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Published: 2020-05-06 18:06:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 2811; Favourites: 98; Downloads: 0
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Description Last summer, I was commissioned by SEALIFE dolphin watching  to create some illustrations for their new educational building. They opted for full realism, which made me very happy since it’s been a while since I could go all out on the nitty gritty details of pretty cetaceans. Over the next few days I’ll upload them all so you can finally see these beautiful boys and girls too. 

★ Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)
And for the striped dolphin I went with a shy lady. Originally the markings were even fainter, but (understandably) they preferred a striped dolphin which was, well, actually striped. Truth is though that many younger and female animals have weak markings, sometimes showing only part of their diagnostic stripe.
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Comments: 11

Aquila200 [2020-05-07 19:37:05 +0000 UTC]

I'm not that familiar with Striped Dolphins, but their colouring is stunning! I love the smooth, flowing effect of her stripe, and her other markings.

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namu-the-orca In reply to Aquila200 [2020-05-08 17:10:44 +0000 UTC]

Oh they're well worth looking into! Stunning markings with lots of variation, from rugged pale-and-black males to elegantly marked females I'm happy you like this lady too! Thank you ♥

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Aquila200 In reply to namu-the-orca [2020-05-09 12:15:50 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome! I'll Google Striped Dolphins soon, and look for photos of them, so that I can see those beautiful markings you described.

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Nikaleles [2020-05-06 22:01:52 +0000 UTC]

aaaaa i love stripeys~~ always beautiful, nams.

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namu-the-orca In reply to Nikaleles [2020-05-07 10:13:25 +0000 UTC]

Yaayy me tooo, im glad you're a fan as well ♥ it's so tempting to go with the hunky big boys but i just really wanted to paint one of those soft ladies for a change - they're so beautiful in their subtlety

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Nikaleles In reply to namu-the-orca [2020-05-07 22:31:04 +0000 UTC]

i do love the soft ladies~ although the one in my shitty game is a hunky lady which are also good

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namu-the-orca In reply to Nikaleles [2020-05-08 16:14:55 +0000 UTC]

OO yas the hunky ladies get my love as wel. ALL THE PRETTY LADIES ARE LOVELY

also nik ur game is not shitty shush

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Nikaleles In reply to namu-the-orca [2020-05-15 19:51:03 +0000 UTC]

it's a little shitty, i accidentally broke the jumping mechanic i was working on so you go fucking flying off into the sky and gently start floating down. i still dont know wtf has done it

one day tho. i will honour the hunky ladies with gud game

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namu-the-orca In reply to Nikaleles [2020-05-20 13:23:05 +0000 UTC]

hahahahahaha oh my fucking god - i have to say that actually makes jumping sound 10x more entertaining. you just turned her into a skylark dolphin! but no srsly good luck with trying to figure out what on earth went wrong there

I HAVE ALL THE FAITH IN YOUR HUNKY DOLPHIN GAME

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RobinVance [2020-05-06 21:49:03 +0000 UTC]

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namu-the-orca In reply to RobinVance [2020-05-07 10:12:24 +0000 UTC]

Ow thank you, I'm really happy to hear you enjoy them! I had such incredible fun working on them, it really makes me happy to be able to go all the way and really take the time with details. Yes I do have some other platforms! I have a blog on tumblr:  namu-the-orca.tumblr.com/ and a facebook page  www.facebook.com/FrederiqueLuc… I try to post mostly the same things everywhere, but I think tumblr is one of the most fun to follow (if you have it). The moods nice and casual there and I post all sorts of dumb WIP shots there which I rarely dare to show elsewhere haha.

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