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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.

Squidmas Creeps and Cephalopod Awareness Days

1 October 2009

Pencil sketch of my Gill-Man, a fish-headed man half emerged from the water. [150x150, 12K]Cephalopod Awareness will be a three day event here at Cephalopodcast HQ. October 8 is Octopus Day; October 9 is Nautilus Night and October 10th is Squid Day. Help us celebrate!

Octopus Lady Photoshoppery

1 September 2009

Octopus-Lady from Creative Photoshop CS4. Image ©2009 Derek Lea
I’ve recently started working with Adobe CS4 and the Octopus Lady on the cover of a new Photoshop tutorial book caught my eye.

Octopus Propaganda

20 June 2009

Vulgar Army: Octoprop to Octopop, a Web site focused on the representation of octopuses in propaganda and popular culture.

Cephalopodcast #11 – TONMOCONversation

17 June 2009

Today on the show I speak with Tony Morelli. He is the eponymous founder of The Octopus News Magazine Online, better know as TONMO.com. It’s the de facto and definitive source for cephalopod information on the Internet.

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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 [...]

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