May 20, 2026
0
Mermay 2026 – Day Twenty – Sea Shanty
"One Friday morn when we set sail, Not very far from land, We there did espy a fair pretty maid With a comb and a glass in her...
Illustration
Mermay 2026 – Day Nineteen – Non Dominent Hand
I was not looking forward to today's prompt. I assumed that It meant to draw something left-handed. While I'm perfectly willing to try drawing something...
Mermay 2026 – Day Eighteen – Miami Vibe
Today's prompt, Miami Vibe, stumped me, mainly because my view of Miami is extremely out of date, flavored by Miami Vice and Dexter. A friend...
Mermay 2026 – Day Seventeen – Collection
Today's quote took us back to Jennifer's perennial geekery. We last saw her collection of Jason Momoa's Aquaman memorabilia here. ...
Mermay 2026 – Day Sixteen – Booktok
"Booktok" was one of those prompts that I had to look up. After I found out it was book reviewers on TikTok, I thought of...
Mermay 2026 -Day Fifteen – Endangered
I've done manatees and sea cows in previous illustrations. Since I didn't want to depress myself by looking up other endangered marine species, I stuck...
Mermay 2026 – Day Fourteen – Muppet
When I saw today's prompt, I found myself wondering what to go with. Would it be mermaids as muppets, mermaids using muppets, or a muppet...
Mermay 2026 – Day Thirteen – Totally 80’s
I'm a child of the 80s, so today's prompt, "Totally 80's," was a plethora of riches that bordered on being a "do whatever you like"prompt....
Mermay 2026 – Day Twelve – Bride
I thought today's prompt, Bride, was a little cliché. It only started to work when I decided to make the wedding another example of Doris's...
Mermay 2026 – Day Eleven – Mer-thology
Sometimes I find a lot of these prompts redundant. Take today's prompt," Mer-thology" i.e., mythology. Mermaids are mythic by default. What to do that isn't...