#Mermaid in the nets

[play-my-game]

[tubbytarchia]

Liau drew such an awesome salmon merPearl that I couldn't help but do the same because I can't stop thinking about her (also I turned it into Gempearl of course)

[witchlingsandwyverns]

My life was a storm, since I was born How could I fear any hurricane? If someone asked me at the end I'll tell them put me back in it Darling, I would do it again,  If I could hold you for a minute

- Hozier, "Francesca" (X)

I did it! I finished a mermay before the end of May!!!!

[maxyvert]

🪸 Mermay art showcase video 🪸

And here it is! My mermay sketchbook filled with merpeople linearts from 2020 to 2024.

🐠 2020 🐠 2021 🐠 2022 🐠 2023 🐠 2024 🐠 Coloring books

Due to the hot weather I couldn't spend too much time on editing it, but hopefully it's still OK.

[crimsoncrim]

little late but HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the beloved silly magician. ace featherstone you will always be famous

[lennsart]

Apple slice apple slice apple slice please 🍎

Ooof not gonna lie I went and cleaned it up a little before posting it because it was ROUGH rough, but here it is !

One of my few attempts at drawing something for A cave like a net ! The goal was mostly to show Legend's full mermaid-cursed look, and especially his back since I didn't draw it (and he looks more monstrous from there haha)

It's called apple slice because he's eating one if that's not clear 😅 (in ref to the fic once again)

I just couldn't get the pose right, and also am running back and forth between art block and obsessively drawing gdghdgdfdszf

[robinette-green]

Caught In a Fish’s Net Chapter 3: Questions

We get some questions answered and meet someone new

what if I wrote a story where a human is kidnapped by mermaids. And they were forced to marry two mer princes because of a prophecy that said if the princes married a human they would be able to end the plague killing their people. But the marriage seems to do nothing and now the human is trapped deep in the ocean with these mer because mer bond for life and now magic ties them together so if they’re apart for too long they’ll grow sick and die. OH! And there’s a sea witch who creates chaos.

The sky had been cloudless when we'd set out this morning. The sun shone in the sky, causing sparkles to ripple across the waves as my father and I set out to sea in our small fishing boat.

We cast out the nets and had a good laugh as we waited to pull them back in, Father at the rudder and me by the tethers we'd connected the nets to. Neither of us noticed how still the water had gotten. Neither of us saw the shadows below the surface.

[hufflepuffwritingstuff2]

Mermay ask game: 5, 3, and 6 please!

Hi anon! Sure! As a matter of fact, I’ve done a snippet with this combination before! You can find it here. Thanks for requesting this, here you go!

From this ask game

Whumpee and the rest of the crew gathered around the table where their captain, Caretaker, and the sea witch, Whumper, sat discussing their terms.

“So, you want me to just give you the power of the wind and sea?” Whumper asked, shuffling cards.

“That’s about the size of it, yes,” Caretaker said.

“What would you possibly need that for?” Whumper asked with a bored sigh.

“Oh, the usual- pillage, plunder,” Caretaker lied.

Whumper cast them a steely look.

“Don’t try to deceive me, Caretaker,” Whumper warned, “what do you want the power for?”

Caretaker cast a glance at their crew and sighed.

“Is it so bad to say good old-fashioned revenge?” they asked, “even pirates have a code you know, and there’s one ship out there that isn’t following it.”

“Mm,” Whumper hummed, placing cards on the table, “and that affects you and your crew how exactly?”

Caretaker glanced at their crew- their family. Many of them bore wounds that didn’t come from the regular tussle with rival pirates. These were deeper, with harsher memories.

Whumper fixed Caretaker with a knowing gaze.

“I see,” Whumper said, “let’s see what we can do. We’ll need a vessel to wield the power. Not you, captain. Too much power is corrupting, even by our standards.”

Caretaker opened their mouth to speak, but Whumper pointed a long, bony finger at Whumpee.

“You,” they said, “you look like you’ve never wielded an ounce of power in your life.”

“Ha!” one of the crew laughed, “you haven’t seen Whumpee at cards then! Always playing the best hand, they are!”

“Nevertheless,” Whumper said, “come.”

