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MerMay 28th of 2026.
This mischievous merperson is about to splash someone out of view.
Drawn with the Kakimori nib and who doesn't love Rainbow Scarab from Van Diemen's Ink?
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #MerMan #Merfolk #DrawingWithoutANet #NoAI #DipPen #FountainPenInk #FantasyArt
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MerMay 28th of 2026.
This mischievous merperson is about to splash someone out of view.
Drawn with the Kakimori nib and who doesn't love Rainbow Scarab from Van Diemen's Ink?
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #MerMan #Merfolk #DrawingWithoutANet #NoAI #DipPen #FountainPenInk #FantasyArt
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MerMay 28th of 2026.
This mischievous merperson is about to splash someone out of view.
Drawn with the Kakimori nib and who doesn't love Rainbow Scarab from Van Diemen's Ink?
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #MerMan #Merfolk #DrawingWithoutANet #NoAI #DipPen #FountainPenInk #FantasyArt
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MerMay 28th of 2026.
This mischievous merperson is about to splash someone out of view.
Drawn with the Kakimori nib and who doesn't love Rainbow Scarab from Van Diemen's Ink?
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #MerMan #Merfolk #DrawingWithoutANet #NoAI #DipPen #FountainPenInk #FantasyArt
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MerMay 28th of 2026.
This mischievous merperson is about to splash someone out of view.
Drawn with the Kakimori nib and who doesn't love Rainbow Scarab from Van Diemen's Ink?
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #MerMan #Merfolk #DrawingWithoutANet #NoAI #DipPen #FountainPenInk #FantasyArt
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I hope everyone is having a lovely and Geekly Proud Glorious 25th of May and knows where their towel is. This mermaid does!
This is really a case of fandoms colliding, what with #MerMay and #TowelDay and #GeekPride and the #glorious25th
With love to #DouglasAdams and #TerryPratchett both sadly missed.
I never met Douglas but I did meet Sir Terry a few times, and he was a lovely, lovely fellow.
Anyway, appropriatedly enough, this beautiful ink from Diamine and it's called Icy Lavender, and is strong in its chameleon shimmer.
I used the Kakimori nib. I am so tired.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #FantasyArt #FountainPenInk #DipPen #NoAI #Mermaid #TraditionArt
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I hope everyone is having a lovely and Geekly Proud Glorious 25th of May and knows where their towel is. This mermaid does!
This is really a case of fandoms colliding, what with #MerMay and #TowelDay and #GeekPride and the #glorious25th
With love to #DouglasAdams and #TerryPratchett both sadly missed.
I never met Douglas but I did meet Sir Terry a few times, and he was a lovely, lovely fellow.
Anyway, appropriatedly enough, this beautiful ink from Diamine and it's called Icy Lavender, and is strong in its chameleon shimmer.
I used the Kakimori nib. I am so tired.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #FantasyArt #FountainPenInk #DipPen #NoAI #Mermaid #TraditionArt
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I hope everyone is having a lovely and Geekly Proud Glorious 25th of May and knows where their towel is. This mermaid does!
This is really a case of fandoms colliding, what with #MerMay and #TowelDay and #GeekPride and the #glorious25th
With love to #DouglasAdams and #TerryPratchett both sadly missed.
I never met Douglas but I did meet Sir Terry a few times, and he was a lovely, lovely fellow.
Anyway, appropriatedly enough, this beautiful ink from Diamine and it's called Icy Lavender, and is strong in its chameleon shimmer.
I used the Kakimori nib. I am so tired.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #FantasyArt #FountainPenInk #DipPen #NoAI #Mermaid #TraditionArt
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I hope everyone is having a lovely and Geekly Proud Glorious 25th of May and knows where their towel is. This mermaid does!
This is really a case of fandoms colliding, what with #MerMay and #TowelDay and #GeekPride and the #glorious25th
With love to #DouglasAdams and #TerryPratchett both sadly missed.
I never met Douglas but I did meet Sir Terry a few times, and he was a lovely, lovely fellow.
Anyway, appropriatedly enough, this beautiful ink from Diamine and it's called Icy Lavender, and is strong in its chameleon shimmer.
I used the Kakimori nib. I am so tired.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #FantasyArt #FountainPenInk #DipPen #NoAI #Mermaid #TraditionArt
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I hope everyone is having a lovely and Geekly Proud Glorious 25th of May and knows where their towel is. This mermaid does!
This is really a case of fandoms colliding, what with #MerMay and #TowelDay and #GeekPride and the #glorious25th
With love to #DouglasAdams and #TerryPratchett both sadly missed.
