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Published: 2012-10-28 21:05:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 729; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 17
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Description Yes, so I skipped a few stages before debuting a fully-grown xenorca. But once this outline began, I couldn't stop myself from completing it. I can be as impatient as anyone else.

Those hoping for a better look at a xenorca, by capturing and placing one in a tank, got a little more than they bargained for when she charged headlong into the glass. Now who has the guts to try fixing/fortifying that before it gives?

EDIT: added some shading and a few minor water trickles to the crack
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Comments: 44

AkelahNaih [2012-10-30 01:28:31 +0000 UTC]

Wow! So amazing!! I love these guys! Amazing work on her design and the cracking glass

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grayorca In reply to AkelahNaih [2012-10-30 02:01:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

But to be honest, I'm simply happy this turned out half as good as it did. She is, by far, the most complicated thing I have colored to date.

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BladedMako [2012-10-29 16:20:31 +0000 UTC]

If this were the SCP Foundation they'd just send some Class-D personnel in to do it

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-10-29 19:34:04 +0000 UTC]

Either that, or drain the tank to a point well below the bottom of the window to work on it unhindered.

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-29 19:38:37 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, but who knows how high it can jump?

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-10-29 19:39:48 +0000 UTC]

Exactly, even in shallow water.

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-29 19:55:49 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of Deep Blue Sea when the sharks intentionally flooded the place.

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-10-29 19:58:19 +0000 UTC]

Xenos would probably attempt the same, the same way they overran the Auriga in "Alien: Resurrection".

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-30 12:37:04 +0000 UTC]

Lower the water level until it's incapacitated - why take any chances?

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-10-30 12:39:54 +0000 UTC]

Exactly.

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-30 13:20:33 +0000 UTC]

Unrelated, but...

*reaches the end of Moreton Bay RP* NOOOOOOOO!!!

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-10-30 13:25:07 +0000 UTC]

It's not over. We've just all had a lot on our plates lately.

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-30 15:06:50 +0000 UTC]

I know that, but I don't wanna wait!

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-10-30 15:08:12 +0000 UTC]

Understandable. But you can't rush these things.

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-30 18:40:54 +0000 UTC]

I think I spotted Shouka on the webcam I'm pretty sure I see Ulises. He has a collapsed dorsal fin, right? It's hard with such a low res.

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-10-30 18:43:55 +0000 UTC]

Ulises' fin is only about halfway collapsed. Keet's is the one that is completely flopped over.

I know, and it's been that quality for years. They really need to install a newer one.

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-30 18:45:19 +0000 UTC]

Okay, I was right the first time. That's Keet I'm seeing.

I'm guessing Shouka is the one acting silly

*watching and lolling* Omg this is... *Uplink Los* WHY?!!!

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-10-30 18:53:31 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, they need to upgrade to a cable internet connection or some such, too.

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-30 18:55:10 +0000 UTC]

[link] That's how I feel. Although I imagine installing such things underwater cannot be easy.

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-10-30 19:04:24 +0000 UTC]

Understandable. That's been me many a time. Yes, and costly.

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-31 15:36:52 +0000 UTC]

[link] Ok, that's it, I'm flying over there and giving her a hug! I just can't take the cuteness anymore!!! Next time I go to any aquarium I am bringing a plush with me (as well as my Ipad - I want to see what happens when I use the forward-facing camera and put it up against the glass. Especially if I use silly Photobooth effects.)

Ok, yesterday I was seeing Keet, Corky, and Ikaika. Ikaika must have been the one being all silly. Funny thing; when the camera loaded they were all swimming upside down. I was like "What the...LOLZ!" I'll bet it was Ikaika who started that game.

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-10-31 15:47:37 +0000 UTC]

They actually swim upside down fairly often. Corky is probably the best known for it. Some think that's how she's managed to 'keep' her dorsal fin straight - by spending much of her spare time inverted.

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-31 18:20:00 +0000 UTC]

I figured out how to tell them apart. Ikaika's saddle patch is paler then Corky's and Keet's is collapsed.

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-10-31 19:03:16 +0000 UTC]

I see.

And not to be rude, but if you'd like to talk/ask about the ShamuCam any further, you're welcome to note me instead.

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-31 19:05:59 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, that WAS going a bit too far

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-10-31 19:08:37 +0000 UTC]

It's okay. I understand it can be a fun process, learning to identify one orca from another.

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-31 19:10:30 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, and at 280p 15fps it's a real challenge.

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-10-31 19:11:48 +0000 UTC]

There are less tedious ways. Have I shared this with you before? [link]

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-31 19:19:40 +0000 UTC]

No. That is quite useful.

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-10-31 19:46:33 +0000 UTC]

Good.

[link] This one features some more in-depth biographies, if you're interested.

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-11-01 13:54:05 +0000 UTC]

SWC has 41 bottlenose dolphins?!!! O.O Jeez!

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grayorca In reply to BladedMako [2012-11-01 14:10:08 +0000 UTC]

Some parks have pretty large collections of smaller cetaceans. Just look at the number of belugas Marineland Ontario has.

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-11-01 14:43:33 +0000 UTC]

I've been there before. So I guess the orca I have photos of is Kiska. There and Seaworld Florida are the only two I've been to.

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-31 18:16:20 +0000 UTC]

I'll bet it was Ikaika who rushed past the camera scaring the crap out of me

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BladedMako In reply to grayorca [2012-10-31 18:14:06 +0000 UTC]

So Corky is the one that keeps going upside-down, Ikaika is the silly, hyperactive one, and Keet is laid-back?

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Angelorca6109 [2012-10-29 05:30:14 +0000 UTC]

There was a book I read called Meg.. It's about a scientist finding a megalaodon in the Marianas trench.. In that book it describes how she broke the glass, but to hell if anyone wanted to fix it... haha.

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grayorca In reply to Angelorca6109 [2012-10-29 14:21:01 +0000 UTC]

I have this book, actually. Never got around to reading it, though, as there's a whole slew of books that follow that I've not yet been able to find. "Jaws 3" was what I had in mind in including the cracked-window idea.

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Angelorca6109 In reply to grayorca [2012-10-30 17:16:33 +0000 UTC]

Tis a good book. when you get time, you should read it. I read pretty much all of them twice on my my kindle..

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grayorca In reply to Angelorca6109 [2012-10-30 17:25:39 +0000 UTC]

I shall.

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Zavraan [2012-10-28 21:58:22 +0000 UTC]

IT'S HUNTING ME IN MY SLEEP!

But it's very cute at them same time! <3

( lolol has so much ideas~

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grayorca In reply to Zavraan [2012-10-28 22:16:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Cute, but potentially terrifying at the same time is how I think of these guys.

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Zavraan In reply to grayorca [2012-10-28 22:18:52 +0000 UTC]

I see. c:

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SergeanTrooper [2012-10-28 21:20:12 +0000 UTC]

Very nicely done and don't worry I am just impatient as you though if it takes to long or too complicated I tend to trash it. I start over probably 4 times a day I do love the broken glass effect, I feel sorry for anyone having to fix that.

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grayorca In reply to SergeanTrooper [2012-10-28 21:24:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

Indeed. That repair job could easily turn out like the final scene in "Jaws 3", only it'd actually be scary.

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