This face, while pretty enough, may not have launched a thousand ships but it did launch a fishing boat and a young man's obsession. Terry tossed this off just before heading back to New Zealand for a break from his assignment in England. I took one look at it and knew I had to write a story about it. So I did.
Colored with pencils.
Color pencils brushed with water. I enhanced it slightly to make the image brighter.
Even before he saw the story I wrote this whole sea vixen thing had fired Terry's imagination as well. He drew this lovely furmaid and sent it to me when he arrived in New Zealand.
Inked version.
Rough sketch of Misu shortly after her capture by the crew of the longline trawler Sea Vixen.
Expanded version of above sketch.
Terry finally sent me the finished version! Who hoo! This is the full sized version of the image I used as an illustration in the story.