I never met Douglas but I did meet Sir Terry a few times, and he was a lovely, lovely fellow.
Anyway, appropriatedly enough, this beautiful ink from Diamine and it's called Icy Lavender, and is strong in its chameleon shimmer.
I used the Kakimori nib. I am so tired.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #FantasyArt #FountainPenInk #DipPen #NoAI #Mermaid #TraditionArt
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So yesterday was pretty busy for me, from digging in some tubestock on the verge, taking some chairs to the skip for mum, having my sister-in-law visit. Then in the evening setting up a schedule for my smart telescope and putting it on the roof, also GMing my, coincidentally, GURPS merfolk player characters through the adventure with the giant shark, the sunken ship, and the mysterious deaths. (But not at Styles)
Before all of this I espied a nice photo of a poet acquaintance on Dreamwidth looking particularly like a sprite of the sea, so I asked her if it was okay to MerMay her. She agreed, I found out what colours she likes, and before my GURPS game started got her fin sorted.
GMing duties over for the evening, I returned to finish the drawing. It was finished before midnight, so I sent the model a preview, and went to bed before I got a reply. Which is why you will hopefully get two drawings today, as this is a catch up post. It was drawn on the 22nd though.
I used the Kakimori nib again, as I used multiple inks in keeping with the lovely poet's likes. She's said she likes the colours, so score there!
You can check out her website if you like, appropriately, her poems are immersive and will wrap around you like the songs of beautiful prescient birds from forests of spirit memories.
#MerMay #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #DrawingWithoutANet #TraditionalArt #GURPS #Poetry #FantasyArt
Thank you to her and photographer Rob for letting me play!
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So yesterday was pretty busy for me, from digging in some tubestock on the verge, taking some chairs to the skip for mum, having my sister-in-law visit. Then in the evening setting up a schedule for my smart telescope and putting it on the roof, also GMing my, coincidentally, GURPS merfolk player characters through the adventure with the giant shark, the sunken ship, and the mysterious deaths. (But not at Styles)
Before all of this I espied a nice photo of a poet acquaintance on Dreamwidth looking particularly like a sprite of the sea, so I asked her if it was okay to MerMay her. She agreed, I found out what colours she likes, and before my GURPS game started got her fin sorted.
GMing duties over for the evening, I returned to finish the drawing. It was finished before midnight, so I sent the model a preview, and went to bed before I got a reply. Which is why you will hopefully get two drawings today, as this is a catch up post. It was drawn on the 22nd though.
I used the Kakimori nib again, as I used multiple inks in keeping with the lovely poet's likes. She's said she likes the colours, so score there!
You can check out her website if you like, appropriately, her poems are immersive and will wrap around you like the songs of beautiful prescient birds from forests of spirit memories.
#MerMay #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #DrawingWithoutANet #TraditionalArt #GURPS #Poetry #FantasyArt
Thank you to her and photographer Rob for letting me play!
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So yesterday was pretty busy for me, from digging in some tubestock on the verge, taking some chairs to the skip for mum, having my sister-in-law visit. Then in the evening setting up a schedule for my smart telescope and putting it on the roof, also GMing my, coincidentally, GURPS merfolk player characters through the adventure with the giant shark, the sunken ship, and the mysterious deaths. (But not at Styles)
Before all of this I espied a nice photo of a poet acquaintance on Dreamwidth looking particularly like a sprite of the sea, so I asked her if it was okay to MerMay her. She agreed, I found out what colours she likes, and before my GURPS game started got her fin sorted.
GMing duties over for the evening, I returned to finish the drawing. It was finished before midnight, so I sent the model a preview, and went to bed before I got a reply. Which is why you will hopefully get two drawings today, as this is a catch up post. It was drawn on the 22nd though.
I used the Kakimori nib again, as I used multiple inks in keeping with the lovely poet's likes. She's said she likes the colours, so score there!
You can check out her website if you like, appropriately, her poems are immersive and will wrap around you like the songs of beautiful prescient birds from forests of spirit memories.
#MerMay #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #DrawingWithoutANet #TraditionalArt #GURPS #Poetry #FantasyArt
Thank you to her and photographer Rob for letting me play!
