{"id":505,"date":"2018-05-02T22:18:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T02:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/?p=505"},"modified":"2018-06-06T15:47:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T19:47:20","slug":"tiny-mermaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/tiny-mermaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Mermaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/tiny-mermaid\/swirlmaid-ig-crop-from-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/swirlmaid-IG-crop-from-photo.png?fit=750%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"750,750\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"swirlmaid-IG-crop-from-photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/swirlmaid-IG-crop-from-photo.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/swirlmaid-IG-crop-from-photo.png?fit=750%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-506 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/swirlmaid-IG-crop-from-photo.png?resize=750%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"swirl-maid by Kir Talmage\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/swirlmaid-IG-crop-from-photo.png?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/swirlmaid-IG-crop-from-photo.png?resize=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1 175w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/swirlmaid-IG-crop-from-photo.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/swirlmaid-IG-crop-from-photo.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/swirlmaid-IG-crop-from-photo.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>Hello, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/mermay\/\">#mermay<\/a>! My <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/metasilk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> feed is full of beautiful art today\u2014so wonderful!<\/p>\n<p>This is a bit of one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/tinytinseries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#tinytinseries<\/a> of ink drawings* I\u2019m doing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/mermay2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#mermay2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(This was first posted on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon<\/a> with the tags <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts?tag=ink%20drawing\" target=\"_self\">ink drawing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts?tag=mermaid\">mermaid<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts?tag=mermay\">mermay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts?tag=tiny%20tin%20series\">tiny tin series)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>* Did I say this already? The Tiny Tin Series is my 2018 project \u2014 50-plus drawings the size of a Celestial Seasonings tin, all ink line drawings. I have a purpose for these, when I finish! All 50-plus have been sketched, and I&#8217;m up through about 25 in inking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, #mermay! My Instagram feed is full of beautiful art today\u2014so wonderful! This is a bit of one of the #tinytinseries of ink drawings* I\u2019m doing. #mermay2018 (This was first posted on my Patreon with the tags ink drawing, mermaid, mermay, tiny tin series) * Did I say this already?&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[259,95,256,257,258],"class_list":["post-505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-wip","tag-ink-drawing","tag-mermaid","tag-mermay","tag-mermay2018","tag-tiny-tin-series"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/swirlmaid-IG-crop-from-photo.png?fit=750%2C750&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pakBUO-89","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":560,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/the-mangrovians-finished\/","url_meta":{"origin":505,"position":0},"title":"The Mangrovians \u2014 Finished?","author":"Kir","date":"25 May 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"So I\u2019m not sure this is quite done. I started it for Sketchfest 96 but it's kind of #MerMay too... Sketch, originally posted at Ellen Million Graphics' sketchfest in March So why am I not sure? Because I like how I did the lines in this one \"Test Subject\", where\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Mangrovians (copyright K Talmage)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E8928.jpg?fit=1133%2C1133&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E8928.jpg?fit=1133%2C1133&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E8928.jpg?fit=1133%2C1133&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E8928.jpg?fit=1133%2C1133&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_E8928.jpg?fit=1133%2C1133&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1327,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-mermaid-jelly\/","url_meta":{"origin":505,"position":1},"title":"sketchbook \/\/ mermaid &amp; jelly","author":"Kir","date":"5 May 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Is she dancing? 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Well, I kept going with them! Here's the final result showing all four\u2014what's your favorite?\u00a0I stamped three sets (each with one mermaid) and listed them in my Etsy shop. That's all I have blank cards for right\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/0a5463d379f5260dbe94d5cb794aaa55.jpg?fit=820%2C820&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/0a5463d379f5260dbe94d5cb794aaa55.jpg?fit=820%2C820&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/0a5463d379f5260dbe94d5cb794aaa55.jpg?fit=820%2C820&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/0a5463d379f5260dbe94d5cb794aaa55.jpg?fit=820%2C820&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1332,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/digital-sketchbook-mermaid\/","url_meta":{"origin":505,"position":3},"title":"digital sketchbook \/\/ 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