Chico D. Mar 🏳️‍🌈

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Artist | Author of Wet Frontier - 🧜‍♀️🧜A Mer-comic! 🧜‍♂️🧜‍♀️ Read here: www.wetfrontier.com Comms: https://vgen.co/Chico-D-Mar (He/Him/They/Them) Watching Jaws and Little Mermaid at 7 did something to me. It made me a mer-obsessed, ocean fearing/loving cartoonist.

Drawn in Clip Studio Paint by Chico D. Mar. A mermaid is sitting on a beach with rocks, and trees nearby. She is shading herself using her fin as an umbrella. She is reaching down and touching the water, causing a slight ripple.
A goldfish mermaid named Maya is smiling and talking through a dialogue box like an NPC from Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories. The quote says: There's nobody else that's gonna have your back as much as I do. I love my friends.
Drawn in clip studio Paint. A panel from the mermaid webcomic, Wet Frontier.
Drawn by Chico D. Mar in Clip Studio paint. Two mermaids are sitting by a forest riverbank. The weather is deep in autumn. One mermaid is a large set woman dressed in an elegant black robe and silver trimmed shawl. Her tail is purple. The other mermaid is white and has pink hair and dressed in a pink jacket. Her tail is a cyan.
The title screen of a virtual boy game, D-Hopper, formally known as Dragon Hopper. Being released exclusively on Switch 2 NSO service.
Animated and Drawn in Clip Studio Paint by Chico D. Mar. Character owned by user Fishbones. A scarlet mermaid is from the bust up. She is smiling heartily and talking. Her webbed ear twitches as she speaks. The text reads: "My scales are the colors of passion and power. When you see me in the water, I'm like a streak of fire."
Drawn in Clip Studio paint by Chico D. Mar. A mermaid by the name of Fiona, owned by Neojestar, swimming around looking super confident in the deep sea.
A mermaid waits expectently in front of a title that says Wet Frontier. A webcomic update by Chico D. Mar.
A mermaid named Celia drawn by Chico D. Mar owned by Gonkachino. She is a pale skinned orca mermaid with a variety of scars over her.
Cayden, the great king of Ruinous Fortune the comic is talking a big game in an NPC dialogue box. The dialogue reads, "I have been concerned about your failures lately. And I have determined you need motivation."
A mermaid swimming through the deep dark watery depths of the ocean, with a light guiding her way.
A slightly chubby mermaid palatted by blue and purple colors.
A black and white alien man and his green alien son are sitting on a hill watching the stars, and they see a cavalcade of colors soaring through the night sky. From a mini comic called She took the fucking K.i.d.s.
A lil toadstool guy!
A living DNA strand stands perched on a set of buildings observing the sunset! Read Fallen Leaves on Comicfury
An old redheaded man is flapping his gums like an NPC from Kingdom hearts chain of memories. His name is Ginger from the webcomic "Cargo." He is saying, "What kind of 'civilization' still thinks indents are ok?"
A blonde fae by the name of Varpu (he/him) is looking at us on the screen and replying. "It's midsummer and the family are here."
A mermaid in a dark ocean gazes in amazment at the coin falling down to the depths.
A mermaid laying back and swimming in a lagoon like area.
A mermaid furry who is colored a blueish hue lingers on a sandy background.
A mermaid appears next to a webcomic logo called Wet Frontier.
Drawn in Clip Studio Paint by Chico D Mar. This is the cover to the second story arc of the mermaid webcomic Wet Frontier. Title: Reaper of Darkness Subtitle: Wet Frontier Cover Illustration: The cover shows a merman being engulfed by a mysterious orange reddish aura. The merman is designed after a great white shark, but is skinny and weak looking. He is nervously holding up knife to a figure in the upper right hand corner whose profile is obscured in shadow. They look to be a purplish cecaelia judging by the tentacles extending to the shoulders. One of their hands seems to be controlling the mysterious orange swirl. To the bottom right is a shadowdy face smiling wickedly at the merman being engulfed. To the bottom left are two silhouetted figures of a mermaid and merman talking.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. A comic panel from the webtoon / webcomic Wet Frontier by Chico D. Mar. A webcomic about mermaids in the wild west. Characters Featured: Catriona O’ Neal: A yellow whiskered catfish mermaid, with blue hair split into two buns. She has large, exaggerated glasses that are capable of expression in a similar way to eyes. She is wearing a green barmaid dress with a backwards corset. Lucy Styles: A blue colored, and muscular eel mermaid, wearing a red vest top with a pink bow tie. She has a dorsal fin of a darker shade of blue that also is styled as if it was human hair with little heart shaped imperfections here and there. Her eyes are a shade of bright pink. Cookie Darling: A cecaelia -also known as an octopus mermaid- is pointing intensely towards the camera. She has orange skin, and deeper orange tentacles. She wears a blue apron and chef’s hat, but the hat is popped off in her frustration. She has one bulging bloodshot eye similar to King K. Rool on her right side of her face. Panel Description: Lucy and Catriona are snuggling together. They are sitting on an old fashioned Conestoga wagon shaded by the sunset. Cookie is in the back of the wagon rolling her eyes. She has a soft smile on her face. Dialogue Balloon Cookie: Sure, you big baby.
