#merpeople art

[dapper-suitor]

"Observation"

my OC as a merperson because why not

[bonkalore]

I've said before that Cyprus is actually much bigger naturally than he usually is seen, but he mostly takes this size when he's in the water. He's not as used to it above water, but he and Lucy were trying to be more honest with each other to avoid further miscommunications.

He was already crushing on her, but think he may have fallen a little bit in love with her after this lol I think he gets in deeper than he intended to for sure.

I've been having fun exploring his character more tho and finding that despite his in control and confident exterior, he gets quite bashful and shy when vulnerable~

[wishfulsketching]

Deep sea mermaids

[dontbelasagnax]

I wanted to participate in Mermay. It’s now October. Alas. Codywan makeout session forever 🙏

[prints available]

My process is under the cut if you would like to see how I made this :3

I'd been feeling a little dried out and beaten artistically in May so I didn't do much art. However, I really wanted to do something for Mermay so one night before bed I quickly scribbled some quick concepts in the notes app of my phone with my finger.

On the 28th I realized the month ran away from me and was quickly escaping so I knew I had to get started on drawing something for Mermay. My bathroom concepts, as cool as they are and despite how much I like them, had to be discarded because drawing a bathroom and rendering everything to the degree I envisioned wasn't feasible. Unless some miracle happened, it's the kind of artwork that, at the absolute minimum, would take 15 hours. More realistically we'd be looking at 25-30 hours. Really not doable on a time crunch. That's not to say I won't ever return to it!!

So to start off on the other idea I had, I looked through Pinterest for around ten minutes for some inspiration (mainly at photos of pretty underwater shots and also some photos of people swimming underwater) and then sketched for maybe 20-30 minutes.

A while ago, while I was mulling over what fish I would base mercodywan off of in a potential au, @happybean17 recommended the epaulette soldierfish for Cody and once I googled it and discovered it is also called the kuntee soldierfish... well, quite honestly, how could I resist? It's the perfect colors and Cody, my beloved, is soooo cunty.

I initially wanted Obi-Wan to be based off a shark of some sort but when I started drawing it just felt right to make him frilly like a betta which I rationalize is because he wears robes with some swoosh. I then googled and quickly found a betta that's very Obi-Wan colored.

Soooo after looking at the photos I put my sketch in my tablet and started doing lineart.

I drew a big fanned out tail for Obi-Wan but after I had spent all that time on it I decided it was far too static and flat. It didn't feel like it was swishing in water.

I made a copy of the tail and minorly edited that to be Obi-Wan's swooshy butt fin. And to make his tail swooshy I used liquify and also redrew a bunch of it.

And then I began the loooong process of painting.

I've hit the image limit so pretend I've added the finished product here.

All in all, this took me over 14 hours and--due to some hiccups in my life--many more months than planned. Going so long without finishing a single artwork was incredibly demoralizing so I'm relieved to finally finish this and have an actual artwork to show for my hard work. Oh, and thank you for reading my rambles and I hope seeing the process was interesting!

[surulaulu]

a fish out of water

[bethdehart]

Mermay Day 5: Mola Mola

my mola mola QUEEN

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[maxyvert]

🐟Mermay 7-8🐟

🐟1-2🐟 🐟3-4🐟 🐟5-6🐟 🐟9-10🐟 🐟11-13🐟

[isa-sketches]

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[houseofheroesau]

I don't care that it's not Mermay.

Character @ House of Heroes.

[the-nothing-maker]

Lazy and warm

[artphotographyofmen]

Merman by Lucas Werneck

[ripleylarue]

Mer butch!!!

[bonkalore]

Surprise, surprise! Cyprus is actually even bigger in his full form! 😂 Was a pic I was trying a while ago and is still very rough with the lines and idk if I'd call it fully done yet, but I feel done working on it, so maybe I am! X'D

This would be when Lucy first sees him in his full actual size. He's big already just shrinking down and will be around 9ft, but he's actually about 27ft long/tall in his full mer form.

She's a bit overwhelmed and not used to the size difference stuff at this point since it's before she's even with Jayce or any of that coming up lol Somehow she ended up with TWO giant boyfriends!

[cyanide-cafe]

i drew this Several Days Ago for my Evolution of Clayton post, but here's how i draw him now!! fish man

[mister-carnival]

"Lionfish, You Belong Here."

[sapphicseasapphire]

My little guys.

I’ve been talking a lot about Ravio and Legend recently! But can you blame me?? I imagine this as Ravio’s first time going back to the ocean. He was nervous, but Legend promised to stay with him. And guess what? They were safe! Mer are supposed to live in the ocean. They have to soak three times a week just to keep themselves alive when they’re on land- and that’s to stay alive, not necessarily comfortable. It’s probably such a relief for Ravio to be back underwater after all this time. And Legend, but he’s more focused on… other things at the moment.

Ravio’s in awe of the ocean, his heart singing with joy to be home, amazed by the scenery. And Legend stays close, keeping his promise, and is just SO PROUD of him.