MerMay 2020 Round-Up

May 30, 2020

MerMay 2020 Round-Up

Like I promised on Thursday, I have a bonus post for you this week. I thought you guys might enjoy seeing the full round-up of drawings I did for MerMay this year. It was so fun to draw different mermaids in different styles that I hope to do it again next year.

Just a reminder, if you want to keep up with my art, I post fairly frequently to my art Instagram account- @rachel.e.art. Feel free to follow me there. 😉 Without further ado, on to the round-up.

The first mermaid I draw was this quick little sketch of a cozy mermaid. She has her sweater and her cup of hot cocoa and is ready to chill with a movie or a good book. I drew this one while watching Amazing Grace with the family. Honestly, most of these were drawn while watching something. Does anyone else have a tendency to do that?

Next I drew one from the "official" prompt list for warrior. This was super fun as I haven't drawn a lot of POCs. My favorite part of her has to be her big, blue afro.

For Star Wars day, you know I had to draw a Star Wars character. So after much deliberation, I made Ahsoka Tano. It was great fun and I discovered I could draw a fairly decent Ahsoka. Who knew?

The next day I wasn't quite done drawing Star Wars characters, so I did Padme and Leia as well. Padme came out well, Leia less so. I never realized how similar these two outfits I picked were to each other until I drew them.

The next prompt I did was outcast, which made me think of Robin Hood. I drew one of my favorite ones, the one from Disney in the 1950s. It came out pretty good and I was impressed because I managed to get the archer stance right without a reference picture. Believe me, it will never happen again.

The next two are both of a mermaid that I created myself. I love her. Her hair was partially inspired by the old Wix show (did anyone else watch that?). She's super cute, and I need to find a name for her. If you have any suggestions, drop them in the comments.

One of the more abstract ideas I had was to try doing a zentangle mermaid. I found the classic Little Mermaid silhouette and did a zentangle behind it. I love how this one came out.

I also had an idea to try doing Taylor Swift as a mermaid. While this one doesn't look a lot like Taylor, I still think she's pretty cute. And her pose is one of the best ones I did. The outfit she's wearing is inspired by one of her Grammy dresses.

After that, I hadn't planned to do any more, but then inspiration struck one last time. I decided to draw this mermaid, who is blue and sassy and confident. And she has a belly. That's what was important to me about it. It's not perfect, but she's one of my favorites from the whole month.