July goodie bag print

This month's prompt was a total pleasure to explore! I love octopus mermen, they are such a great excuse to draw some tentacles 😤 The upper left corner was my idea for this print, simple in theory but in practice it took me a bit longer than expected.

My first attempt on executing the idea was not hitting the right spot. It didn't carry the same gravity it was suppose to - instead of Filip lifting himself up it felt more like he was just effortlessly scaling the railing to be face to face with Pat. As much as I loved Fili's expression and the overall vibe - it just didn't convey what I wanted.

 On the second try the gravity started to become a reality, yet not quite as I wanted. Thankfully I haven't rendered much.

Third time's a charm. I am so happy I was stubborn in my attempts to get it right! And I even took a few photos in the process 👀

The finished piece! This print will be sent out to July Plugs patrons by the middle of August~

He should have seen the signs: the silent, foggy sea; the unmoving water, flat as a table's surface; and the humming coming from the rocks... which had not been there just a moment ago. He had heard about mermaids but never took those tales seriously. Why would he? It was just folklore! His crew of three was silent, or were they even there in the first place? He heard some splashing, but it almost felt like a part of the hummed melody that continued to hold his attention in a seductive grasp.

Before he knew it, he was standing by the railing of the boat, staring in the direction of the rocks. As he squinted his eyes and stared, the humming stopped and a silhouette crawled down to the water eerily, its shadow getting closer to the boat in a few swift bursts. In this brief moment, silence overtook his heart with dread. "What is happening?" A pair of blue eyes stared back at him from the still surface of the sea, right by the hull. A devilish grin, both beautiful and ominous, brought him to his knees. There was something about it he couldn't resist.

Thin, nimble tentacles pierced the veil of the surface and darted upwards, grabbing the life buoy, railing, and hull. Wrapping around, the suckers held strong as the creature jumped out of the water and instantly latched onto the coast guard. Undulating octopus arms scaled up and gripped hard to secure the merman's position, some of the feelers extending to the guard's body. "Is this how I die?" he thought to himself, just to have his thoughts wiped clean as he felt one of the tentacles move across his crotch.

The tight grip of the human-like arm around his neck loosened a bit, and the devious grin entered his field of view once again. "So hot," he murmured in a haze of the creature's magical influence. Sharp features of the merman were decorated with piercings made out of fishing hooks. Sleek, wet hair hugged his pale shoulders and glistened with water droplets on his nape. Their breaths, out of sync, fast and anticipating, grew to excitement when the nosy tentacle felt around a hardening bulge in the guard's pants. "He's not here to kill me..." A faint thought entered his mind. His knees weakened in relief, body lowering as his shirt bunched up on the railing, exposing some of his skin.

Surprised by his own erection, he swallowed hard, eyes shifting from the grin to the hem of his pants. The intrusive tentacle fiddled around his crotch, clearly putting some effort into unbuttoning his pants. An impatient huff escaped the merman's nostrils. Rushed movements finally found relief when the pants popped open. Feelers squeezed through and into the guard's underwear, grabbed and pulled them down, letting the heavy erection out into the salty air. A gentle wave moved the ship to the side, making the man press harder against the railing. Sudden pressure forced him to tense up his muscles. His cock jumped to be immediately met by a whole row of suckers wrapping around his girth, the tip of the tentacle landing right under the head of his penis.

The coast guard quickly learned that the excitement was mutual—a ridged merman phallus poked his lower abdomen when the creature pulled closer.

"You have what I want," said the octopus man. "And you will give it to me."