[Art] Bottlenose Dolphin as Totem

[moonvoice]

Bottlenose Dolphin as Totem

Want to see information about the bottle-nosed dolphin as totem?

The bottlenose dolphin is divided into two species - the Common and Indo-Pacific. They grow between 2-4 metres in length, live in pods, and are perhaps most well-known for their adaptability, creativity, ability to use tools while hunting, intelligence, sophisticated communication abilities etc. Basically they're one smart animal!






Original available for sale - ($75 AUD on hold in a batch for arnajade)
18.5 x 20.5cm (or 7.4 x 8 in)
illo's board, fineliner, aquarelle, pencil, metallic and iridescent paint

Comments

[linstar.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Wow, wow, wow!!!

That is truly stunning! Miss Arna is so very lucky! :)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Aw thank you! I didn't like this one at first, so I added some yellow highlights and it brought the whole picture to life.

[nokturnel.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! Your art is absolutely amazing! This is very beautiful.

Oh and on a random side note, I added your website to my bookmarks and I've been looking at it off and on. I really love it!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Aw thank you so much! I hope you enjoy the website! I'll hopefully have some more articles to add to it soon. :)

Watery

[perzephone.livejournal.com]

The background colors on this one are superb - it looks like an ocean sunset, & the band of blue is like a wave.

You outdo yourself, over & over!

Re: Watery

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

*blush* Wow, thank you so much.
I did try and make the colour bands here look like waves, I'm so glad it's come across that way.

[mirrorred-star.livejournal.com]

The background colours are insane and awesome.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

*bounces around happily*

[mirrorred-star.livejournal.com]

:D Glad to make you bounce around happily.

[deathofone.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. The background is definitely stunning. I looove how the dolphin is coming up through the, um... curvy colour awesomeness, like popping out of the water. :D

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

um... curvy colour awesomeness, like popping out of the water. :D

That's what I was aiming for, so I'm so glad it came through. :)

[sidheblessed.livejournal.com]

You know I really like that you haven't made dolphin all cutsie. This one is elegant and stern.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

I don't think I could ever make a dolphin 'cute', with my relationship to them as a shadow totem. But I'm glad it didn't come across as 'evil.' Heh.

[ariestess]

This is so playful!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

:D That's really cool! Different 'feelings' are coming across to different people, and I love it when that happens.

[ariestess]

Dolphins remind me of my nephew, and the colors in this piece are very "him", hence the playful feeling I got.

[shioneh.livejournal.com]

just love

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

*grins*

[chorisschema.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow...

This one is amazing. but then, I'm a fan of dolphins.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

:)

[cazzyline.livejournal.com]

I have this overwhelming urge to replace the circles on the black stripe with neon sign-writing saying "So long, and thanks for all the fish!"

My name is Cazzyline, and I am a Douglas Adams junkie.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

I was tempted to do something similar myself! But hee, I restrained.

[scarletwildfire.livejournal.com]

lmao

[paleo.livejournal.com]

I love the sense of the dolphin looking out of the wave. I know you've had trouble artting dolphins before as they are a shadow totem for you. Did working with Bottlenose this time help you process some stuff for the better?

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Did working with Bottlenose this time help you process some stuff for the better?

I did a river dolphin aaaaages ago, which I ended up throwing out because I hated it so much (and so - thankfully - did river dolphin!). In that moment, I kind of realised that while dolphin and I have our massive differences, we consider a few of the same things aesthetically pleasing - the beauty of a good line, for example.

Since then, I've had not quite as much animosity as I used to, towards them. I've found some common ground.

This picture was still a real challenge though. The background I didn't like at all, originally, and finally ended up adding some yellow highlights throughout the whole piece which really warmed it up.

But... surprisingly, dolphin is my favourite at the moment. *is shocked*

[darakat-ewr.livejournal.com]

Looks like its planning something.... Like taking over the world....

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Or leaving it and saying thanks for all the fish. *g*

[halfapersona.livejournal.com]

Once again, lovely colours. I also really like the expression on dolphins face. Arna should consider herself very lucky to get such wonderful artwork.

^_^

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Just a crab left in the batch! :)