Water experiencing itself🐟

One of these days the stars will align and I'll get to do a mermaid photoshoot in the snow Today is not that day

🌟Hopes and wishes for a brighter future🌟 The full version of the art I did for @themermaidpodcast.bsky.social! #artsky #watercolor

Oh hey, I did an art!

@mermaidzippy.com (also known as @zippyelly.com) is a North Carolina-based mermaid who loves working with watercolors when she isn't dabbling in other things from her long list of hobbies. She sends her best wishes for 2026 to all of her fellow merfolk. ✨

📣NEW episode coming this week! Keep an eye out on our YouTube/Spotify for the notification 💖 This one is a bit shorter, but we wanted to celebrate the new year and promises of new beginnings with you all! 🎉 Our fabulous artist this month is @zippyelly.com ! Look at the colors on those fireworks! 🎆

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there. I need you to listen to these people. STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

Hey friends! I'm planning a fun new project this year: MerMedia Mondays! The general idea is that I'll read or watch something that's either about or features merfolk or other aquatic creatures, then give you a quick summary and honest review. What books/movies/shows do you think I should feature?

Merfolk embody the mysteries of the ocean, and @mermaidzippy.com has captured that perfectly 💙💜 Happy New Year, everyone! 🎉

A mermaid's moment of peace in the midst of chaos 🪷 📷: @fightguyphoto.bsky.social

Pro tip for finding mermaid tails online: if there isn't a manufacturer or brand name on the tag or anywhere on the monofin, don't bother with it. It doesn't matter if it's cheap, or if you think you're getting a good deal, that tail is going to be unreliable and unsafe! You deserve better!

Pro tip for finding mermaid tails online: if there isn't a manufacturer or brand name on the tag or anywhere on the monofin, don't bother with it. It doesn't matter if it's cheap, or if you think you're getting a good deal, that tail is going to be unreliable and unsafe! You deserve better!

We’ll be starting with a more intimate gathering this February. A place for Merfolk, Pirates, Fae, and Merchants to come together before the big show to play, mingle, coordinate, and hopefully make friendships. #mermaid #mermaids #festival #fantasy #sirens #sirenssong #northcarolina

The underwater world is a fantastic place, don't you think?

Looking for the brightest lights in the darkest nights 💫 📷: @fightguyphoto.bsky.social

Join our merfolk Discord server! 🧜‍♀️ ✨ The Pod is the largest SFW merfolk server, with nearly 1,000 members! 😱 We prioritize safety & community, with attentive mods & chats/events to bring mers together. We even have an Art Club run by @mersaloon.bsky.social for the artists in the community! 🎨🖌️

Be a part of our biggest year yet as we usher in our 1,000 member celebration! 🎉 It truly is a family — whether you wear a tail, create art, consume mer-media, or all of the above, there is a place for you in the Pod. 🩷✨ It’s easy! Just click the link below!👇 discord.gg/jXWATRfkJ5

Merry Fishmas and Happy Narwhal-idays!!

It’s FINally time! The Tiny Treasures are coming to the shop - over 110 new friends! Sharks, chimaeras, fish, sea turtles, cetaceans, prehistoric sharks… just a bunch of lil guys! Plus: lots of other new goodies! ✨ Shop update goes live tomorrow at 1PM EST! [ #sharks #artshop ]

Looking for the brightest lights in the darkest nights 💫 📷: @fightguyphoto.bsky.social

Hoping the aquatic center has open lanes tomorrow, ya girl needs some swim time DESPERATELY

Looking like this would fix me ...oh

a soirée of seals!! ✨🦭🌊 new poster done just in time for Illo Mart this weekend!! I had fun looking up so many different species 🥹💙 blobs of the sea… #art

The underwater world is a fantastic place, don't you think?

Trying out a new mermaid makeup look today!

Slowly but surely, my website is actually looking like a website! Am I probably doing this the hard way? Yeah. Is that entirely on brand for me? ...YUP. mermaidzippy.com

Happy to announce that I'm part of staff and a Featured Mer for the Carolina Merfolk Festival! 🥰

healing song ✨🐚 #art

Mermaid's Message #webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

I DID IT!! I PASSED THE LAST SKILLS TEST TO BE A PADI MERMAID INSTRUCTOR!!

Testing out this Finfun monofin and tail so I can make accurate recommendations for new merfolk! In the meantime, enjoy the tail slaps 😂

Looking forward to some brighter days ahead ❤️☀️

Looking forward to some brighter days ahead ❤️☀️

Testing out this Finfun monofin and tail so I can make accurate recommendations for new merfolk! In the meantime, enjoy the tail slaps 😂

I've been informed that I was doing this on hard mode 🙃

One of the requirements for the mermaid instructor cert is to swim 400m unassisted, no stops. I am STRUGGLING. Everything else so far has been easier but OOF

New Luminosa tail by Finfolk! 🥹 Isn’t she COOL!?

When faceplanting in the sand wasn't enough, I rotated

The amount of sand I had to clean out of my mermaid gear after yesterday's beach adventure was ASTOUNDING

Faceplanting in the sand is a whole mood tbh

Happy #WorldOceanDay everyone! I may be swimming in a lake here, but caring for our inland lakes, rivers, and waterways helps the ocean as well! 🌊

OCEANS! What else is down there???

Studying hard and practicing ᕙ⁠(⁠ ⁠ ⁠•⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠•⁠ ⁠ ⁠)⁠ᕗ

Okay but now I want a flashlight fish 🫢

Mermay Day 3: Capricorn ♑ Full Artist's statement on my instagram! I've been hiding the planetary symbols for the ruling planet in each piece and I'm curious if anyone can find them. They're not hidden too hard but let me know in the comments if you find it! ♄

Swimming by to wish you all a happy MerMay! #mermay #mermay2025 #mermaids #merfolk

Swimming by to wish you all a happy MerMay! #mermay #mermay2025 #mermaids #merfolk

Mermay day 1! Prompt of the day: Mirror #mermay #mermaid #drawingchallange #characterdesign #illustration

Happy #Mermay!! I just wanted an excuse to draw Alcremie as taiyaki mermaids 🍦 I think they'd make the cutest mermaid fairies~

It’s May 1st and you know what that means?? (Yes, May Day of course but also!!) MERMAY!!🧜‍♀️ I’ll be painting my annual Mermay piece through this month. But to start with, I’ll be posting a few old Mermay pieces I’ve done in the past. Starting with 2021! — #mermay #watercolor #イラスト #水彩 #art