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So my cephalopod themed #inktober2019 is over🦑🎨
I haven't been drawing as much as I was hoping for, but I still really enjoyed the experience. I am thinking about selling some prints, mugs or t-shirts, would you guys be interested? 🖼️👕☕
Can't wait for next year #inktober! :)
#inktober2019 day 28: Ride
Cephalopods are very voracious creatures. They are not afraid of attacking preys twice or three times their size! This drawing is inspired by a video of a baby Bobtail Squid bravely riding a grass shrimp, originally posted by Kristene Bonilla-Taylor.
#inktober2019 day 15: Legend 🐙⛵
Looking at old drawings of kraken, like the one by Pierre Dénys de Montfort, 1801, I noticed the weird-looking eyes of the creature, which reminded me of the fake eyes (or ocelli) of the two-spot octopus 👀
Dream big, buddy!
#inktober2019 day 11: Snow
Did you guys know about the flying squids? These cephalopods can "fly" by using jet propulsion to rocket out of the sea and glide on the air. Probably the only non-human animals to use jet propulsion to move in the air 🦑🚀
#inktober2019 day 3: Bait
In the South of Italy, you call an octopus "puppu" 🇮🇹 Cephalopods are very present in traditional Sicilian dishes, from octopus salad to pasta with cuttlefish ink 🥗🍝 But since I started working with cephalopods, I decided not to eat them anymore 🐙
Embryo of Sepioloidea lineolata, a.k.a the Striped Pyjama Squid, might become one of the next cephalopod model species in the near future. I had to peel many many protective layers around the embryo before seeing it, just like an onion!