Mercedes the Muse is both a tromette filmmaker with over ten full credits to their name (and various short videos) and OnlyFans sex worker who is active predominantly on Twitter and Instagram. They’re one of my muses, and appears many times in my Sex Positivity book series, and someone I’ve drawn for the book. I wanted to make a special page dedicated to promoting their work!
Permissions: Any publicly available images are exhibited for purposes of education, transformation and critique, thus fall under Fair Use; private nude material and collabs with models are specifically shared with permission from the original owner(s). For more details about artist permissions, refer to the book disclaimer attached to each series of my blog-style book promotion; i.e., for my upcoming volumes; e.g., “Brace for Impact,” “Searching for Secrets,” and “Deal with the Devil.”
Concerning Buggy Images: Sometimes the images on my site don’t always load and you get a little white-and-green placeholder symbol, instead. Sometimes I use a plugin for loading multiple images in one spot, called Envira Gallery, and not all of the images will load (resulting in blank white squares you can still right-click on). I‘ve optimized most of the images on my site, so I think it’s a server issue? Not sure. You should still be able to access the unloaded image by clicking on the placeholder/right-clicking on the white square (sometimes you have to delete the “?ssl=1” bit at the end of the url).
About my artwork: This page reviews and plugs Mercedes’ work. However, my drawings of them are not fan art (free labor); they are a service performed in exchange for whatever payment the model and I agree on (custom sex work, pre-exisiting content, promotional assistance, cash payments, etc)! Also, this portfolio is part of a larger project promoting sex-positivity in Gothic media, specifically a book I’m writing about the topic. If you’re interested in being drawn, you can reach me on Bluesky, Twitter, Discord, DA, Facebook; my username is the same on all of them: vanderWaardart (it’s vanderWaardart86 on Tumblr). You can also use my website’s contact form, which puts you in touch with my business e-mail.
Dedication: I wanted give Mercedes an extra special thank you. They were the first model to reach out to me, asking me to draw them. I had always loved to draw cuties based on monsters since high school, but it wasn’t something I had done in years; their inspiration and invitation inspired me to pursue Sex Positivity as it currently exists. So thank you, mommy, for giving me the chance to spread my wings and fly!
About the model: Mercedes is one of the models for my book, and appears in several of its promo posters/does amazing fetish content and shoots (above). They are a “tromette,” or Troma Films superfan, and has watched movies like The Toxic Avenger (1984) since they were 9. They make films and act in them, which you can read more about on their Instagram.
Sex work review: Mercedes does sex work through their OnlyFans, where you can access their pro shoots, selfies, and home movies. They also have lots of experience in BDSM, training subs; I especially enjoy being a sub while they mommy dom for me. Lots of fun! However, I also enjoy their photo shoots, which are professionally done and feature Mercedes in a lot of cool (and sexy) fetish outfits. Their body is a canvas, with much of their petit, shapely figured covered in tattoos. As for their video work, much of it contains a delightful sense of humor, injecting schlocky video effects into gritty, BDSM-themed performance art: raw and down-to-earth, but incredibly erotic, good-natured and fun!
Ways to donate: If you like Mercedes’ work, you can support them in a variety of ways:
- directly on their OnlyFans
- by contributing to
- their Venmo moviemaking fund: mercedesthemuse
- checking out the rest of their links
Artwork of Mercedes: Mercedes has generously lent me nude material of theirs to draw and be featured in the book in various forms. Here are the various media forms I’ve done of them since we’ve met, along with their reference images:
