#merfolk Art

[mars-doodles]

i drew another merman 🟨

[theartloca]

Revamping Horizon's design! It's been so long since the last time I drew him 🫠 I will always be grateful to @moshimoku for this adorable merman!

[mossypidder]

MERMAY 2024 MAIN CAST- look at my stupid, idiot little children, I love them so much. If I can keep up, this year is gonna be fun; I have angsty plots >:3

Relative size reference and anatomical ramblings below cut.

Here’s a vague size comparison thing for all of them. And a human for perspective

I really, desperately want to make an illustrated guide to my merfolk lore, because it’s extensive and I’m really proud of it. But that sounds slightly overwhelming, so idk, but here are some random scraps that pertain to these four. My fish mers aren’t allowed to have hair; they have a variety of different fins on their head to mimic it instead. Oviparous fish (e.g. remora) lay their eggs and their mer counterparts do likewise, and therefore don’t have nipples and/or breasts. Eggs of ovoviviparous fish (e.g. manta ray) hatch shortly before giving birth and do not consume anything resembling milk, so their mer counterparts do not have nipples and/or breasts. Viviparous fish (e.g. lemon shark) essentially nurse when in the womb, so their mer counterparts nurse after having given birth and have nipples and/or breasts. Mammals (e.g. monk seal) are self explanatory.

Also most animals hatch or are born with navels, because even in eggs, there’s a cord from the embryo to the yolk sack. Oviparous and ovoviviparous creatures just tend to be better at healing the scar. However, I’ve decided that mers are not as good at healing the scar, and thus, have bellybuttons.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

[paperwattle]

this took my literal months to finish because i once again put all my time into the details that barely show up on a phone like the jester i am (actually i do it 'cause i just like drawing em like that but shhhhh)

[elvenpixiex]

Cerise as a Mermaid, singing to her fishy friend! 🧜‍♀️🐠🫧

[mmseek3r]

Late but better than never, mermaid Idir ^^ 💜

Please don’t repost, thank you.

[versaillion]

Prince Boreal

[ronanwhitehouse]

Happy #MerMay ! I don’t have the discipline to do the a whole month of prompts but am happily scrolling through everyone else’s 💚

[possumeneb]

Happy mermay y'all

my merfolk OC and his future wife thats definitely not based on me heheh...heheeehe

[pan-fried-autism]

Hagfish mercreeechure?

The existence of abyssal zone merfolk may be debated, but I will draw them anyway

[cruelseraph-art]

бあㅂeล

diary page

[mars-doodles]

brooding

[theartloca]

Here's more merfolk art I did for a color palette challenge (>'-'<) Btw! It is likely that for this month's sketch requests on Patreon I'll be drawing mermen! Subscribe to my patreon if you would like to request a custom mermen design (・・)ノhere!

[mossypidder]

This is a drawing I did for a potential MerMay workshop ad, so the girl isn’t really a character in know much about. She doesn’t have a name or backstory or anything, but she’s based off a pygmy seahorse. In doing research to make this, I learned that male seahorses actually have heightened levels of prolactin (the hormone used to regulate lactation in female mammals) while they’re pregnant, which is honestly even weirder and more fascinating than the males being the brooding vessel in and of itself. Animals are cool and very interesting.

Anyway, that development resulted in the conclusion that female seahorse mers do not have breasts, but I’m still debating whether males would instead? By all preset rules for my merfolk thus far, they should, so probably? But yeah. Weird little guys.

[yasaoart]

(I recommend clicking on "keep reading" below, to see the full glittery goodness of this painting unfold. ;3) It's May - and for many artists this means it's the time to draw lots and lots of merfolk for Mermay. And although I'm not actively participating this year I think it’s a great opportunity to show you a merman I painted recently. My idea behind this was to leave it ambiguous whether this handsome fellow has malicious intentions, or if it’s just a harmless invitation to follow him. How about you, would you grasp his hand and risk being lured into the depths of the ocean? ^_^

[elvenpixiex]

Happy MerMay! 🧜‍♀️ 🫧

Brain’s a bit fried from ideas atm, so here’s some old pieces!✨