Thom Chen Art

MerMay 2024 - 29

SEAL Team 9 mermaid member Drake going retro in proper UDT "attire" and an M3A1 Grease Gun

MerMay 2024 - 28

MerMay 2024 - 27

Revisiting a Spartan diver and their mermaid AI companion I drew back in MerMay 2022 but with a new weapon!

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MerMay 2024 - 25

Drake helping to recommission a ship into a submarine.

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MerMay 2024 - 23

The third mermaid and human handler pairing of SEAL Team 9, Eldoris and Petty Officer Santorius Rochevot who is perhaps the only member of the team who could carry two mermaids with ease.

I'm not used to drawing male characters, but I had long envisioned Rochevot being a big guy who treats his mermaid charge Eldoris with great care and tenderness.

MerMay 2024 - 22

Second pair of the SEAL Team 9 mermaids and their respective handlers, with Athena here being carried by her handler Petty Officer Johnny Fukuda

I think this is my first time in awhile drawing an actual male character in full, gonna need to practice and explore more on their design in future

MerMay 2024 - 21

Shifting to more tactical-themed mermaids for the remainder of this MerMay, I decided that it's been awhile since I revisited one of my earliest sketches of what would become SEAL Team 9.

Starting off with Petty Officer Jane Seymour with her assigned mermaid Drake

I'll also be doing a similar couple/partner pose of the other two SEAL Team 9 mermaids with their respective handlers as well!

I'm gonna leave these w/o color for now partly so I can catch up with the rest of MerMa...

MerMay 2024 - 20

Queen of the Crux Fleet Captain Beidou revealing her other form.

MerMay 2024 - 19

Something a bit self-indulgent, I hadn't intended to include any fan art but I've been playing a lot of Honkai Star Rail lately and the new character Robin seemed like a fine exception.

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MerMay 2024 - 17

I decided to try and redo something I drew five years ago.

MerMay 2024 - 16

Mermaids aren't entirely harmless or unarmed, and would fiercely defend against any threats against their way of life.

Topless version:

MerMay 2024 - 15

MerMay 2024 - 14

I should stop overthinking things and just get back to enjoying drawing mermaids for the simple joy of it, rather than for the sake of appeasing any audience or algorithm.

MerMay 2024 - 13

Would you follow her for an undersea adventure?

MerMay 2024 - 12

Happy Mother's Day!

Non-pregnant variation:

Some topless versions:

Update:
Added png files of all variations

MerMay 2024 - 11

I'd forgotten that May 10th was actually "Maid Day", so here's a Mer-Maid!

MerMay 2024 - 10

Summer time is ice cream time!

MerMay 2024 - 09

Wonder what they're talking about?

MerMay 2024 - 08

She's hanging in there.

MerMay 2024 - 07

Everybody loves a blahaj plushie, including mermaids!

MerMay 2024 - 06

Aside from sunning themselves on a rock, mermaids also may perch atop a rock to scope out and lure in their next plaything.

An extra effective way for them to lure them in:

MerMay 2024 - 05

MerMay 2024 - 04

May the 4th be with you!

The Bad Batch finale just came out so this time I decided to draw the character Omega as a mermaid.

MerMay 2024 - 03

She's probably gonna need something bigger than C-shells.

To heck with them:

MerMay 2024 - 02

Mermaids tend to have a favorite rock to lounge upon when they come up to the surface to get some sun

A cheeky version:

MerMay 2024 - 01

Start things off with something rather simple.

Also a version without the flower garlands in the way:

MerMay 2024

Would you rather get notified and have this year's MerMay artworks be posted here daily or in batches (weekly?)