#sea creatures
Image ID: a lined pencil drawing of a cartoonishly styled isopod. End ID.
The Heluo Zhi Yu or Heluo Yu live with in the rivers of China’s Tower River. These mythical beasts have one head with ten bodies or tails. They are commonly mistaken for squid or octopus. A prized catch, the Heluo Yu’s flesh can cure tumors and other bodily ailments. However it will not be easy, as these fish have the magical ability to gain flight and can transform into a bird.
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Hi Tumblr…remember me? I’ve all but neglected my Tumblr account. If you are interested in following my work head on over to my Insta or DA. Here are my contributions for Mermay 2020. I give you a “High Fantasy” Medieval Siren, The Japanese Amabie (prophet of disease or abundance) and a Manta Maid.
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Guys I went whale watching for the first time and it was amazing! We saw a group of 5 humpback whales 2 calves and 3 adults. I got some pretty decent shots and seeing them in their natural habitat was wonderful.
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Serving Fish
Victo Ngai
Latest art for a short novel “Serving Fish” by Christopher Caldwell, published in the current issue of People of Color Take Over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination (FSI).
Be sure to check out this fascinating story packed with drama, love and revenge about a very feminine drag queen who gains her power of enchantment from the most unlikely source, and in exchange of this power, she has to offer up a bit of herself.
Big thanks to Nisi Shawl, who is the author of “Everfair” which I have had the great pleasure of creating the cover for, for thinking of me for this project and the full creative range. Thank you also Warren Lapine, the publisher of FSI, for being so easy and wonderful to work with.
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Meet the sub pilot who helps film Blue Planet.
You’ve likely seen some amazing underwater documentary footage from places like BBC’s Blue Planet and Discovery Channel. But have you ever wondered about the submarine pilots who make that footage possible in the first place?
Meet Mark “Buck” Taylor, the sub team leader for the research and exploration vessel Alucia. Buck is responsible for carrying out all the submersible operations aboard the ship. The Aluciafacilitates missions for both scientific research and serves as a home base for documentary productions like Blue Planet.
Buck started his career far away from cameras as an explosive ordnance device diver for the British Navy. After that, he was a submarine rescue pilot and transitioned to documentary and scientific research.
We sat down with him to talk about what it’s like doing science at the bottom of the sea, capturing the first footage of a living giant squid, and how the ocean still amazes him. Read the interview here.
Photos courtesy Buck Taylor
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Hi everyone I painted an axolotl
This month’s Patreon poll was to draw the winner as a mermaid. My patrons picked Yor Forger and requested her to have a killer whale’s tail ♥
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Drew a couple of sirens for May’s patreon print. Happy to be drawing these lovely sea creatures for Mermay again. If you like to receive this print, join my $10 tier by end of the month.
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Broken shells
As you would find some broken-up shells on the beach today, these are just a few pieces of ancient sea shells from about 300 to 250 million years ago, preserved in the rocks which used to be a sea bottom sediment.
Ulladulla, Australia
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Do not be fooled by this incredibly well preserved shell, it is not a recent shell, but a 250 million year old fossil.
Many different mollusc fossils are very well preserved at this outcrop which consists of layer upon layer of sediment which slowly accumulated on the sea floor during Permian times. Organisms such as this one, would have thrived here, feeding on the organic matter settling down to the bottom of the sea.
Southcoast NSW, Australia
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Underwater Lilies
These barrel-shaped pieces are fragmented crinoid stems. This type of crinoid was a underwater lily-like creature which fed on the organic matter suspended in the water. Unfortunately, only stems were preserved at this outcrop, other elements were not found.
South Coast, NSW, Australia.
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This is my newest painting, ‘HYDROZOA’ This painting will be part of a large solo show dedicated to my real and imagined sea life, scheduled in 2019
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