Squeefulness!!!!

[moonvoice]

Sea Dragon - Shelter.

Keywords: Placidity. Currents. Gentle movement. Free-flowing. Gentle masculinity. Paternity. Going with the flow. Shelter. The protective ocean. Reef magic. The beautiful ocean. Dragon energy. The protective father. Using beauty and brightness as camouflage. Façade.

Those of us in Australia are so incredibly blessed to have one of the largest member of the seahorse family in the world gracing our shores, and the only seadragon/s (plural or singular depending on the classification) in the world. These gentle creatures manage to make brilliant colour into camouflage, showing us that even beauty and magnificence can be used as a form of invisibility.

Found on the southern coastline of Australia (including this beautiful South-West corner that I call home), they grace our reefs in shallow waters. They are one of my favourite aquatic animals. :) The ocean is often depicted as violent, but the reefs shelter this fragile, exquisite creature and remind us that there are pockets of stillness and solitude to be found even amongst the most violent of storms.

Bigger version can be seen here:

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50319816/

Comments

[paleo.livejournal.com]

I got to see some sea dragons at the New Orleans Aquarium. They were very hypnotic to watch.
I love the effect of the sun breaking through the water's surface in your art. You really do have an eye for details that put you in the critter's world.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! :)

I like the water effect as well, actually, and I did that part first (before colouring the seadragon). While watching Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro, that probably helped with the whimsy! :D