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Published: 2006-05-26 18:48:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 8564; Favourites: 62; Downloads: 2038
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If I ever try to draw another octopus I've given my wife permission to shoot me! Wow it takes along time to draw all those little suction cups! The Blue Ringed Octopus is about the size of a golfball, it has a venom potent enough to kill up to 26 humans, its diet consists of small crabs and shrimp, go figure.EDIT: I went back in and whipped out a quick underwater background and pumped up the chroma of the Blue Rings, they actually glow like neon when the Octopus is about to attack.
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Hey my dad loves the blue-ringed octopus. I was wondering if I could use this image as a print? Please let me know if I have your permission!Β
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okay now you can download it at print resolution
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sure, let me see if I can find a larger copy
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requesting that I have the authority to place you picture of your octopus on the back of a Navy Chief work our Shirt.Β you would be doing me a solid sir.Β
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I would like to request a print of this octopus. Β Or could I buy the high res. image and you could send that to me? Β I don't mind printing it myself if that's easier for you. Β Whatever you are comfortable with. Β Thank you so much!
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What did you want to use the print for?
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this is awesome! and i love the description as well.
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Thanks, they are fascinating little creatures!
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wow. you drew this?! that is a fantastic...that is a perfect example of a blue ring octopus. i love the lighting in the background as well. it makes your subject stand out beautifully
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Thanks. What fascintaes me is I drew it slightly larger than real life. Usually I'm drawing dangerous animals at a small scale. Seeing this thing at the size it really exists and knowing how dealy it is leaves me in awe.
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nature is just one of those things that never fails to blow me out of the water
especially cephilopods...wow, i know i totally spelled that wrong. hence wanting a marine bio major, not english...
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Thanks, just don't touch. They are so venomous even a picture of them can be deadly.
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Sweet Detail work. I'll have to check out the book
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It won't be out until Feb of next year, so you have some time to save up the loose change from under the couch cushions. Your drawings are coming along, I like them better now without the blueline showing, glad that worked for you.
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Thanks for the tip, it's been very helpful
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Glad to be of service.
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NNNNNNICE!!!!! Love it. Is this for another book project?
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This is for BEASTS!: How to Draw Fantastic Predatory Animals. I actually saw one of these at a pet store recently-they kill with one bite, and any kid with $30 can pick one up.
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This one place, Aquacon ([link] ) used to sell blue-rings.
Unfortunately, they stopped selling them now.
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Well they are highly poisonous and they only have a lifespan of about 6 months so I'm kind of glad they are not sold more. Some animals make better zoo exhibits than pets. Still if the price is right I don't know if I could resist having a pet that glows like a neon vegas sign.
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If you have 800 bucks to burn, you could get a mimic octopus.
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Mimics are so cool! But unfortunately they make lousy pets. Mimics don't do well in captivity. Unless you have an aquarium about the size of an RV you won't get to see any of their mimic activity. Plus they stress out and die when taken out of their natural habitat.
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Really?
Then whoever bought that one in the local fish store for $700 was being robbed, ne?
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That is actually really cheap if they got a true mimic octopus, but it is sad because there are so few in the wild they should not be in the pet trade.
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Maybe there are lots of them, and people can't tell which fish is the genuine and which is the molluscan Mel Blanc?
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Your octopus illustration is ultra mega cool!!!!!
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You like him? I'll name him after you, from now on he will be known as "Bill the Blue-Ringed Octopus, killer of men."
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LOL! Thank You , I'm Honored!!!!
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very good drawing. i like the color scheme and all the detail.
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