In 2016, a former Disney animator gave his followers a challenge: draw a mermaid every day for the month of May. Today, prompts motivate people to make pieces of mermaid art.

What is MerMay and why are people so into drawing mermaids this month? In 2016, a former Disney animator gave his followers a challenge: draw a mermaid every day for the month of May.

In 2016, a former Disney animator gave his followers a challenge: draw a mermaid every day for the month of May. Today, prompts motivate people to make pieces of mermaid art.