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Pistachio Green - Billie

When I saw that green I just had to:D And there haven't been any edgy mermaids yet omg I need to change that!!

May rewards!<3

So far lol but I'm way more happy with them now that the planner stickers are in there as well^^

I used the sticker app mockups you get when creating the stickers so they are not 100% accurate but you can see that they are holographic/ glitter so that's good enough for me:D 

I think I'll just be adding the windows themed mermaid as the extra sticker for all the 20$ people <3

May planer stickers?<3

Sooooo I spent the rest of today drawing these planer stickers to match the Mila Moon redraw, what do you think?:D I'd love to add these to the parcel as a small extra if you like them!

Mila Moon redraw :3

I really wanted to do the Sailor Moon redraw, especially since it fits this months theme so well!^^ But then thought this would be a fun spin:D

And I was thinking about doing some extra Sailor Moon planner stickers for the parcel anyway hehe so keep an eye out for that<3

Iced coffee redraw

Hmmmmm not sure how much improved lol but a big tip when drawing beautiful hair is using wig images on Pinterest for reference!!!

Peach Nectar ... idk haha:D

I had so much fun doing the Windows aesthetic stickers and wanted to do something like that again!^^ 

Its different from my previous mermaids but I just wanted to mix things up, hope that's okay! I kinda limited myself with the format I've been doing with my mermaids and wanted to break that a little and try something else, what do you think?

Also welcome Angie!!<3 Thank you for joining my page and being here!

Seashell Pink - Essie as a mermaid hehe

Lol I drew her so quickly, its awesome to have an OC that fits right into your comfort zone hehe! I also really like how her hand turned out!!

Speaking of that: the hand tutorial is in the making, I just had to finish working on the rewards first so they can get sent out and will arrive in time:3 But now I can focus on making the videos for you guys^^ 

May postcard ^^

Hehe I'm super happy with how it turned out! 

When I uploaded the WIP or even came up with the idea I got scared that I wouldn't be able to execute it but now am just so glad I went through!! I hope you guys also like her!<3

I'll be uploading the speed paint, step by step and PSD later today for you! And maybe also make wallpapers even though you could probably just use this one since its pretty high res but let me know:3 

May postcard WIP

Hehe this one already is super fun!^^ 

I'm trying to push myself with perspective a little and am also recording everything for you guys!<3 

Orange Tiger<3

When I was younger I used to be obsessed with Waterhouse paintings, especially his magical lady ones! So I decided to kinda redraw/ study one of them!^^ 

I'd love to do a closer study in the future or even more of them during Mermay! Do you have paintings that you've been loving since forever?

Radiant Yellow

Some mermaids take me forever to draw and others are just fun and happen super quickly, does that happen to you, too? Hopefully I'll be able to catch up on draw another one today!^^

And welcome Caitlyn! Welcome to our smol family!<33

Sailor Venus^^

Now I want to try turning them into a sheet and see how it looks/ possibly add some smaller stickers!:3 I'll keep you updated!

Edit: Since they all are pretty square I think I'll go with individual ones so they can all be a bit bigger in size!^^ 

Sailor Mars!<3

The second sticker for this month?^^ Let me know what you think, I had a lot of fun drawing her! And no splits in this one hehe<3

I think these all would look so cute with some holographic or metallic details!:3

Cotton Candy <33

Hehe I really like her^^ 

Like the one I drew last year this will also be a holographic sticker! She kinda fits this months theme so maybe I should add her to the parcels:3

Rose Quartz + Cotton Candy WIP

For this one I just really wanted to do something with a slight angle to practice perspective and anatomy!^^

I'm already really excited about cotton candy btw haha! Tomorrow I'll mostly focus on your stickers and hopefully finish most of them so I can order them hehe! Because this month I want to get them through StickerApp again so we can have some metallic effects to match the Vapor Wave aesthetic!!:3

Mauve Glow<3

This one is a redraw of one of my mermaids from last year!^^

I also did some tweaking afterwards in Photoshop and added some effects but I'm super confused and not sure about her face really T_T Something seems off but I can't get it exactly right lol 

Apricot

The DTIYS by @saructatepes fit so well into tomorrows color so I just had to draw her as a mermaid!^^

Lol also I used up all my time advantage for mermay :D Lets just hope I can keep up in real time!

What do you think?<3

I finally started working on this months stickers/ artwork!^^ Do you like this direction? 

