❝MerMay 2025: CUBISM

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inspiration MerMay 2025 & Minecraft pixel art stained glass windows
materials copic multiliner (black), GEKKY R@LL (white), Ohuhu brush tip markers

Text Cut: used markers

B030 Frost Blue
B050 Robin's Egg Blue
B070 Tahitian Blue
B080 Process Blue
B110 Crystal Blue
B140 Aquamarine
B190 Ultramarine
E090 Eggshell White
E220 Sand
G220 Lime Green
G320 Jade Green
G340 Horizon Green
G360 Pond Green
G410 Light Holly Green
G8 Glass Green
PB2 Brilliant Blue
PB4 Napoleon Blue
R090 Light Tea Rose
R120 Light Prawn
R160 Cadmium Red
R190 Bougainvillaea
V020 Pale Lilac
V030 Mauve
V050 Pearl Violet
Y9 Yellow Ochre
YR070 Light Orange
YR1 Dark Yellow
YR170 Charge Orange
YR209 Hazelnuts
YR212 Milk White
YR240 Cream
YR3 Orange
YR34 Yellow
YR6 Primary Yellow

So...this prompt was a journey

After staring at artists' renditions of cubism for entirely too long and ultimately accepting that it’s an art style that just does not come naturally to me, I considered switching gears and drawing a mermaid in a Minecraft style — especially since I'd just taken the boys to see that movie the other day. Six attempts later (all of which I hated), I scrapped that idea too.

Next up: pixel art. I spent the better part of an hour carefully drawing a literal grid in my sketchbook and started blocking out the beginnings of a mermaid... only to decide I didn’t love that direction either.

Eventually, I pivoted to a stained glass concept and finally found a rhythm I liked. After a few sketches, I landed on a shape that felt right, and I genuinely had fun with the linework and letting loose with the colors. This is probably the most markers I've used for any of the MerMay prompts so far!