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emry-stars-art · 3 days

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Digital download for the last year’s worth of mer stuff is available 🫡

It’s pay what you want - if you have a couple extra bucks to toss at me it’s v much appreciated right now but I wanted to make it accessible! Pls enjoy, and don’t forget that earlier info is still available in last year’s zine 💕

#not art sorry guys #aftg #all for the game #mer au #zine #mermay #running shop #oops all mers au #jellyneil au #sharkdrew au #freshwater

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astridsbirdskulls · 9 months

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@emry-stars-art told me to make a tumblr /hj so here I am with some (unfinished) leafy sea dragon Allison for their all mer au

#i saw gay so I said gay. that's not bullying that's an astute observation #allison's goal is to be hot not modest #we're cheering from the underwater sidelines #pirate neil has a figurehead of sharkdrew 👀#kevin being clueless as usual #my art #wip #fan art #aftg #all for the game #allison reynolds #renne walker #andrew minyard #kevin day #mer au #oops all mer au #sharkdrew au #i don't actually know how tags work yet. just gimme a second #i fixed it everything's fine

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emry-stars-art · 1 month

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It is… May 🦈

Find the mer aus masterpost here 💕

I'll reintroduce the made up little script and add the translation below:

Go my children write silly little codes and messages on things. Anyway what they’re saying:

Wymack: I don't know if I can convince him.

Betsy: that's okay.

Abby: I think he's earned being a little scared.

Betsy: maybe he'd like something sweet.

#skinny(skinnier) baby sharkdrew…#he only gets beefy during/after his recovery #also where he learns human language!#thanks to bee and abby #the mer rehabilitation duo of the ages ✨#idk dont worry too hard abt the logistics of getting andrew there #whats important is that bee needs to gain his trust #and that she has candy in her purse.#fan art #my art #aftg #all for the game #mer au #sharkdrew au #oops all mers au #sharkdrew #whalemack #betsy dobson #abby winfield

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emry-stars-art · 28 days

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I can already tell I'm not *actually* going to go back and fix up/finish these so. Here, I brought you some doodles 🤲

Find the mer aus masterpost here 💕

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emry-stars-art · 9 months

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All right since we got to hold jellyNeil: as long as you promise to keep him moving you can hold a baby shark of your choice in the nursery too

Find the mer au masterpost here 💕

#swim around #spin him in nice little circles #put him on your chest and swim around on your back #just get comfy becases these boys are Sleepy #I don’t know why I only ever draw them sleeping as babies lol #they get up to mischief #is. is that how that’s spelled #whatever #enjoy #fan art #my art #aftg #all for the game #andrew minyard #aaron minyard #sharkdrew au #mer au #sharkdrew

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emry-stars-art · 10 months

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I’m imaging the cuddles you were describing and AWWWWWW I can’t stop smiling that’s so sweet 🥹❤️❤️

Mer cuddles mer cuddles mer cuddles (and a potential Nicky, I’m testing designs as both manta ray and like ribbon eel or something)

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emry-stars-art · 10 months

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Baby shark Andrew was cranky and Aaron said “okay it’s nap time”

Shark facts and lore/worldbuilding under the cut

So shark mers can’t actually stop moving for long periods of time but baby mers aren’t born with the ability to swim while sleeping. So they sleep on various pod mates or really anyone that will carry them. Being steadied like this is important for their development since it teaches them to sleep on their own as the get older.

Andrew was separated from his pod/school not too long after birth, and the only reason he made it past the infancy and toddler stages was the kindness of other mers. Other pods of sharks and whales, or mothers with their own children, or a very kind lone gray whale carried him around and took care of him when they found him, for as long as he would let them. Until he got spooked or upset and swam off again. Because of the lack of consistency in his care and the countless times he nearly suffocated in his sleep, Andrew to this day has a harder time sleeping on his own than most grown mers, not for lack of trying. Luckily, once he’s reunited with Aaron and a manta ray Nicky that Aaron tells him is essentially an adopted cousin, it doesn’t take long for Aaron to realize why Andrew is so tired all the time. It’s no harder for him to pull Andrew around on his back now than it was when they were little. And while they’re there, Aaron realizes that yeah, it is kind of nice to have someone he can sleep on, too. Even if he doesn’t really need it. (Nicky offers to piggyback the twins but he is far too smooth and slippery. Which doesn’t seem to be as much of an issue when Andrew takes little power naps on Neil but shh.)

