Merm No. 30 Is A Pyrosome! Pyrosomes Are Actually Made Up Of Thousands Of Tiny Organisms, So Her Head

Merm no. 30 is a pyrosome! Pyrosomes are actually made up of thousands of tiny organisms, so her head and arms are not real body parts. Who knows why this colony decided to take the shape of a mermaid? It’s a mystery. I’m quite glad I’m doing these late, because this one took longer than I thought and I would have been sad to rush it!

The last mermaid! It was already several days into June, so I spent a little more time on this one. I’m very pleased with her tail. This mermaid lives in a lotus pond, and may be more of a water spirit than a physical animal. Thanks for following my mermaids! I’ll be collecting them in a little zine, so watch out for that if you liked the series. :3

Inktober 2019: day 7 - ink and water

Nettle is not renowned for her masterful control of her temper.

I wanted to have another go at blending only part of the picture like on day 1, but it didn’t work quite as well this time, it came out too dark and flat. In hindsight maybe spot colour would have been better, but hey ho this is how we learn.

It’s not May any more but I’m still drawing these last three mermaids! No. 29 is a raymaid (not a specific ray, some sort of weird mashup of every ray I know how to draw). I have a terrible late-night version of this one from the 31st as well, since messing it up was what forced me to admit I wasn’t going to get them done in May. I plan to print these in a little book, so I’ll put the first attempt as an inset on the page with this one. Only two more to catch up on!

I forgot to upload the rest of my mermaids! I got super-busy towards the end of May, so I’m afraid I only managed 28 in the end. I’ll finish the final three when I have time, but these are the last ones drawn during May. I did have another go at the coralmaid, like I promised! I’m sort of pleasantly surprised by my own work for this challenge, more of them turned out well than I ever expected! Did any of you manage all 31 mermaids? Did you have fun?

Inktober 2019: day 6 - brush inking and coloured ink

One foot in front of the other, repeat as necessary.

I inked this with some rigger brushes that I’ve never been brave enough to use before, they have minds of their own!