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So yesterday was pretty busy for me, from digging in some tubestock on the verge, taking some chairs to the skip for mum, having my sister-in-law visit. Then in the evening setting up a schedule for my smart telescope and putting it on the roof, also GMing my, coincidentally, GURPS merfolk player characters through the adventure with the giant shark, the sunken ship, and the mysterious deaths. (But not at Styles)
Before all of this I espied a nice photo of a poet acquaintance on Dreamwidth looking particularly like a sprite of the sea, so I asked her if it was okay to MerMay her. She agreed, I found out what colours she likes, and before my GURPS game started got her fin sorted.
GMing duties over for the evening, I returned to finish the drawing. It was finished before midnight, so I sent the model a preview, and went to bed before I got a reply. Which is why you will hopefully get two drawings today, as this is a catch up post. It was drawn on the 22nd though.
I used the Kakimori nib again, as I used multiple inks in keeping with the lovely poet's likes. She's said she likes the colours, so score there!
You can check out her website if you like, appropriately, her poems are immersive and will wrap around you like the songs of beautiful prescient birds from forests of spirit memories.
#MerMay #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #DrawingWithoutANet #TraditionalArt #GURPS #Poetry #FantasyArt
Thank you to her and photographer Rob for letting me play!
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So yesterday was pretty busy for me, from digging in some tubestock on the verge, taking some chairs to the skip for mum, having my sister-in-law visit. Then in the evening setting up a schedule for my smart telescope and putting it on the roof, also GMing my, coincidentally, GURPS merfolk player characters through the adventure with the giant shark, the sunken ship, and the mysterious deaths. (But not at Styles)
Before all of this I espied a nice photo of a poet acquaintance on Dreamwidth looking particularly like a sprite of the sea, so I asked her if it was okay to MerMay her. She agreed, I found out what colours she likes, and before my GURPS game started got her fin sorted.
GMing duties over for the evening, I returned to finish the drawing. It was finished before midnight, so I sent the model a preview, and went to bed before I got a reply. Which is why you will hopefully get two drawings today, as this is a catch up post. It was drawn on the 22nd though.
I used the Kakimori nib again, as I used multiple inks in keeping with the lovely poet's likes. She's said she likes the colours, so score there!
You can check out her website if you like, appropriately, her poems are immersive and will wrap around you like the songs of beautiful prescient birds from forests of spirit memories.
#MerMay #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #DrawingWithoutANet #TraditionalArt #GURPS #Poetry #FantasyArt
Thank you to her and photographer Rob for letting me play!
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Back to some colour for MerMay the 21st of 2026 with The Mermaid and The Lighthouse.
I took up the Kakimori steel nib in the pretty seaglass reminiscent holder @rdm printed for me, and had a go with the Diamine in Skulls & Roses. It has a lovely sheen doesn't it?
I did a bit of a wash with a waterbrush for the seascape, and then finished off with some of the Pelikan Gold Lapis.
This mermaid is working up the courage to visit the lighthouse keeper and thank him for his work. She is very glad that bits of ship and drowning sailors aren't messing up Stormstruck Bay so much any more!
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #FountainPen #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #Mermaid #Seascape #FantasyArt #Illustration #TraditionalArt
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Back to some colour for MerMay the 21st of 2026 with The Mermaid and The Lighthouse.
I took up the Kakimori steel nib in the pretty seaglass reminiscent holder @rdm printed for me, and had a go with the Diamine in Skulls & Roses. It has a lovely sheen doesn't it?
I did a bit of a wash with a waterbrush for the seascape, and then finished off with some of the Pelikan Gold Lapis.
This mermaid is working up the courage to visit the lighthouse keeper and thank him for his work. She is very glad that bits of ship and drowning sailors aren't messing up Stormstruck Bay so much any more!
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #FountainPen #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #Mermaid #Seascape #FantasyArt #Illustration #TraditionalArt
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Back to some colour for MerMay the 21st of 2026 with The Mermaid and The Lighthouse.
I took up the Kakimori steel nib in the pretty seaglass reminiscent holder @rdm printed for me, and had a go with the Diamine in Skulls & Roses. It has a lovely sheen doesn't it?
I did a bit of a wash with a waterbrush for the seascape, and then finished off with some of the Pelikan Gold Lapis.
This mermaid is working up the courage to visit the lighthouse keeper and thank him for his work. She is very glad that bits of ship and drowning sailors aren't messing up Stormstruck Bay so much any more!
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #FountainPen #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #Mermaid #Seascape #FantasyArt #Illustration #TraditionalArt
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Back to some colour for MerMay the 21st of 2026 with The Mermaid and The Lighthouse.
I took up the Kakimori steel nib in the pretty seaglass reminiscent holder @rdm printed for me, and had a go with the Diamine in Skulls & Roses. It has a lovely sheen doesn't it?
