls
By @ADsaxist
By @FrancesHardinge
By @garenewing
By @lifeontheslab
By @drbarbstweets
By @americanbeetles ... and not to exclude tetraodontiforms
(Also by @americanbeetles)
By @thingsbydan
By @WBKmagazine
By @JohnDougherty8
By @Louiestowell
By @deadlyknitshade & @Plarchie
By @JennieVallis
By Mark Campos on Facebook
By @MikeHarman
By @TeriSmyth
By @benjaminfarnell
By @genevanjill
Here's some of the sarcastic seaweed that Iris the mermaid encounters in the Sarcastic Sea in Oliver and the Seawigs:
By Rosa, via @genevanjill
By @Irishbabyblu
Another one by Jared, this time with a face
By @ednapurviance
By Arthur Goodman on Facebook
By Scott Faulkner on Facebook
From @crgn
By Heather Bestel on Facebook
By @CuteNosferatu
By Laura Howell on Facebook
By @paulshinndraws
By @ScribbleStreet
By @GedHirst
By Alan Nolan on Facebook
By George Tsavaras on Facebook
By David Lasky on Facebook
By @chaestrathie
By @JHGHendriks
By @stuartpyle
Thanks so much, everyone!!! I'm ovewhelmed by how many people drew chubby mermaids. You people are awesome, I love you all!
Now I am going to go listen to a nice song.