Artwork: Mermaid

Apparently the month of May is 'Mermay', so entirely on that basis I've drawn a mermaid.

I've never drawn a mermaid before, even though they're certainly in my general wheelhouse for beauties with certain 'bestial' aspects to them.

A mermaid, sat posed on some rocks underwater.

I found it surprisingly difficult to get the tail right. I think I like how I created the impression of scales using one of the 'roll-on' brushes in Procreate, but I'm always a little wary about adding extra 'special effects' (patterns, glare, chromatic aberrations, etc.) to my drawings—it's far too easy to overuse such things and spoil the overall composition.