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Mammay

What even is a mermaid? Is it a fish? Is it a mammal? It's taxinomically ambiguous is what it is! Well "Mammay" wouldn't have any of that frustrating confusion. Artists would simply draw a different member of the Mammalian family each day.

From a may-long series wherein each day I proposed an alternative to the "Mermay" Challenge.

Mermay Alternative #2: Mammay

He just doesn't understand how a world that makes such beautiful things could be bad.

Mermay Alternative #2: Mammay

He just doesn't understand how a world that makes such beautiful things could be bad.

Here's some rough work and thumbnails I did for this piece. I wanted to try to make a picture that looked kind of 3D without outlines. Because that's a rather lengthy process and I only had a day to draw this, I had to pick a pretty simple animal.

Here's some rough work and thumbnails I did for this piece. I wanted to try to make a picture that looked kind of 3D without outlines. Because that's a rather lengthy process and I only had a day to draw this, I had to pick a pretty simple animal.

The manatee is actually comprised of about 25 vector shapes which are then painted over to give the texture and shading. After the manatee was complete I watched a tutorial on how to render underwater lighting in Photoshop.

The manatee is actually comprised of about 25 vector shapes which are then painted over to give the texture and shading. After the manatee was complete I watched a tutorial on how to render underwater lighting in Photoshop.