Whale. Shark. Whale Shark.

This is for 'International Whale Shark Day'. I posted a couple of old whale shark ones and wanted to do a new one. I ended up drawing two and this is the first one I finished colouring. I couldn't decided which whale I wanted to draw in this but since killer whales are probably my favourite "whales" I chose them. I apologise because technically they're classified as "dolphins". It would have made more sense if I'd used one of those harmless whales.
I was also thinking that it would be nice if every day was an International Day for a different shark species. You know, each day gets its own shark. How special would that be?

ps - In case you didn't know, whale sharks are sharks. They are fish and whales are mammals. 

Cetaceans are such show-offs!

I drew this as part of an "ocean mammals" themed submission for the OAS magazine. I'm not sure if it will ever get published - also because it practically shows a couple of sharks dissing on the cetaceans. Sharks can breach too, you know.
I must add that I do love dolphins, whales (especially orcas - they're fun to draw) and other ocean mammals. I love that the ocean has such diversity when it comes to life.  Let us continue to protect them.

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?

Sea Scapes: Ocean Harmony

My sister asked me to paint her an "underwater" scene for her house. She gave me this rough doodle to describe what she wanted.

After much prayer that my sea creatures turn out alright, this here is my finished drawing.

I didn't add the "sea unicorns". I thought I'd save those for a less surreal drawing.

Orca rider

I was trying to teach myself how to draw and colour water and look what happened! There are orcas breaching out of it! I'm quite happy with the way this turned out.
I wanted to draw orcas ever since I watched Blackfish. My water art isn't great but hopefully I'll get better at drawing orcas - they're so amazing.