I did a bit of a wash with a waterbrush for the seascape, and then finished off with some of the Pelikan Gold Lapis.
This mermaid is working up the courage to visit the lighthouse keeper and thank him for his work. She is very glad that bits of ship and drowning sailors aren't messing up Stormstruck Bay so much any more!
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #FountainPen #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #Mermaid #Seascape #FantasyArt #Illustration #TraditionalArt
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Back to some colour for MerMay the 21st of 2026 with The Mermaid and The Lighthouse.
I took up the Kakimori steel nib in the pretty seaglass reminiscent holder @rdm printed for me, and had a go with the Diamine in Skulls & Roses. It has a lovely sheen doesn't it?
I did a bit of a wash with a waterbrush for the seascape, and then finished off with some of the Pelikan Gold Lapis.
This mermaid is working up the courage to visit the lighthouse keeper and thank him for his work. She is very glad that bits of ship and drowning sailors aren't messing up Stormstruck Bay so much any more!
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #FountainPen #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #Mermaid #Seascape #FantasyArt #Illustration #TraditionalArt
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The ink I used for today's Mermay, the 16th of 2026, is Diamine's Cosmic Sky, a sheen and shimmer.
I have a new lighting set up so I've got good sheen for you today, just as well, there's no sunshine to speak of this afternoon. Well, evening now.
All with the Kakimori again. Such a great nib!
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithOutANet #NoAI #FantasyArt #TraditionalArt #DipPen #Kakimori
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The ink I used for today's Mermay, the 16th of 2026, is Diamine's Cosmic Sky, a sheen and shimmer.
I have a new lighting set up so I've got good sheen for you today, just as well, there's no sunshine to speak of this afternoon. Well, evening now.
All with the Kakimori again. Such a great nib!
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithOutANet #NoAI #FantasyArt #TraditionalArt #DipPen #Kakimori
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The ink I used for today's Mermay, the 16th of 2026, is Diamine's Cosmic Sky, a sheen and shimmer.
I have a new lighting set up so I've got good sheen for you today, just as well, there's no sunshine to speak of this afternoon. Well, evening now.
All with the Kakimori again. Such a great nib!
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithOutANet #NoAI #FantasyArt #TraditionalArt #DipPen #Kakimori
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The ink I used for today's Mermay, the 16th of 2026, is Diamine's Cosmic Sky, a sheen and shimmer.
I have a new lighting set up so I've got good sheen for you today, just as well, there's no sunshine to speak of this afternoon. Well, evening now.
All with the Kakimori again. Such a great nib!
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithOutANet #NoAI #FantasyArt #TraditionalArt #DipPen #Kakimori
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The ink I used for today's Mermay, the 16th of 2026, is Diamine's Cosmic Sky, a sheen and shimmer.
I have a new lighting set up so I've got good sheen for you today, just as well, there's no sunshine to speak of this afternoon. Well, evening now.
All with the Kakimori again. Such a great nib!
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithOutANet #NoAI #FantasyArt #TraditionalArt #DipPen #Kakimori
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Well, this is drawn with the Kakimori nib - as a lot of my new inks are, for convenience, because the fountain pens have all been filled up or will need cleaning before reloading. But we'll get there in the end I'm sure. This is the last of the inks from @rdm 's naughty and unsanctioned raiding of Van Diemen's Ink's moving sale.
It's Red Lightning and it brings a lot to the drawing, and presumably writing table, because you know, I understand that these inks can be written with too, who would've guessed?
Aaaany way, I sketched out the outline of this merperson, and then filled in the back with broad strokes. Sketched in lightly with the scales and hair, and then realized it looked better upside down. So there you go.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #NoAI #TraditionalArt #FountainPenInk #DipPen #FantasyArt #MerFolk #Mermaid
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Well, this is drawn with the Kakimori nib - as a lot of my new inks are, for convenience, because the fountain pens have all been filled up or will need cleaning before reloading. But we'll get there in the end I'm sure. This is the last of the inks from @rdm 's naughty and unsanctioned raiding of Van Diemen's Ink's moving sale.
It's Red Lightning and it brings a lot to the drawing, and presumably writing table, because you know, I understand that these inks can be written with too, who would've guessed?
