MAY CONTEST: MERMAY!

[nadyart]

My piece for this month's art contest: "Message in a bottle"
This was such a fun challenge I seized the opportunity to create something new for my portfolio.
It's the first time I really mixed traditional and digital together and I liked working that way!

Good luck everyone - it was fun to watch all of your entries!

[Annemieke]

@Sarah-LuAnn I don't know your usual style, but I do like your troutmaid very much. The trout surrounding her are beautiful, and I really like that the freshwater mermaids are finally getting the attention they deserve

[Annemieke]

@aprilshin this is gorgeous! Love your style.

[StudioLooong]

@nadyart love the colors!

[Heather Boyd]

@MichaelaH

Your story is pretty powerful.

[Cory Shaw]

Mermaid tales have many common motifs, but to me the most important one is the moment of discovery. Finding something both strange and familiar that exists in a world we know little about and cannot ourselves survive in. Thanks!

Cory Shaw

[aprilshin]

@Annemieke Thank you so much! I'm still very much trying to find my style, haha.

[aprilshin]

@mellebluesworld Thank you~! I feel like I know so little about colors, but SVS has definitely helped me get started in the right direction.

[aprilshin]

@Cory-Shaw Wowow. Amazing textures, color, and technique! I have much to learrnnnn, haha.

[animatosoor]

Wow, so many gorgeous illustrations in this thread.

@Cory-Shaw, that looks so sweet!

[animatosoor]

@nadyart This is lovely; I admire the simplicity of this illustration, with the complementary colour scheme.

[nadyart]

@animatosoor Thank you so much!!

[Chip Valecek]

Here is my submission, you know the saying Never trust a fish by it's tail.

[KC]

@Buddy-Skelton This is so creative!

[KC]

@SusanMiller Thanks! Love your work. I took a look at your website. Amazing!

[alicia]

I'm reposting because I was having trouble getting a quality image to post previously.
My mermaid is a daredevil and loves to fly through the depths at break-neck speeds.

[DKRyland]

[holleywilliamson]

Here is my entry. It was fun to think about what mermaids do all day. I think they do some of the same things I enjoy doing: making our world beautiful.

[Norman Morana]

Hello everyone! This is my first post and contest with SVS, super pumped for this months theme!

[BNyhof]

Mermaid in a kelp forest. Also decided to try the Copic "Colors of the Month".