#MERMAY

[cicadako]

A little comic for Mermay

[bbspiinchh]

🌿rusalochky🌿

[tovahkiin]

Mermay is coming! Prepare to hook your hex fish soon!🎣

[kororobus]

"Whale" I didn't have enough time for her, but the light here is nice~

[k1ng-r0wan]

Still working on the Siren Wade fic, but since art of him is popping off I will present you all with his reference :3

I'm super eager to share what I'm working on with everyone, might look at posting it for mermay, who knows 👀

[roseshark]

Vow 🪝

[dcasunrise]

Mermaids !! 🫧

I don't draw mermaids/sea life very often so I'm not down on the anatomy of it 😞

These are slightly older ones, and yesterday I decided to remake them, but in color !!

I really like how these came out !! ☀️

[jun-hug]

mercats, mermcats, catfish?

❗Do not reupload anywhere❗

print! :)

[noxxiepoo]

Silly guy!!

[fatqueerlove]

Just a reminder about fatphotoref.com—it exists!! I'll be updating with new photos next week and hopefully more regularly after that. Request access by going to bit.ly/fpraccess 💙🧜‍♀️ happy mer may!

edited: fatphotoref.com is run by @fugitiverabbit

Sorry for the confusion, I was just copy/pasting the text from the tweet.

[magspieart]

A missed encounter!

I really really REALLY love mermay aus, especially since mer are one of my favourite creatures, but I couldn't wait until may to do my own little piece of course

[bebss29]

nice catch 🎣

[traumas-mermay-2025]

AVAST, YE! Welcome to:

🦀🦈 Trauma’s Mermay 2025! 🐋🐬

Where we temporarily detach from the usual Halloween-y Inktober-y vibes full of pumpkins, autumn leaves and undead horror, and instead enjoy the warmth, smell of the ocean, and underwater horror! (Because it’s still me and I gotta throw some edge in there, right?)

Here’s the rules!

If you want me to see and collect your art here, tag this blog, currently named @ traumas-mermay-2025 !! I will also be following and checking two tags, #traumasmermay and #traumasmermay2025 (if some brave and awesome soul posts on AO3, use these same tags and feel free to tag me @ secreterces5)

No specific fandom for this one! I know mostly TMNT folks follow me on here, but hey, this is a chance to show off OCs, DnD ideas, and other blorbos you would like to turn into fish people! Can’t wait to see them!

If you feel intimidated by a list of everyday prompts but would still like a structured challenge, fear not! You may instead focus on only the mermaid specific prompts, spaced out to occur every three or four days (the math was complicated on this okay don’t ask), focusing on fun mermaid designing . . .

. . . or you may pick one of the “sets” the list has been divided into, and try to create a linked story using the entire set!

Of course, you do NOT have to do all the prompts, you don’t have to do them in order (though I will schedule early art to post on the day of the prompt), and you don’t even have to post them in May! I’m down to accept late submissions until October, to be honest! Point is, feel free to take inspiration wherever whenever, and make only as many as you can without burning out <3

So in short: do whatever you fish! ;D

Some of these prompts can be turned into spooky art, and you are free and encouraged to do so, but always remember to tag with appropriate warnings!

Full prompt list version:

Only Mermaids Version:

Usually I would announce each prompt on the corresponding day, but this time I’ll be doing so in sets. As usual, though, I’ll sprinkle in some extra ideas for y’all :) That will be all, and with that:

BEST FISHES, EVERYONE!

(All prompts will also be written out in text under the readmore!)

1. Mermaid in a Bucket 🪣

2. Aquarium 🎫

3. Bubbles 🫧

4. Anything-but-fishtail Mermaid 🐙

5. Old Fairytales 📖

6. Frozen Over / Iceberg 🧊

7. Submarine 🤿

8. Prehistoric Mermaid 🦖

9. Fishing 🎣

10. The difference between a siren and a mermaid 🌗

11. Mermaid Games 🏅

12. Biohazardous Mermaid / Toxic Waste Mermaid ☣️

13. Shipwreck 🚢

14. Pirates! 🏴‍☠️

15. Venomous 🐍

16. Mermaid for Dinner! 🍽️

17. Lilypads 🌸

18. Selkie 🦭

19. Curse 💀

20. Space Mermaid 🪐

21. A Mermaid’s Pet / Companion 🐠

22. Shells and pearls 🐚

23. Gods of the Sea 🔱

24. Giant Mermaid 🦑

25. Wet Hair 💧

26. A Swim in the Moonlight 🌙

27. Atlantis 🌊

28. Robot Mermaid / Cyborg Mermaid 🤖

29. A mermaid’s kiss 💚

30. Blood in the water 🩸

31. Eldritch Mermaid 👁️

[sboochi]

An update on what has been occupying my brain lately

[thecollectibles]

Mermay 2024 by Aleksa Drageljevic