All images are copyrighted by James Courtney. Courtney© 2004

As far as cheesecake/fantasy art in concerned, it seems almost mandatory that you have to do a mermaid picture at least once. Actually, if you'd forget all of Disney's "The Little Mermaid" BS and look at the mythology of mermaids, they really were vicious little vixens. Their hobby was to sing from the rocks, luring sailors to their doom. Talk about your terrible tease.