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Cephalopod Awareness Day Promo

6 October 2009

Black octopus icon on a cyan colored field. International Cephalopod Awareness Day - October 8. [150x150, 12K] I made a minimalist promo badge for International Cephalopod Awareness Days. Tentacles are one of those things that seem theoretically easy to draw but prove to be a practical challenge.

Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fishmen

29 September 2009

Pencil sketch of my Gill-Man, a fish-headed man half emerged from the water. [150x150, 12K]Something murky emerged from my imagination in celebration of the new 31 Days of Monsters sketch-a-thon.

Iron Turtle Award

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.

Dumpoképus

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 [...]