#pike mermaid

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Ahti II redraw

I took a break from artfighting to do some personal art. Behold: I redrew my profile picture image! I added more fish and Ahti's pet pike Kultakutri :)

Here's the old one in full, made in 2021:

[junodoom]

it’s finally mermay, which means i now have an excuse to shove my oc size-difference mer-yaoi in everyone’s faces!!!

*drops a giant pile of old & new arts here*

[redhairedfish]

(mermay 2022) If you have never seen an Australian echidna now is the time to see

[noughticalcrossings]

Pike

My best boy Feldarin as a pike mermaid, being victimised by the lack of books available underwater

[ybkitten]

I bet you don't even have a fishing license.

[for-the-sake-of-color]

little doodle of Jet in one of his many novelty fish shirts from PALHAI (my mermaid and fisherman au) cause I'm too impatient to wait 3 more chapters to draw him in it XD

[cloudy-cloud-of-satan-sky]

Day 5: Grand Brochet

Oh! This one I know, it’s the northern pike!

Did you know? Pike is short for pichael 🤡 (I know pikes aren’t inherently evil they just look like it lol)

[willyonilly]

these are very rough sketches + only 5 of them but do you see my vision

[orenjijin]

Pond maid 🫧🐟

(sadly censored)

[justlyubov]

Artvember Day 15: Lure

Men fear her, fish want her.

[mire-lurking]

If your Sole/Lone/Courier was turned into a mermaid, what kind of a tail would they have? Would they even have a tail or would they look more like a lakelurk?

[thishazeleyeddemon]

i really enjoy art fight because with other monthly art things, ngl it kinda gets boring/stressful? Like even when I can do all the prompts I get bored and I just want to draw other stuff. But art fight is really fun because you can just come back to it whenever you need something to draw throughout July :D

[junodoom]

back with more of these ocs, heyyy

bonus memes. the second one was made by my friend, @ hiscusbiscus23 on insta, go look at their art now 🔪🔪🔪 (threat)

[mishelkie-art]

These were supposed to be done and posted by the end of May for MerMay, but the last drawing (Jinbei) ended up taking longer than expected. I actually started these in May of 2023, inspired by the mermaid designs in the live action Little Mermaid. I didn't want to post anything until at least all ten of the Strawhats were done, as I tend to pick and drop projects depending on my motivation, and I kinda got paranoid about potentially keeping people waiting for the next drawing 😅 Most of these are also the second time drawing the Strawhats as merfolk, and I'd like to post those as well for comparison. As for what kinds of animals they are:

Luffy - Mako shark

Zoro- Tiger shark

Nami - Goldfish/barracuda hybrid

Usopp - Sailfish

Sanji - Betta fish

Chopper - Leafy sea dragon

Robin - Zebra shark

Franky - Humpback whale

Brook - Chimera/ghost shark

Jinbei - Whale shark (obvs)

Vivi - Nile perch

I think these choices fit the characters for the most part, for Luffy through Brook, most of them were the same as the first time I drew them as merfolk. The ones I changed were Nami, Franky, and Brook. For Nami, I thought goldfish suited her well for name and colors, but then I read somewhere that barracuda liked shiny things, and I decided to include that as well, making her a hybrid of the two. Franky was originally a lionfish as a nod to Sunny, but I wanted to diversify the designs more and show that not all merfolk are part fish, but can be part aquatic mammal as well.

Brook was originally a random fish I don't remember, maybe a pike? But I'd seen a video about chimera and heard that they're also called "ghost sharks" and like, I couldn't think of anything more fitting 😆 For Robin, I think an octopus would've been more fitting overall, but these designs originated from a specific AU I had in mind, which is why she's a shark instead. Jinbei was obviously going to stay a whale shark, but I still had to redesign him so he'd fit with the others, and overall, I feel he may be the weakest of the designs as he was the last one I did and I was rushing to have them all done 😓

With Vivi, I did like her original design, but I felt that for a character who comes from a country inspired by Egypt, it didn't really come across in her design. I made some slight changes that could hopefully convey it more, but also differentiate her face more from Nami's.

I think overall, the designs I'm most happy with are Zoro, Nami, and Chopper. With Chopper I had this vision of fins shaped like sakura flowers and tree branches and I adore how he came out 😍🥰❤ But overall I am happy with how everyone looks, but I think improvements can be made. I'll make a separate post that shows the difference between my original designs and the new ones and include it in an edit.

Edit: 2017 vs 2024

[shivieroy]

this is a part 2 of my "embarrassingly long list of actors that i wish would work together"

i have an embarrassingly long list of actors that i wish would work together

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Comic for Mermay and May, in general :)

Much like cold climate aquatic mammals, merfolk lose their old dead skin in big chunks when temperatures get warmer in the spring and their bodies can divert blood flow into the skin more. The skin doesn't flake off during winter even though Ahti and his sister mostly live on land now, where they don't have to save precious warmth as much ;P

Good to mention, Ahti II has a sister! Her name is Hienohelma and she's better about not dressing almost exactly like back home (unlike a certain other...). She's a pike mermaid just like Ahti II but I've yet to draw her tail!