A young half dragon humanoid girl dressed in a purple 90s art deco sweater.
A red alien man in a pirate costume smoking a pipe!
A frog wizard is being backwards and letting out a puff of smoke from his mouth. In his left hand he holds a pipe.
A beautiful sea witch is offering the viewer a draught.
A blue merman splashing about his tail.
Two mermaids hanging next to each other. One is an orange paletted mermaid, while the other has a purple and black palatte with turquoise hair.
A slug mermaid lying on the ground looking just a little wistfully off into the distance.
A little green alien man fishing in a lake.
A very small mermaid child in blue clothing designed in the art style similar to bubble guppies.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. Character Featured: Chico D. Mar – It’s me, the author! In universe, I am a green, squid faced cecaelia (also known as an octopus merman.) I wear green suspenders, a green bow tie and a cream colored button jacket. My character is observing a mountain from the distance under the sea. The mountain is gleaming at its peak. The ocean has gotten very dark around us. A comic panel from the webcomic Wet Frontier by Chico D. Mar
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. A comic panel from the webtoon / webcomic Wet Frontier by Chico D. Mar. A webcomic about mermaids in the wild west. Characters Featured: Cookie Darling: A cecaelia -also known as an octopus mermaid- is pointing intensely towards the camera. She has orange skin, and deeper orange tentacles. She wears a blue apron and chef’s hat, but the hat is popped off in her frustration. She has one bulging bloodshot eye similar to King K. Rool on her right side of her face. Timothy Stuckman - A shark merman wearing gold plated spectacles, and high collar and necklace. He has a light blue belly which then gradually gets darker as you move to his back. His dorsal fin is a dark blue, along with his fluke. His most prominent feature is a long drawn out nose with sharp edges on side to side. Jamal – A dark skinned merman wearing a purple bow-tie, sunglasses. His dorsal fin is purple. Panel Description: Cookie has smacked Jamal and Stuckman face to face using her tentacles to heave them like light dumbells.
2 mermaids hugging each other lovingly one is a catfish, and the other is an eel.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. A comic panel from the webcomic Wet Frontier by Chico D. Mar Panel description: We are given a wide shot of the planet of Logue from the surface of the water. The water is bright green, unlike earth’s ocean. We can only see small fragments of landmasses scattered around this ocean. One landmass appears to be a candyland growing out of a thick forested area. The other is a set of mountains that seem to be cactus shaped. Towered over by a pillar of ice that stretches to the heavens.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. A comic panel from Wet Frontier, a webcomic about merfolk in the Wild West. Characters Featured: Lucy Styles- A blue moray eel mermaid with a slightly darker dorsal fin styled to look like hair. She has a red top similar to a bartender’s vest and a pink bowtie. Catriona O’ Neal – A Catfish Mermaid wearing a green barmaid uniform, and a backwards corset. She is confidently looking at us. Cookie Darling – A cecaelia, also known as an octopus mermaid. She has slight orange skin and slightly darker orange tentacles. She is wearing a light blue chef’s apron. Panel Description: Lucy is off to the side, taken aback by the sudden presence of Cookie. Cookie has swam up to Catriona and has comically begun to strangle her. Dialogue Balloon Lucy: Wait Cookie, Cat says- Whoa starting fast today.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. A cecaelia -also known as an octopus mermaid- is pointing intensely towards the camera. She has orange skin, and deeper orange tentacles. She wears a blue apron and chef’s hat, but the hat is popped off in her frustration. She has several tentacles peeking out of the comic panel, and one that is restraining her pointed hand. Her face is a mask of fury, with one bulging bloodshot eye similar to King K. Rool on her right side of her face. One of the main characters of Saloon Mermaids; a story arc from Wet Frontier, a webcomic about merfolk in an underwater wild west. Character Card: Cookie Darling. Cecaelia. Siren Saloon’s Insane Chef. Trademark Symbol. Dialogue Balloon: Where is that troublemaker?! I shall wring her neck!
