“Mermom” — Horror Mermaid Monster — Creature for Fragile Fears

Mermom is a mermaid monster creature created for the horror game Fragile Fears. The design reimagines a maternal figure, blending human and aquatic traits to create something familiar at first glance, but increasingly unsettling.

The aim was to keep her grounded and believable within the game’s world, balancing empathy with discomfort while avoiding an overly fantastical look.

She was sculpted in ZBrush, retopologized and refined in Maya, groomed with XGen, and presented in Unreal Engine. The focus throughout the pipeline was on silhouette, surface detail, and readability in a dark, real-time environment.