Mermay Tapestries

Did you know that mermaids in most folk tales are not happy singing half-girl-half-fish, but actually monsters? Cool, huh? Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. The first stories appeared in ancient Assyria, in which the goddess Atargatis transformed herself into a mermaid out of shame for accidentally killing her human lover. Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks, and drownings. Mermaids appear in British folklore as unlucky omens, both foretelling disaster and provoking it. That is why I tried to show my mermaid as beautiful, but dark and dangerous looking, she has tentacles for hair and horns. I imagined her being very connected to the Moon...

Painting for mermay 2019

Who doesn't love mermaids?

Who doesn't love mermaids and pirates?

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Mermaid for May!

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Always be sure you're not sitting on a whale thinking it's a rock

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Designed during Mermay 2019. A super cute Ann Perkins from Parks and Rec!

My mermay draw

May the Fourth be with you... a Princess Leia in the gold bikini mermaid for Starwarsday !

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Depicts a mermaid rat swimming past an apple with lettering on it. The design is a vector creation created in Adobe Illustrator.

Morgan always had a big place in his heart for the pups

Mermay erasermic

shark mermaid for mermay

Better swim fast!

Mermay honey bee

Both sea and sky are the domain of this ethereal creature

chibi fanart

mermay day 6

mermay day 7

a chibi fanart

Star from Star VS the Forces of Evil as a mermaid