Another blue man, this one with an octopus on his chest…. and arms, and back.

That is an antique shell button. My collection of buttons is endless. And a close-up of the embroidery on the rick rack.

I made a blue merman a long while back (October 2017) and I have wanted to make more but kept being unsatisfied with my blue dyeing attempts. As I described here, I finally approached the dyeing in a more deliberate fashion, found actual color charts and recipes, and this time I got colors that I was happy with. Funny thing about that!

I am having fun with the merman hair- making exaggerated swoops.

I am having the best time with these colors.

A close-up of his hair-

I’ve been thinking about a blue person for a while. I like the idea of no ethnicity because of an unreal skin color.

He’s got bubble hair.