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cndcrd.bsky.social
something for #mermay 🧜‍♀️
#art #TrueRefDT013
May 25, 2026 at 2:22 PM
jkart.bsky.social
Oh, I posted mine days ago...but maybe I'm supposed to post here? #TrueRefDT013
May 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
sormijanis.bsky.social
Fun challenge. Been years since I drew a mermaid. Pulled some inspiration from The Shape of Water. #TrueRefDT013 #ink #watercolour
May 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
ameliakb.bsky.social
probably the silliest and most fun illustration I've done in a while, thanks to @trueref.bsky.social. I'd forgotten how much I love figure drawing and it was so nice to enjoy drawing (for myself) again
#TrueRefDT013
illustration of a reclining female figure with the head of a minnow
May 13, 2026 at 4:57 AM
dhumos.bsky.social
A gilded and glowing Nammu for #TrueRefDT013 by @trueref.bsky.social ✨ #mermay #oc #ocart #mermaid
Digital illustration of Nammu reclining while looking at herself in handheld mirror held by a small cephalopod friend.
May 30, 2026 at 9:32 PM
trueref.bsky.social
TrueRef Draw This! 013 ❤️‍🔥

May's Draw This! challenge has started. We provide a pose reference, you draw it! More info below.

Two winners will be chosen to receive a free membership to TrueRef+ which can also be gifted!

Ps. It does NOT have to be a mermaid. #mermay

⦿ Use #TrueRefDT013 to enter.
art reference of a woman sitting with her legs stretched towards the camera.
May 7, 2026 at 1:26 PM
trueref.bsky.social
The staff pick for TrueRef's May's Draw This! challenge is @ameliakb.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥

I'll be in your DMs soon to get your prize set up!

See all the other (incredible!) entries: #TrueRefDT013
art reference of a woman sitting with her legs stretched towards the camera. drawing of a reverse mermaid where a mermaid has a fish head and human legs.
June 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
scopsowlart.bsky.social
*re-upload: I noticed mild changes I wanted to make.

So let’s rewind: had a lot of fun drawing this pose,also trying to create a creepy mermaid (which I haven’t done before).

Love this. I def wanna make it in color too later

#TrueRefDT013 #mermay #artistsonbluesky #darkartist #digitalillustration
May 27, 2026 at 7:06 AM
oddhallucination.bsky.social
Doing this was so funny, my lovely witch, SeaFace for this little challenge ✨👁️ #TrueRefDT013
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#art #mermay #arte
May 10, 2026 at 6:20 AM
artnijna.bsky.social
Wants to sketch my boy Oculus in this pose #TrueRefDT013
May 9, 2026 at 4:44 AM
gaywatson.bsky.social
Alright, it is time that Ed have his Ariel moment!

My entry #mermay entry for #TrueRefDT013 (little krakens can are merpeople too)
#OFMDmermay #OFMDfanart
Full color digital illustration of Ed as a half-kraken merperson, sitting in a cave in the ocean floor, clutching a piece of red silk and looking up to the surface with eyes full of yearning. Seriously, no one has ever yearned harder in the history of ever. Daylight streams in from the top of the underwater cave casting cyan filtered highlights reflections over Ed and the cave walls.
May 26, 2026 at 2:13 AM
camghoul.bsky.social
I’m a day late LOL but here’s a goldfish mermaid for the month (:

#mermay #TrueRefDT013
June 2, 2026 at 12:42 AM
waterychilli.bsky.social
My entry to the may draw this challenge from @trueref.bsky.social ! Great anatomy/ greyscale reference, the less said about the BG the better 😅

#artsky #mermay #TrueRefDT013
a greyscale image of a mermaid sitting on the seabed and looking up towards the surface
May 20, 2026 at 4:58 PM
parsleyroux.bsky.social
May DTIYS challenge for @trueref.bsky.social #TrueRefDT013

#parsleydraws #art #traditionalart
Traditional ink-on-paper illustration of a mermaid sitting on the edge of a pond, running her fingers through her hair.
May 25, 2026 at 4:16 PM
trueref.bsky.social
I'll post more info soon, but if you want a head start on #TrueRefDT013 then check out:
trueref.io/pages/draw-t...
Draw This!
TrueRef Draw This! is TrueRef's monthly sketch challenge. Participate to win a free month to TrueRef+, our everything subscription!
trueref.io
May 4, 2026 at 11:13 PM
kapolaris.bsky.social
It's been a while, but I've been thinking of working on some studies again to get back to drawing. So... A mermaid sketch for #mermay to begin 🌊

Based on the photo ref by @trueref.bsky.social for the #TrueRefDT013 😉

#artsky #mermaid #sketch #study
A sketch of a mermaid sitting on a rock, playing with her hair and looking up to the sky. It's colored in shades of golden yellow, faint pink and purple-ish blue - the yellow being the light and the blue being the shadow.
May 26, 2026 at 5:47 AM
dazzlepants.bsky.social
#TrueRefDT013
May 16, 2026 at 5:03 AM
snowbluff.bsky.social
Axolotl mermaid for #Mermay! Rivers are so nice this time of year.

Pose: @trueref.bsky.social

#TrueRefDT013 #Art #Ilustration #Mermaid
An axolotl themed mermaid stares at the sky while preening her hair. She's sitting on a rock in the river.
May 21, 2026 at 5:23 PM
midnightfieldsart.bsky.social
Cutting it a little close but here's my art for the #TrueRefDT013 challenge

#myart
Drawing of a dancer on staging holding a standing pole.
June 1, 2026 at 3:59 AM
ellescatastrophe.bsky.social
Oh to be a mermaid floating on the ocean 🌊

#TrueRefDT013 #Mermay #digitalart #art #oc #au
Mermaid!Lavvy sitting on a wooden raft. Her bruhht red tail is forshortened coming towards the viewer. One arm covers her breasts, her fingers running through her purple hair. She is looking off into the distance. Water splashes gently around the raft, there are soft clouds in the sky, and birds flying in the distance. Gold lines frame the illustration
May 22, 2026 at 9:02 PM
jkart.bsky.social
I gave it a whirl. Didn’t know what I was in for with those legs! The usual stray from inspo on my end of course. Because of course. #TrueRefDT013
May 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
vkskull.bsky.social
My entry for the Draw This! challenge for May! Not a mermaid, but mermaid-adjacent. Ink, marker, and watercolor on Bristol.

#TrueRefDT013
Ink & marker drawing of a woman in a dress sitting on the water's surface with her leg stretched toward the viewer.
May 28, 2026 at 9:35 PM
elfvamp.bsky.social
Drew my oc Aqil for this challenge! I had a fun time drawing the background/foreground

#TrueRefDT013 #mermay
Colored drawing of a merman looking up towards the left while sitting on a rock in the middle of the ocean. Waves are splashing up behind him
May 15, 2026 at 11:06 PM
noshsh.bsky.social
I used @trueref.bsky.social 's
Reference for my first ever digital art piece. I don't fully understand what I'm doing yet but it turned out OK I guess...
#mermay
#TrueRefDT013
Greenish blue mermaid on a rock with floating ginger blonde hair with fins to the screen
May 18, 2026 at 7:06 PM
justcetus.bsky.social
My entry for TrueRef's monthly challenge!

Character belongs to Dally.

#TrueRefDT013 #Mermay2026
Green mermaid sitting on snow-covered rock, wrapped in a net, with a trident made out of teeth resting beside her as she looks up at the northern lights
May 25, 2026 at 4:05 AM