Mermaids get all the love in modern media, so why not spread the appreciation to their brethren?

The challenge is to draw a merman. That's it. Draw a happy merman. Draw an asphyxiating merman. Draw a merman and his human lover. Draw a trans* merman. Draw a gay merman. Draw a circus merman. Draw a shark-tail merman. Draw a merman desperately trying to learn more about the human world. Draw a deep sea merman.

Any and all mermen will do!

Prize: Mmmm I'm not exactly talented in the art field, so you can either have my undying love (I mean, I plan on printing out these mermen and hanging them on my dorm walls to further traumatize my roommate [who is a pre-existing friend don't worry)... But I could also write you a short piece of prose with a topic of your choosing. If you want fanfiction, I may have to research a bit, but I'm totally willing to do it.

So yeah. Mermen! Give them some love. <3

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THANK YOU ALL FOR ENTERING OH MY GOODNESS

I seriously loved all of the mermen you submitted so you all made it super fricking hard to choose winners ugh.

But yeah wow mermen are hella rad so I'm glad you participated and brought these lovely mermen the admiration they deserve <3

GAH so yeah if you'd actually like a short piece of prose (this can be about your merman or about literally anything omg), just let me know and I'll get to work. (I'm very sorry I can't offer a better prize... >.<)

But seriously, from the bottom of my merman-crazed heart, I thank you all for participating. Lovely mermen. All of them. ALL OF THEM. FLAWLESS. GAH. <3