Im sure it’s not uncommon for adult mers to sleep on each other at any age, but if anyone questions why Andrew is always sleeping on Aaron, Aaron gives them a death glare and makes sure Andrew never hears their stupid questions.

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emry-stars-art · 3 months

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Got sharkdrew on the brain (thank you @sade-of-spades 😌)

Find the mer au masterpost here 💕

I’m issuing a “find the artist” below the cut:

Now maybe I’m just being stupid bc I don’t know how wattpad works but I don’t see any artist credit on this collection, it looks like the person went for a “none of this is mine, all content belongs to the creators :)” 🥲 at any rate this is my immense inspiration here so if the style/art looks familiar I’d love to know who it is

#big boy #I realized very recently that if the reason sharkdrew is so beefy is to be able to swim efficiently #without the stabilization or whatever from the two dorsal fins #then he’s probably not noticeably more beefy than anyone else at the start #he’s just A Mer #but of course he grows into the Andrew we know and love him to be on this blog #anyway #fan art #my art #aftg #all for the game #mer au #sharkdrew au #sharkdrew #neil josten

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emry-stars-art · 10 months

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We may branch off into separate masterposts as we keep going, but for now, here’s this ✨ there may be some overlap or ambiguity with various posts, but I’ll do my best to organize!

mermay 2023 pdf/zine (free download)

mermay 2024 pdf/zine

oops all mers au 🦈🪼🐋

brainstorming pg1 mermay 2023 piece head pats for jellyneil whalemack

mer cuddles

squid jean take 1

hybrid mer Kevin

jellyneil’s gender

Neil tries to catch food for Andrew

How Neil sleeps sometimes (and harbor seals being cute)

Tiny baby squean?

When sharkdrew surprises jellyneil

Jellyneil and its stingers

Whalemack taking sharkdrew to Abby & Bee

Squean angst

Whalemack babysits

Jeremy & Jean designs (jeremer and squean?)

Killer whales (Allison, Renee, Riko)

sharkdrew au 🦈🏴‍☠️

brainstorming pg2 sleepy baby sharks/some lore sharkdrew and whalemack

Neil meets the shark (evernote scene)

sharkdrew finds a washed up pirate

Mer Kevin and human Jean&Jeremy

Maybe another first meeting

jellyneil au 🪼🎣

first mini comic pt1 / pt2 jelly life cycle/baby jelly neil little Andrew finds a baby jelly

harpoon fisher Andrew

baby jelly sounds

bubble rings snippet

#masterpost #not art sorry guys #aftg #aftg au #mer au #jellyNeil au #sharkdrew au #oh i was kind of surprised that sharkdrew and pirate neil won the interest vote lol #just because i have the least figured out about that timeline i guess i was like 'these other ones are too fun'#but now we're getting into all of them and im exploring shark/pirate au more....#i see you #they're still all fun lol but like. im excited to work this out like the royal au if you are willing

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emry-stars-art · 1 year

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Hey tumblr happy mermay

I have a mini comic for you later, but for now here’s some concept sketches/brainstorming 👀

#fan art #my art #aftg #all for the game #neil josten #andrew minyard #mermay #mer au #basking shark #shark #jellyfish #black sea nettle #sketchbook #jellyNeil au #sharkdrew au #oops all mers au #sharkdrew #mer research notes

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emry-stars-art · 9 months

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Wips and sketches from the insta live this morning 💕 sharkdrew and pirate Neil, fisherman Andrew, and possible design squid Jean

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emry-stars-art · 1 year

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I didnt mean to rediscover how much I like brainstorming and world building stuff but here we are - this time it’s (mostly) pirate Neil and shark Andrew flavored!

