felt like drawin the trio as mermaids! i loosely based each off an aquatic animal:

Garnet – Great Hammerhead Shark
Amethyst – Harbor Seal
Pearl – Common Dolphin

despite two of them appearing mammalian, my preference with mers is that they’re all waterbreathing, like fish (i just happened to forget to add gills…), but there are different kinds of morphs, depending on where the mer comes from.

and yes, they can still fuse, despite the lack of gemstones. let’s call it ~mermaid magic~