Sharktober: Shark Band

 As you know, I've done several shark bands over the years: Blues band, Rock Band and Country Band. Instead of a simple repost, I decided to update them. The country band has probably gone through the most change with the Opry tribute background. 

Sharktober 2023 #1: Fairytale Shark

 

Let's see if you can guess the Fairy Tales and the sharks!

1) Mako shark

2) Lemon Shark

3) Oceanic whitetip

4) Tiger shark

5) Blue shark

6) Thresher shark

7) Sleeper shark

8) Pinocchio catshark Apristurus australis (I only just found out such a shark existed!)

9) Bonnethead shark

10) Silky shark

11) White shark

12) Dwarf lantern sharks

13) Dwarf catsharks

14) Dwarf gulper shark

Join The Shark Side!

Everyone's getting excited about the upcoming Star Wars movie. I loved the first three, no, last three... (well, you know which ones I mean). I haven't watched the clone wars - would I need to watch those before the next movie comes out?
Anyway, I wanted to do a Star Wars drawing but was a bit intimidated because I didn't think I would be able to sharkify (or sharkize) the characters. But I tried it and I'm quite happy with the result.
Just to clarify, I'm not telling people to join the "dark side" through a pun. I think The Shark Side is the side where everyone joins fins to save sharks (and other creatures).

Let's Shark n' Roll!

This is my third in the shark band series, drawn on request. I was asked to draw a rock band. Like I've said, I'm no musician so if any of the instruments seem off... well, my bad.

Happy World Oceans Day 2015!

I hadn't read the theme for this year's World Oceans Day (Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet) when I started drawing this. It ended up to be quite fitting. I wanted to draw the alternative scenario of a despondent ocean but for now, I'll leave us with happy thoughts. It's a colourful, mysterious, beautiful world down there and we seem to take it for granted and assume we have the right to control or trespass or violate it as we wish. Respect the Oceans and allow all the creatures to play their roles in nature. Not just today but everyday.
Happy Oceans, Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet, Happy Planet.

ps - The Manatee is playing a guitarfish, okay?

The Pilottes! (and an irked Oceanic whitetip)

It's pure coincidence that this tale of love and restraining orders appears right after the Valentine's Day one. I probably need to find myself someone who will either cure me of cynicism or laugh at such things. Laughter, we'll go with the laughter.
By the way, I'm very proud of the name of the group "The Pilottes".

This is just a random comic idea inspired by those little striped fish*.

For those who are puzzled by this, please read about Pilot Fish.
*Oceanic Whitetip sharks always seem to be surrounded by Pilot fish and that's what inspired this comic.

Sharks in my living room

Remember my first "Sharks are friends, not food" drawing? I've wanted to do a coloured version of that one since I did the Central Perk one. So here it is.

I am #FinFree

I actually had quite a graphic dream about shark finning last night. I don't know if that meant I'm drawing too many sharks or not enough. That got me working on two anti-finning sketches. This is the first one.
Show your support for the #FinFree global movement by visiting this link and signing the petition.

RSVP to be eaten.

I'd drawn this a while ago as requested by "No Fin No Sin". I just realised that I hadn't posted it yet. I drew this with Manga Studio and was quite happy with the result. I did miss my fonts and brushes though.

Nightsharks

Here's my rendition of "Nighthawks" by Edward Hopper. This is another painting I saw for the first time at a friend's place. It must be nostalgia month or something. This is also another picture that has been parodied by several people. I haven't seen a Shark one yet though.
I wonder if I should change some of the sharks. I wasn't too sure about the Tiger and Oceanic.
And it's missing the red but I'm not going to make it look as if my shark was bleeding.

Lunch atop a Skyscraper with The Sharks

The first time I came across the famous "Lunch atop a skyscraper" photo was in university when my friend had it in her room. Since then I had seen the Friends cast, Muppets, Hollywood leading men and other versions. So I asked myself, why not a 'Sharks' version?

Facts about sharks poster - Different types of sharks

This was another poster I'd done for Comic Con back in July but had forgotten to post. Some of the kids liked this one better.

When I see a shark fly

This little Dumbo-dig at the Oceanic whitetip has nothing to do with the earlier strip. The shark isn't at all upset that the stripey fish don't want to hang out with it.
Oceanic whitetip sharks are pretty awesome. They have these special (aka "conspicuously larger an rounded") fins and they look rather cool swimming about with their groupies. Sadly, they have been the victims of over-fishing because some people think cool fins = tasty fins. The possibility that those fins are to help the shark fly higher never crosses their mind.

Thankfully, CITES delegates voted for their protection this year.

Fisher of fish

Those Oceanic whitetips are always surrounded by those striped fish! They must be pretty cool. The rest of my annoyance speaks for itself.