@tell-me-your-vision had some very good tags on the last post like this so of course I started thinking harder about it lol, you all know by now that the best way to get me to draw more is to leave ideas and questions in your tags 😘 it’s very interesting figuring out what parts I want to be drawn directly from the source animal and what I want to have artistic liberty with! Sometimes you just gotta say “it’s this way because I decided it is” and offer no more explanation, not even to yourself.

That being said. If the snippet interested you, find more of the unfinished scene here :D (and if you want to leave a comment… 👀)

I don’t know how clear this image is going to end up being, so here’s the important notes typed up:

Does [Andrew’s] missing fin cause maneuverability problems? Yep. Fins keep the body stable and streamlined in the water. No fin/half detached fins means Andrew spends a lot more energy to be equally as efficient while swimming. (That’s part of why he had more upper body strength than most mers.)

Does jelly Neil feel pain like humans? Not at all. Pain vs nociception - the detection of averse stimulus. So Neil can sense and respond to ‘painful’ stimuli, and he does feel some pain like a person would in his upper half, but it’s mostly just a sensation that he responds to. (This is dangerous. Less pain means he doesn’t realize how dire a situation may be.)

A second eyelid - like a crocodile/etc; a clear secondary eyelid that closes horizontally beneath the primary eyelid, developed to keep the eye safe and clear underwater. Why jelly Neil rarely ‘actually’ blinks

Pirate Neil’s prosthesis. Most of it is always hidden under clothes; it’s made of leather, copper, rubber, and cumaru wood. It was given to him by Stuart as soon as the man found out that Neil had lost his leg, and Stuart had it custom made through his vast connections. At one point in the timeline, Neil angrily takes it off to show a wary and lashing-out sharkDrew that he has also once been on the wrong end of a ‘whaler’s’ knife.

The tiny two panel comic in the bottom right corner: pirate Neil says “stop trying to stab me in the leg” while sharkDrew was fairly certain he just took out this pirate’s kneecap with his sharp rock

The snippet:

“And it was terrified. It’s second eyelids fluttered, it’s eyes were hazy. It held the rough stone ready in case Neil tried to get close again. It still wasn’t breathing right. It was still bleeding.

“Okay,” Neil said softly. He held his own hands out a little to the side. “I’m not going to hurt you more.”

The shark snarled, though it’s mouth never opened.

“I didn’t hurt you in the first place. They’re still finning mers?”

Neil tried to step in, slowly, and was met with another vicious swing. He was ready this time, avoiding the sharp stone neatly.

“Hey, thing. Keep moving like that and you’ll bleed to death.”

Another attempt, and another swing. Neil looked at the place it’s fin had been, now a horrible, gaping wound on its back. He could see the meat beneath the blood. If he didn’t help soon, the shark would go into shock, if not simply die here on the rocks.

“Do you even realize what’s at stake for you?”

#oops i was so worried about links I forgot tags #uhh #mer au #jellyneil au #sharkdrew au #mermay #aftg #fan art #my art #all for the game #neil josten #andrew minyard #brainstorming #sketchbook #shark #basking shark #jellyfish #sharkdrew #mer research notes

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emry-stars-art · 1 year

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The end of May approaches, I am recovering from sickness and my shaky hands have produced this :D

Pretty much all of my aftg mermay this year worth seeing.

It’s a 29 page pdf that you can get for free/pay-what-you-want on my kofi, if you want to see all the brainstorming in one place and find things that I never posted! Lots of ideas in my little rat brain

Find it here!

#is this #is this a zine #have I made a zine #huh #well it’s full of art and writing and editorials and thoughts #so here you go 🤲#fan art #my art #all for the game #mermay #mer au #sketch dump #my writing #jellyneil au #sharkdrew au #kofi #aftg #neil josten #andrew minyard

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emry-stars-art · 10 months

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actual prompt: