5 May 2009
The fellows over at Deep-Sea News have put together something special as part of The Great Turtle Race of 2009. In partnership with Conservation International and National Geographic, they created the first Iron Turtle Award, which recognizes the deepest diving leatherback in the competition. This year’s award goes to the turtle named Cali. I am happy to have played a part in this project. I designed the Iron Turtle graphic for the competition.
28 April 2009
I was doodling around in Illustrator last weekend and this little character popped up from the anchor points. She is a deep-sea cephalopod called the Dumbo Octopus (Grimpoteuthis sp.). Some species are found 300-400 meters down (or more). They get there common name from their two flapping fins, which some people believe resemble the volitant [...]