Don’t Draw MERMAIDS Like This!

How do you draw a great mermaid? Better yet, how do you design a mermaid character that's original and anatomically correct? Every May, we have a MerMay challenge with our students in our online art classes, so we get a lot of questions about mermaid and fish anatomy.

Winged Canvas art instructor Jessie Chang teaches us the DOs and DON'Ts of drawing mermaids, mermen, and other underwater humanoid characters with fish anatomy, including how to draw tails, gills and fins in this short drawing tutorial!

🕓 Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:15 - Don't draw a flat body / tail
0:35 - How to combine fish and human anatomy
1:08 - Don't forget the pelvis!
1:27 - Mermaid drawing demo
1:42 - Don't draw the tail too short
2:24 - Adding fins and gills

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