Aaaany way, I sketched out the outline of this merperson, and then filled in the back with broad strokes. Sketched in lightly with the scales and hair, and then realized it looked better upside down. So there you go.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #NoAI #TraditionalArt #FountainPenInk #DipPen #FantasyArt #MerFolk #Mermaid
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Well, this is drawn with the Kakimori nib - as a lot of my new inks are, for convenience, because the fountain pens have all been filled up or will need cleaning before reloading. But we'll get there in the end I'm sure. This is the last of the inks from @rdm 's naughty and unsanctioned raiding of Van Diemen's Ink's moving sale.
It's Red Lightning and it brings a lot to the drawing, and presumably writing table, because you know, I understand that these inks can be written with too, who would've guessed?
Aaaany way, I sketched out the outline of this merperson, and then filled in the back with broad strokes. Sketched in lightly with the scales and hair, and then realized it looked better upside down. So there you go.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #NoAI #TraditionalArt #FountainPenInk #DipPen #FantasyArt #MerFolk #Mermaid
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Well, this is drawn with the Kakimori nib - as a lot of my new inks are, for convenience, because the fountain pens have all been filled up or will need cleaning before reloading. But we'll get there in the end I'm sure. This is the last of the inks from @rdm 's naughty and unsanctioned raiding of Van Diemen's Ink's moving sale.
It's Red Lightning and it brings a lot to the drawing, and presumably writing table, because you know, I understand that these inks can be written with too, who would've guessed?
Aaaany way, I sketched out the outline of this merperson, and then filled in the back with broad strokes. Sketched in lightly with the scales and hair, and then realized it looked better upside down. So there you go.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #NoAI #TraditionalArt #FountainPenInk #DipPen #FantasyArt #MerFolk #Mermaid
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Well, this is drawn with the Kakimori nib - as a lot of my new inks are, for convenience, because the fountain pens have all been filled up or will need cleaning before reloading. But we'll get there in the end I'm sure. This is the last of the inks from @rdm 's naughty and unsanctioned raiding of Van Diemen's Ink's moving sale.
It's Red Lightning and it brings a lot to the drawing, and presumably writing table, because you know, I understand that these inks can be written with too, who would've guessed?
Aaaany way, I sketched out the outline of this merperson, and then filled in the back with broad strokes. Sketched in lightly with the scales and hair, and then realized it looked better upside down. So there you go.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #NoAI #TraditionalArt #FountainPenInk #DipPen #FantasyArt #MerFolk #Mermaid
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Ink and watercolor sketch
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Ink and watercolor sketch
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Ink and watercolor sketch
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A pretty odd one for today's MerMay. I was thinking about molluscs and some of those odd nudibranch species - colourful sea slugs and the like, and this guy developed. Drawn with the Kakimori steel nib, and one of the Van Diemen's ink moving day specials, Persian Princess. It is very sparkly.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #FantasyArt #PenAndInk
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A pretty odd one for today's MerMay. I was thinking about molluscs and some of those odd nudibranch species - colourful sea slugs and the like, and this guy developed. Drawn with the Kakimori steel nib, and one of the Van Diemen's ink moving day specials, Persian Princess. It is very sparkly.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #FantasyArt #PenAndInk
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A pretty odd one for today's MerMay. I was thinking about molluscs and some of those odd nudibranch species - colourful sea slugs and the like, and this guy developed. Drawn with the Kakimori steel nib, and one of the Van Diemen's ink moving day specials, Persian Princess. It is very sparkly.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #FantasyArt #PenAndInk
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A pretty odd one for today's MerMay. I was thinking about molluscs and some of those odd nudibranch species - colourful sea slugs and the like, and this guy developed. Drawn with the Kakimori steel nib, and one of the Van Diemen's ink moving day specials, Persian Princess. It is very sparkly.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #FantasyArt #PenAndInk
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A pretty odd one for today's MerMay. I was thinking about molluscs and some of those odd nudibranch species - colourful sea slugs and the like, and this guy developed. Drawn with the Kakimori steel nib, and one of the Van Diemen's ink moving day specials, Persian Princess. It is very sparkly.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #DipPen #FountainPenInk #NoAI #FantasyArt #PenAndInk
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I enjoyed getting the Akkerman bottle out again and using it with the Kakimori nib. Something has profoundly upset this mermaid. Poor thing. She was fun to draw though. She'll pull through, don't worry, the ocean is on her side.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #Mermaid #NoAI #PenandInk #DipPen #FountainPenInk #TraditionalArt
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I enjoyed getting the Akkerman bottle out again and using it with the Kakimori nib. Something has profoundly upset this mermaid. Poor thing. She was fun to draw though. She'll pull through, don't worry, the ocean is on her side.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #Mermaid #NoAI #PenandInk #DipPen #FountainPenInk #TraditionalArt
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I enjoyed getting the Akkerman bottle out again and using it with the Kakimori nib. Something has profoundly upset this mermaid. Poor thing. She was fun to draw though. She'll pull through, don't worry, the ocean is on her side.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #Mermaid #NoAI #PenandInk #DipPen #FountainPenInk #TraditionalArt
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I enjoyed getting the Akkerman bottle out again and using it with the Kakimori nib. Something has profoundly upset this mermaid. Poor thing. She was fun to draw though. She'll pull through, don't worry, the ocean is on her side.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #Mermaid #NoAI #PenandInk #DipPen #FountainPenInk #TraditionalArt
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I enjoyed getting the Akkerman bottle out again and using it with the Kakimori nib. Something has profoundly upset this mermaid. Poor thing. She was fun to draw though. She'll pull through, don't worry, the ocean is on her side.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #DrawingWithoutANet #Mermaid #NoAI #PenandInk #DipPen #FountainPenInk #TraditionalArt
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After a busy day, and incidentally GMing a game where the PC's are all merfolk except for one water elemental, I had a little time to bring out the Kakimori dip pen once more and do a quick brush like sketch of this mermaid touching the surface and causing ripples.
