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Hi! Love your gemstone mermaids for this year’s MerMay! They’ve all been gorgeous! Ruby has been a personal favorite as that’s my birth month.

Personally I grew up knowing turquoise as the birthstone of December, along with other gemstones being chosen for other months, as I know some months have multiple options for gemstones. Did you consider any of those other gemstones when picking which ones for your mermaids?

Yes, I did a lot of research and there are quite a few options for quite a few of the months, I found FOUR for June which is crazy. I even saw Blue Topaz as another option for December but I went with Zircon because November has a Topaz and because I thought the history was pretty neat. But it was a mixture of, history, aesthetics, and an attempt at color balance. If I had more time I would do more because all of these gemstones are gorgeous and it was an absolute joy learning about them.

Thank you so much!!

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December Birthstone: Blue Zircon

Last but certainly not least, Zircon! Its one of the oldest minerals on earth, and also comes in many colors. I based her off of a blue parrotfish.

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November Birthstone: Yellow Topaz

Topaz is fun because it comes in many colors naturally, Yellow being a super fun variant, representing joy and creativity. I based her off of a butterfly fish.

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October Birthstone: Opal

So yes of course I did another Betta, I love this one so much, she is just so iridescent and soft. Raw Opal is one of the coolest stone's I've seen raw, its gorgeous!

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September Birthstone: Sapphire

My engagement ring is actually a Sapphire, a pink one, but I had to of course go for the iconic blue. She is based on a triggerfish, I thought the crescent moon shaped tail was incredible.

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August Birthstone: Peridot

Another green girlie, She is based on the green pleco! Peridot crystals have been found in meteorites which, I think, is pretty out of this world.

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July Birthstone: Ruby

I learned in this process that rubies and sapphires are basically same thing, variants of corundum. She is based on a Koi Betta.

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i love your art style so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahh thank you so much!! ♡〜٩( ˃́▿˂̀ )۶〜♡

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June Birthstone: Pearl

Hey its my birth month! Pearls are my favorite 'gemstone' so of course of the options I chose it. She is based on a Pink Halfmoon Betta and tbh, i am gonna be using Betta a few times just due to the beautiful color options, and dramatic fins.

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May Birthstone: Emerald

She is the MerMay! The may mermaid, I was so so excited to line and color her, she is so fabulous. She is inspired by a green danio longfin and my favorite rainbow high doll Jewel Richie.

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April Birthstone: Diamond

Diamond's are forever, she's an icon, she's a legend and she is the moment, come on now. She is based on a white butterfly koi.

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March Birthstone: Aquamarine

Aquamarine is such a pretty stone with such a unique sheen on it that makes it look frosted. She is based on a Blue-Green Chromis fish.

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February Birthstone: Amethyst

Wanted to do a geode for this one because I love watching people crack them on youtube. She is based on a purple chromis fish.

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Happy Mermay everyone! I am super late because I was between ideas and I couldn't decide for a bit but this year I am doing birthstone mermaids! So starting off with Garnet for January, she is also inspired by a lionfish.

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After a week straight of work I am finally finished this! So Sanrio is one of my obsessions particularly Cinnamoroll. Miku being my favorite Vocaloid paired up with my favorite Sanrio character is a match made in heaven! I buy everything I can find of this collab because it is perfect! So I wanted to do a piece for it.

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Last sticker sheet I am doing for a little bit because I have to make a lot of plushies and have time to cut these all out. But Eevee! Such a cute sweet pokemon. I'm in such a spring mood and it really came out in this sticker sheet.

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Ok so I decided to make Pikachu and Eevee sticker sheets, just finished Pikachu today. Pikachu isn't my favorite however when I saw the Sweetheart Diner collection I was OBSESSED, So I based my sheet off of that version, look at this goober happily sitting on a burger he is so cute!