So today's the 17th of MerMay and we have a merman today. He's drawn with one of @rdm 's 3d printed pens he designed, with the Schmidt nibs.

I used Diamine's Solar Storm ink which is a chameleon shimmer ink.

People think this guy looks like @rdm but it wasn't intentional. Guy with a beard. See what you think.

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The Vertical Castle!

Drawn with ballpoint pen and colored in digital. Illustration created for a little contest on WorldAnvil... you can read the entry (it's a lil' travel guide) here: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/fish-don-t-cry-cactusdifuoco/a/visit-the-vertical-castle21-document , and at the end of the page there's even a link to download the PDF brochure! Visit the Vertical Castle ;)

(It's another expansion for the Fish don't Cry Project)

https://fantasydiario.blogspot.com/2026/04/fish-dont-cry-masterpost.html

#FishDontCry #Fantasy #Merfolk #PistrixCulture #Pistrix #OdysSea #FnMArt

Well, this is drawn with the Kakimori nib - as a lot of my new inks are, for convenience, because the fountain pens have all been filled up or will need cleaning before reloading. But we'll get there in the end I'm sure. This is the last of the inks from @rdm 's naughty and unsanctioned raiding of Van Diemen's Ink's moving sale.

It's Red Lightning and it brings a lot to the drawing, and presumably writing table, because you know, I understand that these inks can be written with too, who would've guessed?

Aaaany way, I sketched out the outline of this merperson, and then filled in the back with broad strokes. Sketched in lightly with the scales and hair, and then realized it looked better upside down. So there you go.

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Today #mermay picture... big #moon!

I imagined water in this place as shallow and that #mermaid touching the bottom. For some reason during creating it I felt this character should be male, I don't know why.

#drawing #art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #krita #ArtWithOpenSource #merfolk

The blue men of the Minch are blue humanoids from Scottish folklore who live in the Minch - the water between the Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland. They will shout two lines of poetry to a ship's captain. If he cannot complete the verse, the blue men will capsize his ship.

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King Triton!

Mixed 'n complex commission for HejaWolf 🐺, drawn with black ballpoint pen and colored in digital.

+$2 patrons can download the .zip pack with WIP steps and full resolution files: https://www.patreon.com/posts/king-of-seven-157994815

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Mermay the Tenth - Yesterday in Australia it was Mother's Day, so I'm catching up after a lovely day out with my Mum.

So there'll be another drawing later today so I can catch up.

This mermum and merbaby were drawn with Van Diemen's Ink Rainbow Scarab. I am not sure if the shimmer has come up in these photos but the sheen certainly has!

Gotta say this Life Noble Note book has really come to the sheen party.

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It's mermay! Let's show off your finned creatures!

And of course, appropriately, here's Triton, the powerful king of the Seven Seas.

Commission for hejawolf, done with ballpoint pen. Stay tuned for the colored version!

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