I don't know if it's the ink - Van Diemen's Ink 9 Lives, but it didn't seem to flow as smoothly as previous inks. Or maybe the Kakimori is needing a bit of a scrub.
Anyway, I think she looks elegant for just a sketch.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #NoAI #DipPen #DrawingWithoutANet #Ink #Mermaid
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After a busy day, and incidentally GMing a game where the PC's are all merfolk except for one water elemental, I had a little time to bring out the Kakimori dip pen once more and do a quick brush like sketch of this mermaid touching the surface and causing ripples.
I don't know if it's the ink - Van Diemen's Ink 9 Lives, but it didn't seem to flow as smoothly as previous inks. Or maybe the Kakimori is needing a bit of a scrub.
Anyway, I think she looks elegant for just a sketch.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #NoAI #DipPen #DrawingWithoutANet #Ink #Mermaid
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After a busy day, and incidentally GMing a game where the PC's are all merfolk except for one water elemental, I had a little time to bring out the Kakimori dip pen once more and do a quick brush like sketch of this mermaid touching the surface and causing ripples.
I don't know if it's the ink - Van Diemen's Ink 9 Lives, but it didn't seem to flow as smoothly as previous inks. Or maybe the Kakimori is needing a bit of a scrub.
Anyway, I think she looks elegant for just a sketch.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #NoAI #DipPen #DrawingWithoutANet #Ink #Mermaid
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After a busy day, and incidentally GMing a game where the PC's are all merfolk except for one water elemental, I had a little time to bring out the Kakimori dip pen once more and do a quick brush like sketch of this mermaid touching the surface and causing ripples.
I don't know if it's the ink - Van Diemen's Ink 9 Lives, but it didn't seem to flow as smoothly as previous inks. Or maybe the Kakimori is needing a bit of a scrub.
Anyway, I think she looks elegant for just a sketch.
#MerMay #MerMay2026 #NoAI #DipPen #DrawingWithoutANet #Ink #Mermaid
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After a busy day, and incidentally GMing a game where the PC's are all merfolk except for one water elemental, I had a little time to bring out the Kakimori dip pen once more and do a quick brush like sketch of this mermaid touching the surface and causing ripples.
I don't know if it's the ink - Van Diemen's Ink 9 Lives, but it didn't seem to flow as smoothly as previous inks. Or maybe the Kakimori is needing a bit of a scrub.
Anyway, I think she looks elegant for just a sketch.
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I had a good 3 hours to draw this one, so the more relaxed pace shows I think. Back to the Kakimori nib, because, guess what, @rdm bought some ink from Van Diemen's Ink moving sale, which I told him not to do, but he did anyway. Naughty fellow isn't he?
It arrived today and this was the one he wanted me to try out.
This is Anna's Hummingbird Ink.
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I had a good 3 hours to draw this one, so the more relaxed pace shows I think. Back to the Kakimori nib, because, guess what, @rdm bought some ink from Van Diemen's Ink moving sale, which I told him not to do, but he did anyway. Naughty fellow isn't he?
It arrived today and this was the one he wanted me to try out.
This is Anna's Hummingbird Ink.
#FountainPenInk #DipPen #DrawingWithoutANet #NoAI #MerMay #MerMay2026