My Art From Mermay (part 1.5): Lost & Found

Click here to read part one. 

 It is currently taking me a little longer to do digital drawings of the rest of my Mermay art, than I anticipated. Instead of leaving you to wait or rushing what I was creating, I wanted to show the process that my art goes through to become digitized and introduce you to a character with one piece of art in particular...

I drew this mermaid and decided that I wanted to explore a character who found random objects at sea to use and wear. (In the picture above she is wearing a sewing needle in her hair like it is hair pin with the thread still attached.) This mermaid does not have a name yet, but I can see her as a character in a future short story. I do not know if she is interested in the human world in the way the Little Mermaid is, but my character certainly has enough of an interest to start a collection: books, broken dolls, and sewing materials, etc..... 

Here is the video showing my process: 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Would you like to see more art videos? What item would you most want from her collection? 

-Quinley 

My Art from Mermay 2025 (Part One)

 You can find the official prompt list for Mermay here. 

I've known about Mermay for several years but for a long time never participated. I liked seeing people's mermaid art, but when May came around I tended to forget. However, this year I decided to finally participate. The drawings you will see started out as sketches (in my sketchbook), and then were turned into digital art afterwards. (In a post some other time, I may show the photos of the sketches). 

Like my previous Inktober posts, this will be divided into parts. I do have Inktober art from last year, however, I will need to find the sketchbook I was using, before I can post all of it. But, I hope to post that art soon before next October. 

 Let's begin: 

#1 Mirror, this was the first sketch I did for Mermay. I decided to draw a mermaid looking at herself in a mirror underwater. 

#2 Cosmic, I decided to draw a mermaid in a sea that was present in the sky.  

#3 Hair, I decided to draw what a mermaid's hair might look like while underwater.

#4 Axolotl, a mermaid with her pet axolotl. I decided that it was like owning a poodle for mermaids. The mermaid's outfit and hair was based on 18th century clothes. 

#5 Drama, this mermaid is performing in a play where the mermaids play different creatures from land. In this play, she is acting as a bird. 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Which mermaid is your favorite? And do you have a favorite book, movie, or TV show that involves mermaids?

-Quinley