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. We see two merfolk side by side. One is dressed in a long black cloak, and wears an over sized black fedora. We can see a large, red mane of hair that grows long and thick. His face is obscured by a green plague doctor mask, with an over sized bird-like beak, but we can see a blue eyeball peeking out from the eyeholes. The other merman is blueish; looking like a shark. He has red gills and sports long yellow locks of hair. Dialogue: Tell me about the sea witch. They are characters in Wet Frontier, a webcomic about merfolk in an underwater wild west.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. Two panels from Wet Frontier, a webcomic about merfolk in the Wild West. Characters Featured: Catriona O’ Neal – A yellow Catfish Mermaid wearing a green barmaid uniform, and a backwards corset. Bernard Longbow- Is a short and chubby sea snake merman and is green with darker green stripes, he wears a dirty brown coat and has a bandito sunhat. Lucas Longbow- Is thin, and lanky seasnake merman. And he is also green with darker green stripes, he wears a dirty brown coat and has a bandito sunhat. Panel #1: Lucas and Bernard are looking confused off to the side. Cat is to the right, upside down and calmly talking Dialogue Bernard: Where did that come from? Dialogue Cat: You never had an axe come out of your butt? Panel #2: Lucas and Bernard are now looking at Cat, in shock and surprise about her sudden presence. Cat hasn’t budged and inch. Dialogue Bernard: Where did you come from?! Dialogue Cat: Mommy bullied daddy.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. An elaborate bar scene of merpeople of all shapes and sizes looking angrily towards the camera. The bar is dingy, and poorly lit, so we can only see silhouettes and angry glares staring out from out of the darkness, as well as the occasional figure. Two cameos featured: Jeff from the Webcomic Phantomarine. Pirates from the Webcomic Damselfish in Distress. A comic panel from the webcomic Wet Frontier by Chico D. Mar
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. A comic panel from Wet Frontier, a webcomic about merfolk in the Wild West. Characters Featured: Catriona O’ Neal- A yellow whiskered catfish mermaid, with blue hair split into two buns. She has large, exaggerated glasses that are capable of expression in a similar way to eyes. She is wearing a green barmaid dress with a backwards corset. Cookie Darling: A cecaelia -also known as an octopus mermaid- is pointing intensely towards the camera. She has orange skin, and deeper orange tentacles. Panel Description: Cat is Looking at Cookie excitedly while Cookie is completely unimpressed. She is crossing her arms in quiet disdain. Dialogue Ballon Cookie: I thought we were incognito. Dialogue Balloon Cat: Thanks Cookie this is neato. Dialogue Balloon Cookie: I want to punch you.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. A yellow whiskered catfish mermaid, with blue hair split into two buns. She has large, exaggerated glasses that are capable of expression in a similar way to eyes. She is wearing a green barmaid dress with a backwards corset. Character Card: Catriona O' Neal. Catfish mermaid. Siren Saloon Barmaid & Lucy's Girlfriend. One of the main characters of Saloon Mermaids; a story arc from Wet Frontier, a webcomic about merfolk in an underwater wild west.
A centaur maiden covered in decroated steel armor on her horse and human half, charges into battle with a spear.
Two women standing side by side in opposition to each other.
A happy centaur man playing a lute while sitting in a grassy field. He has long blonde flowing locks, and is chestnut brown.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. An OC drawing. Timothy Stuckman - A shark merman wearing gold plated spectacles, and high collar and necklace. He has a light blue belly which then gradually gets darker as you move to his back. His dorsal fin is a dark blue, along with his fluke. His most prominent feature is a long drawn out nose with sharp edges on side to side. Dialogue: What do we have here? A trio of mystery maidens? Character Card: Timothy Stuckman. Saw-tooth Shark Merman. Palace Co-Owner. A character from Saloon Mermaids; a story arc from Wet Frontier, a webcomic about merfolk in an underwater wild west.
A pink cat girl in a sparkley vortex. She is just reveling in the vibes.
A tall green orc warrior woman holding a mighty red battle axe, size by side with her tiny human husband!