Whumpee hesitantly stepped forward. They looked at Caretaker for any sign of what to do.

“You don’t have to if you don’t want to-” Caretaker started.

“No,” Whumpee said, “I-I want to do it.”

Whumper grabbed them by the arm and took them into a secret room. Caretaker went to follow, but Whumper stopped them with a hand.

“A witch won’t reveal their spells for all to see, captain.”

Caretaker huffed, but stayed back.

They could hear chanting for several minutes, then blinding light followed by a scream. Caretaker cursed, rushing inside.

“Whumpee!”

Whumpee stared up at them with teary eyes. Their ears had grown webbed, and gills made deep marks in their neck. Most alarmingly, however, was that their lower half had been replaced with a fish’s tail.

“I have given them the power of the wind and sea,” Whumper grinned, “in the form of a mer.”

“For the love of- change them back!” Caretaker roared, “this wasn’t the deal!”

“Wasn’t it?” Whumper smiled, “it was you who failed to specify how you wanted the power.”

Whumper whistled, and a crew of rival pirates- the very ones that they had been seeking revenge against, came flooding into the room. In seconds, Caretaker’s entire crew was surrounded. One of them threw a net over Whumpee.

“What in Poseidon’s name are you doing!?”

“My payment, of course,” Whumper said, “we hadn’t discussed it, but I think mer scales will make a fine fee.”

“Caretaker!?” Whumpee cried.

Caretaker stepped forward, but the rival captain yanked them back, holding a sword to their throat.

“Mustn’t go back on your deal, Caretaker,” they said with false sweetness.

Caretaker growled.

“What did the wretched witch promise you, then?”

“Simple. The power of the wind and sea. In exchange for Caretaker’s crew.”

Two pirates hauled Whumpee off, writhing and shouting, while Caretaker’s hands were wrenched behind their back and secured together with rope. Whumper blew a puff of purple smoke in their face, and their world went dark.

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[thechromebucket]

Marvelous Mermay: Sea Spider

Okay people, let's go through this one last time.

My name is Gwen Stacey. I was bit by a radioactive water spider. And for the last two years, I've been the one and only spider-siren. You know the rest. I joined a band on the boardwalk. I saved my dad from pirates. I...couldn't save my best friend Peter. So I save everyone else.

[catluniscia]

Dolphin

So Dolphin, Who is also an Atlantian and is now with Garth aka Tempest...uh the first Aqualad, Who also has a kid, But thats not important. I was looking up things as you do saw Dolphin and noticed the art style looked familiar to me. Did some research and boom its the creator or Harleen aka Stjepan Šejić (read Harleen its so good) who is also married to Linda Šejić who created Punderworld and Blood Stain two web comics I am a fan of...I love both their works they make such good stuff. Enough Gushing about artist! I was really digging the look of Dolphin and while drawing her I noticed something from another Dolphin, okay Dolphine from Wonder Woman and the Star Riders...its came out in like 93, Dolphine has a skirt that has like netting and I thought it would be a cool addition to the outfit, making it look like fishing net or something. I thought it would look cool to be honest. Also Atlantis retro futuristic my fave looks for buildings. As for coloring oh dang this took like -checks clock- 8 hours? 10 hours? I don't know I was just trying to make it look really nice underwater and not muddled, which I like to think looks nice, and I got it right...I did a lot of work...I need something simple for a breather. 

[rosemaze-reveries]

""" l'enfer, c'est les autres """ 😭

lamia once said she's never actually seen the ocean despite having such an affinity for it, so all I can think is ah!! she got her wish!! (even though this still probably isn't the real ocean)

[chimeric-art]

Oh dear, I've been hopelessly ensnared, whatever am I to do~

[witchlingsandwyverns]

Oh it's mermay again 👀

[buggaboizz]

I made fan art for @c-midori 's Octonauts mermaid au!

My precious little lemon shark <3333

[lennsart]

Chapter 9 ! What did East think of this one ?

Huh. Sounds good. Now excuse me while I keep running away—

[whumperofworlds]

Mermay whump thoughts:

Caught in a net! Mer-Whumpee gets caught in a net, and they struggle against it, eventually getting tangled up in it.