MAY CONTEST: MERMAY!

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!

animatosoor

@nadyart This is lovely; I admire the simplicity of this illustration, with the complementary colour scheme.

nadyart

@animatosoor Thank you so much!!

Chip Valecek

Here is my submission, you know the saying Never trust a fish by it's tail.