Characters Featured: Lucy Styles: A blue colored, and muscular eel mermaid, wearing a red vest top with a pink bowtie. She has a dorsal fin of a darker shade of blue that also is styled as if it was human hair with little heart shaped imperfections here and there. Her eyes are a shade of bright pink. Ava Longbow- A spindely and long blue sea snake mermaid, with an extra twisted tail of exaggerated size. Panel Description: A close up of Ava and Lucy’s faces. Both are contemplating a serious subject. Dialogue Balloons: Ava: That’s why I can’t stand you. Ava: You think just like the sea witches. Lucy: This again.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. A comic panel from the webtoon / webcomic Wet Frontier by Chico D. Mar. A webcomic about mermaids in the wild west. Characters featured: Lucy Styles- A blue colored, and muscular eel mermaid, wearing a red vest top with a pink bowtie. She has a dorsal fin of a darker shade of blue that also is styled as if it was human hair with little heart shaped imperfections here and there. Her eyes are a shade of bright pink. Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. Ava Longbow- A spindly and long blue sea snake mermaid, with an extra twisted tail of exaggerated size. From her skull we can see four horns jutting from her head, and she has stitches along her face. She wears a brown and dirty moth eaten cloak and holes a harpoon gun mixed with a rifle in her left hand. Panel Description: Lucy has punched Ava hard in the face and has knocked all her stripes off of her!
Drawn in Clip Studio paint. Two mermaids are snuggling up against each other in an intimate head snuggle. We are just looking at their tops, while their lower halves are obscured by their tails.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. A comic panel from the webtoon / webcomic Wet Frontier by Chico D. Mar. A webcomic about mermaids in the wild west. Characters Featured: Lucy Styles: A blue colored, and muscular eel mermaid, wearing a red vest top with a pink bow tie. She has a dorsal fin of a darker shade of blue that also is styled as if it was human hair with little heart shaped imperfections here and there. Her eyes are a shade of bright pink. Incidental Charactes: A huge array of incidental mermaids and mermen swimming about on their regular business through the city. Panel Description: A long shot of the underwater town known as the Shipyard. We can see a variety of shops and other buildings built out of the wreckage of sunken ships. Some are overturned. Some have had extensions build over to better fill out the space. Many merpeople are going about their business on the streets.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. Comic panel from the Webcomic Wet Frontier. Characters Featured: Lucy Styles: A blue colored, and muscular eel mermaid, wearing a red vest top with a pink bowtie. She has a dorsal fin of a darker shade of blue that also is styled as if it was human hair with little heart shaped imperfections here and there. Her eyes are a shade of bright pink. Panel Description: Lucy looks off to the side, and materializes a very very large axe. Dialogue Balloons: Lucy: You should have stayed down.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. Comic panel from the Webcomic Wet Frontier. Characters Featured: Lucy Styles: A blue colored, and muscular eel mermaid, wearing a red vest top with a pink bowtie. She has a dorsal fin of a darker shade of blue that also is styled as if it was human hair with little heart shaped imperfections here and there. Her eyes are a shade of bright pink. Panel Description: Lucy is looking directly towards the camera. Her face is covered in deep black shadows, and is frightening in appearance. It is implied she is speaking to Ava Longbow. Dialogue Balloons: Lucy: touch her and die ava… Ava: Scary.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. A blue colored, and muscular eel mermaid, wearing a red vest top with a pink bowtie. She has a dorsal fin of a darker shade of blue that also is styled as if it was human hair with little heart shaped imperfections here and there. Her eyes are a shade of bright pink. She is posed confidently, proudly, and looking upwards. Character Card: Lucy Styles. Eel Mermaid. Siren Saloon Owner. One of the main characters of Saloon Mermaids; a story arc from Wet Frontier, a webcomic about merfolk in an underwater wild west.
Digitally colored drawing made in Clip studio paint. Three mermaids side to side from each other. From left to right. Lucy Styles- An Eel mermaid wearing a purple top. She looks embarrassed to be there. Catriona O’ Neal – A Catfish Mermaid wearing a green barmaid uniform, and a backwards corset. She is confidently looking at us. Cookie Darling – A cecaelia, also known as an octopus mermaid. She is wearing a cloth top and also and eyepatch over her right eye. She looks very annoyed. The three main characters of Saloon Mermaids; a story arc from Wet Frontier, a webcomic or webtoon about merfolk in an underwater wild west.
3 mermaids are sitting on a wagon looking out towards the sunset. These mermaids are from the webcomic Wet Frontier. Drawn by Chico D. Mar in Clip Studio Paint!
Art Fight Card depicting the characters of Chico D. Mar featured on the website Art Fight. Chico attacks, friends, and Pod-members. Characters listed from left to right: Lucy Styles, Cat O' Neal, Cookie Darling, Tim Stuckman, Ava Longbow.