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Title: Sea Centaur

Artist: leecetheartist

Rating: G

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Characters/Pairings: n/a

It's the 19th day of Mermay 2026 and I've used my favourite fountain pen of all time, the Rotring Art Pen, sadly no longer being made.

This was a quick one as I've been out most of the day, and not in a situation where I could draw. Well I could have, but then I wouldn't have gotten in any excercise.

This guy is an ichthyocentaur - but apparently that's a fairly recent term. According to Wikipedia. The ancient greeks just called them sea centaurs, however that translated into Greek.

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Little over a month ago I came back from my businesstrip and additional travel in Australia. I meant to follow up my first picspam sooner, but as per usual I got distracted by work (and fandom! I'm currently crazy about Heated Rivalry and there is a lot of meta out there to enjoy :-p)

Anyway, here I finally am again to continue with my travelreport! During the workweeks I mostly only make pictures of food, but there was also an evening we went looking for bats and an afternoon on a sightseeing train. In the weekend in between I traveled to Melbourne to meet up with fellow SPN fangirl

majestic_duxk and on the Sunday I went on a boat tour with other delegates, so there are plenty of touristy photos as well :-D

Oh and on day two I got to wear my raincape for the first and last time this trip! There were a couple more days with rain (and even one massive thunderstorm), but I was indoors then. Overall the weather in Victoria was dry and a lot cooler than I expected, often low 20s Celcius.

How cool is my colourful cape? :-D

( Workweek 1: tech meeting & fruitbats on Wednesday evening! )

( Saturday: Fangirlmeet-up Daytrip Melbourne )

( Sunday: Riverboat tour & Aussie Beer Museum )

( Workweek 2: tech workshop & a sightseeing tram on Tuesday afternoon! )

To be continued with a week in Perth, Western-Australia, where temperatures are a lot higher!

J.

Previous posts:

Day 1 & 2: flying to Sydney [LJ]

Day 3: Sydney Opera House [LJ]

Day 4: Ferry & Swimming with family [LJ]

Day 5: Flying to Victoria & Birdspotting [LJ]

Day 6: Australian Football in the MGC [LJ]

Day 7: Underground Goldmine [LJ]

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Title: Sandsea Sealing

Artist: leecetheartist

Rating: G

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Content Notes:

Every full moon, when the tide is right, all the Sandsea Sealings of a certain demeanor go to the display sands and wave their beautiful tails enticingly in the current, while trying to blow bubbles at precise intervals.

Sandsea Sealings are quite difficult to communicate with if you have not been properly introduced to the pod elders so while it's unclear to the layman as to why this group does this activity, those in the know just smile and encourage those who don't just to enjoy it. Several of the non-displaying Sealings certainly form an apparently engrossed audience.

Sandsea Sealings are not considered 'true' merfolk by the uneducated because of their lack of 'true hands' but scientists tell us that they are definitely in the merfolk family and they certainly interact freely and in a friendly way to any merfolk of other species crossing their paths.

Recorded this 18th Day of MerMay using a Pelikan Dragon fountain pen.

Clicky piccy it get biggy sorry took in a hurry

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Title: Current Affairs
Artist: leecetheartist
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Content Notes:

So today's the 17th of MerMay and we have a merman today. He's drawn with one of r

dm 's 3d printed pens he designed, with the Schmidt nibs.

I used Diamine's Solar Storm ink which is a chameleon shimmer ink.

People think this guy looks like rdm but it wasn't intentional. Guy with a beard. See what you think.

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Title: Water Column

Artist: leecetheartist

Rating: G

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The ink I used for today's Mermay, the 16th of 2026, is Diamine's Cosmic Sky, a sheen and shimmer.

I have a new lighting set up so I've got good sheen for you today, just as well, there's no sunshine to speak of this afternoon. Well, evening now.

All with the Kakimori again. Such a great nib!

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Title: Merprise!

Artist: leecetheartist

Rating: G

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Content Notes:

Well, this is drawn with the Kakimori nib - as a lot of my new inks are, for convenience, because the fountain pens have all been filled up or will need cleaning before reloading. But we'll get there in the end I'm sure. This is the last of the inks from

rdm 's naughty and unsanctioned raiding of Van Diemen's Ink's moving sale.

It's Red Lightning and it brings a lot to the drawing, and presumably writing table, because you know, I understand that these inks can be written with too, who would've guessed?

Aaaany way, I sketched out the outline of this merperson, and then filled in the back with broad strokes. Sketched in lightly with the scales and hair, and then realized it looked better upside down. So there you go.

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Title: Spirit of The Maelstrom

Artist: leecetheartist

Rating: G

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It's MerMay the 14th of 2026 and here we have a spirit of the maelstrom, drawing down ships to their doom. Or perhaps just to have tea and crumpets with the crew and then send them on their way, who am I to say what spirits of the maelstrom want to do?

I'm using the Van Diemen's Ink Azure Kingfisher Ink, a firmly fond favourite.

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Title: Getting a Wriggle On

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Content Notes:

A pretty odd one for today's MerMay. I was thinking about molluscs and some of those odd nudibranch species - colourful sea slugs and the like, and this guy developed. Drawn with the Kakimori steel nib, and one of the Van Diemen's ink moving day specials, Persian Princess. It is very sparkly.

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Title: Ocean Dancer

Artist: leecetheartist

Rating: G

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Characters/Pairings: n/a

Content Notes:

This MerMay - number 12, was drawn in the cardiologist's waiting room while

rdm had his tests. It's drawn with the beautiful Azure Kingfisher ink I've used before this MerMay, it's in a Lamy Demonstrator.

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Title: Mermaid Blues

Artist: leecetheartist

Rating: G

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Content Notes:

I enjoyed getting the Akkerman bottle out again and using it with the Kakimori nib. Something has profoundly upset this mermaid. Poor thing. She was fun to draw though. She'll pull through, don't worry, the ocean is on her side.

Current Mood: thoughtful

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Title: Happy Merther's Day
Artist: leecetheartist
Rating: G
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Content Notes:

Mermay the Tenth - Yesterday in Australia it was Mother's Day, so I'm catching up after a lovely day out with my Mum.

So there'll be another drawing later today so I can catch up.

This mermum and merbaby were drawn with Van Diemen's Ink Rainbow Scarab. I am not sure if the shimmer has come up in these photos but the sheen certainly has!

Gotta say this Life Noble Note book has really come to the sheen party.

Current Mood: happy

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