thank you :>
I pretty much spend a lot of time on my own haha, boredom kills the will to do anything i guess.
and yes, must work on this gesture and see what comes out of it ;D
Like Malcom said, maybe just taking things a bit easier for some time might help. Or just doing other things that you like. I know when something like that strikes me I work on music and eventually I just naturally start drawing again eventually.
About the drawing, I agree about reworking the gesture a bit, and maybe the facial expression too. He looks a bit too chill for having a harpoon in his shoulder 
But maybe you actually want that and do a more funny piece.
Well, I am just trying to set some kind of routine that helps me get in a right state of mind for work coz I'm a bit messed up ever since I quit my job.
I've recently switched from listening music in my headphones to listening it with my speakers, as when I paint some music just gets too annoying and speakers are further from my ears so it is easier now. And I'm getting back on track slowly.
And yes-yes I'm thinking to maintain this funny gesture and the face. I want it to be a bit like those classical paintings where people have ambiguous expressions haha 
Awesome! Glad that you're getting back on track
I look forward to see what you do with that merman.
Since I've started this painting in greyscale and i tried to use gradient maps and It just ended up being not as i wanted it to be in terms of colours I had to seek a different approach. And It just seemed too time consuming to do a paintover on top of gradient maps
I decided to go back in with a lineart and then do some colouring by selecting different planes of my picture and having them at different layers for now.
I am still figuring the stuff out. Never like the hands -> need to search for references.
(if you by any chance have a reference of the hand from this angles that i have, pls hlep )
and now that im posting it here i see that chest muscles are a bit too high and at a wrong angle
Hopefully I will finish this piece soon.
I am in love with this mermaid piece ! can't wait to see how it will look at the end !
And here is the final result
Big thanks to @cedricgo for supporting me and pushing me into finishing this piece sooner than I usually would do 
Haha! You're welcome. I'm glad I could help
You did a great job
thank you =)
Looks pretty nice 
thank you :>
1 month later
some hands, idk im still processing how it all works out
Nice hands. I need to practice hands myself. I feel so bad at them.
29 days later
thanks!
And nope, just some hands from the Net
Hi, Hello!
It's been a while for me that I've been around this forum but hopefully im gonna be sticking around here again
Here's a portrait of a handsome man.
I tried to eyeball most of it in terms of value and I used oldschool measurement technique when I was sketching the base for it.
