Mermay inks (2025)

2025.06.01
Characters: Aava

Portraits of Aava drawn with ink on paper during the month of May, featuring some experimental use of colored inks.

Ink drawing of a mermaid, dressed in fancy jewelry, floating upright in front of various rocks, fish, and other such underwater scenery.

Ink drawing of a mermaid lounging on the sea floor surrounded by a variety of plants, rocks, and fish.

Ink drawing of a mermaid sitting on a rock, leaning back with her tail in the water. A forest is seen on the shoreline behind her.

Ink drawing of a mermaid wearing a dress on a beach, seen from behind. She's looking towards a nearby island covered with trees.

Colored ink drawing of Aava the mermaid relaxedly sitting on rocks at a lake shore with her tail dipped in the water. The background is also painted in color; it's a calm, bright day and you can see forest hills extending far into the distance.

Colored ink drawing of Aava the mermaid underwater. She's wearing a top with decorative streamers hanging off it, holding one of them in her hand. The pose has a bit of sass to it, probably directed at the artist who forgot to draw the streamers in the previous image. The background is not colored, drawn in simple line that suggests underwater cliffs and seaweed.

Ink drawing of a mermaid sitting on the sea floor, leaning on a rock. There's seaweed and a school of fish in the background. She's drawn in colored inks but using only lines, partially colored in with hatching.

Ink drawing of a mermaid posing in front of a row of stone pillars. She's again drawn with colored lines, but this time more of her is colored with hatching, not just the shaded parts. This makes it a little hard to tell what's going on.

To the extent possible under law, Mikael Myyrä has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to all artwork on this page. This work is published from: Finland. Attribution is appreciated but not required.