MAY CONTEST: MERMAY!

[A Former User]

@StudioLooong The paintings of the cats behind her are fantastic! Especially the unicorn cat fish! Its also refreshing to see an older mermaid instead of a young whipper snapper! Love it!! :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes:

[A Former User]

@Aleksey Yes!! love this one too! so many great ideas on here. The older mermaids deserve some of the limelight too!

[A Former User]

This mermaid is having to fend off a hungry octopus!

[Johanna Kim]

@Buddy-Skelton Haha! Cool concept, solid illustration.

[Heather Boyd]

@KC

I like first contact.

[alicia]

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[ArtofAleksey]

@lou it’s ok their older mermaid looks warm and friendly while mine is clearly in a grumpy mood

[aprilshin]

[mellebluesworld]

@aprilshin love the idea and colours you chose .

[MichaelaH]

Yesterday I played with procreate(usually using only for sketching), I am always painting clean,with clean lines and everything in Photoshop, but not yesterday, this was very raw, sketchy and unclean drawing with colors and I liked it and had lot of fun doing it...it was difficult for me not to correct everything..because I never draw in such style...

[nadyart]

My piece for this month's art contest: "Message in a bottle"
This was such a fun challenge I seized the opportunity to create something new for my portfolio.
It's the first time I really mixed traditional and digital together and I liked working that way!

Good luck everyone - it was fun to watch all of your entries!

[Annemieke]

@Sarah-LuAnn I don't know your usual style, but I do like your troutmaid very much. The trout surrounding her are beautiful, and I really like that the freshwater mermaids are finally getting the attention they deserve

[Annemieke]

@aprilshin this is gorgeous! Love your style.

[StudioLooong]

@nadyart love the colors!

[Heather Boyd]

@MichaelaH

Your story is pretty powerful.

[Cory Shaw]

Mermaid tales have many common motifs, but to me the most important one is the moment of discovery. Finding something both strange and familiar that exists in a world we know little about and cannot ourselves survive in. Thanks!

Cory Shaw

[aprilshin]

@Annemieke Thank you so much! I'm still very much trying to find my style, haha.

[aprilshin]

@mellebluesworld Thank you~! I feel like I know so little about colors, but SVS has definitely helped me get started in the right direction.

[aprilshin]

@Cory-Shaw Wowow. Amazing textures, color, and technique! I have much to learrnnnn, haha.

[animatosoor]

Wow, so many gorgeous illustrations in this thread.

@Cory-Shaw, that looks so sweet!