NEW MONTHLY CONTEST!! MERMAIDS! (MERMEN!)

surfshineart

This is fun! Here is a quick illustration I made for Mer-May: " The Mermaid Who Fell In Love with a Sailor". She was inspired by a renaissance woman painting. Happy weekend everyone

Joslyn Schmitt

Here is the sketch and final rendering for the first mermaid I created for Mermay. This is mostly an exercise for me to get used to using a wacom tablet. Second mermaid piece should be finished soon.

evilrobot

Here's my shot at it. The Mermaid meets the Rat

Calvin Tony Shrumpish

@evilrobot this is awesome! any tutorial on painting like this? it looks watercolourish

evilrobot

@Calvin-Tony-Shrumpish
The process tutorial is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiQXfhHIv2w
You can download the background texture here it's at the bottom of the page: http://grutbrushes.com/photoshop-freebies/
You can download the brush I used here: https://gumroad.com/l/iULHC

I turned the water color background into a seamless texture and followed the process in the video using it as the texture for the group file. Then I put a copy of the texture on the bottom layer for a background.

DOTTYP

@evilrobot Love this it took me a while to get the joke,but really funny and so well painted.

visualkid

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lilyhosegood

Heres my entry had loads of fun. took me a few attempts before I came out with this result.

rcartwright

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abewitz1

Hi everyone - First post! Mer-Borg!

Rebecca Hirsch

@abewitz1 Resistance is futile!

Severin Baschung

@Judy-Elizabeth-Wilson & @Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen Thanks very much!

Joslyn Schmitt

@lilyhosegood I love how soft your piece came out. The subtle glow is nice too. Very beautiful.

Joslyn Schmitt

@abewitz1 This is a super cool concept!!!

MOO

@visualkid Yikes! She's a scarey looking one Nice glowing.

MOO

@abewitz1 Very creative idea

MOO

@lilyhosegood Wow! Really beautiful!

DanetteDraws

It's so fun seeing everyone's and how different they all are.

Here's my entry! She's a merMAID... with her algae-eating fish "vacuum" and jellyfish "duster".
Thanks SVS for hosting this contest! Not only did I have a lot of fun illustrating it, but it gave me inspiration for a writing prompt too!
Eileen...Keepin' the Ocean Clean