I hope the split is not too much for you guys:D I wanted to see how it looks finished first and then think about doing a version without it!

Testing the animation tool in Procreate! | early access

Here you go^^ This one was super fun to film, even though now I wish I had paid more attention to all the dust and cat hairs on my screen haha

I got really self conscious about the gif when going to bed yesterday and didn't even really want to upload the video since I'm so bad at animating... But your words really made me feel better, thank you all so much<3 

The Procreate file is pretty big so I'm not sure how I can share it with you!:/ But if you are interested in having...

Lemon Zest

I've been wanting to draw those tattoos for ages!! This mermaid is a little more simple but was the perfect way for me to relax while the video was rendering!:3

Also the uploading will take quite some time but I will probably post it tomorrow morning on here (still a few hours before everyone else and then also having the file included) <3

Esmeralda ... GIF???

Hehe yes I worked on this all day!^^ I really wanted to do a dedicated video testing the Procreate animation tool and this is what I made! 

Its obviously nowhere near perfect lol but a good start I think!:3 I'm editing the video showing the process right now and will post that along with the procreate file here first for you to see it!<3 

Do you guys animate? And what do you think?:D 

Green Oasis ... do we like him???

I'm so nervous! What do you guys think? 

I actually had a lot of fun thinking about his accessoires and hair hehe^^ It took me ages to figure out the tattoo but I also learned how to use the symmetry tool in Procreate so that was fun:3

Mermaid Trish!

Haha well a few people commented that my first mermaid kinda looked like Trisha Paytas so I decided to do an actual version of her:D 

Do you guys think she's somewhat recognizable? Also do you watch her? I'm not a huge stan or anything but I do like to watch her more light-hearted videos sometimes like her seafood mukbangs:D 

Viridian Green redraw + plans for May?

For this one I decided to redraw one of my mermaids from last year^^ I tried to go with a super simple color scheme which was kinda difficult haha:D

Soooo what would you guys like to see for May? I'm thinking maybe a tutorial about hands or picking colors? Or what would you like to see?<3 I'm up for anything! Maybe also some watercolor painting maybe, let me know!

I'm also 100% open for art wishes etc:3 

Also: I dropped off all parcels yesterday so they should go out...

May ideas!!

So I already mentioned some ideas I've had for the next sticker sheet and here is a moodboard to show you!^^ I'm thinking 90s neon aesthetic meets Sailor Moon, do you like it?:D 

I'm going to step out of my comfort zone just a tiny bit and use more vibrant colors than usual which is exciting!

Also the pledges have gone through so I'm printing the shipping labels and will drop all of them off at the post office tomorrow<33 Thank you all so much for your support!!

Lapis Blue +thank you!<3

One of my favs to draw so far!!^^ I love drawing magical ladies!

Thank you all so much for your support and being here! You are all so sweet and amazing and I can't wait to show what I have planned for next month! ( Yes not only mermaids, there's more!)

I'll just say there will be neons, graphics, 90s vibes and some Sailor Moon hehe:D 

Ultra Violet!!

This one is slightly different than my previous mermaids but definitely was a lot of fun to draw!^^

I started out struggling again but am starting to get the hang of it slowly just like mermay last year:)

Mila doodles

I recently watched a movie called the Willoughby's on Netflix and while the movie was okay I felt really inspired by the character design and shape design of a cat that appears in it!^^ 

So yeah after watching the scenes with the cat in them for a while haha I wanted to try and recreate the shapes myself and experiment with different poses that Mila does and also ended up drawing a Mila version of that style!:3

Do you ever watch a movie or something similar that just really m...

Tiny Daisy!!

Look!!!

I know this is so unnecessary and random but I really wanted to share these with you!! I thought it would be nice to have a tiny Daisy on the envelope next to the address so I made these (now that I have the cutting machine I'm able to muahahaha) 

I'm not sure if you're able to see how cute these are in real person but I'm freaking out over here:DDD 

Maybe I need to add one in every parcel so you can see for yourself hehe

Look how cute everything looks together!!

I just finished printing cutting and packing the parcels hehe^^ I really like how all the colors are matching and how all the rewards look together<3 

And I can't wait to send these out!! Thank you all so much for your patience with last months parcel! Some people got theirs within a week and others had to wait way longer, during these times its hard to say, the post offices work differently! 

Edit: turns out I forgot the summer sticker in the digital overview but...