Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Nautilus Races

This week's Illustration Friday theme is transportation. What better way to get around than on a marine creature that has been transporting itself for 450 million years. Nautilus are incredibly resilient animals that don't usually get much attention. Of course, the catch is that they propel themselves backwards, so they may hit the odd thing and they may not take the most direct route! This painting is another in a series of underwater children's illustrations I've done for my son's bedroom.

8 comments:

  1. Awesome! I love the shape of the nautilus. How fun it would be to ride one! :D

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  2. This is so sweet! Looks like a fun time!

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  3. Very cool... the "direct route" is definitely overrated!

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  4. Very creative means of transportation. Let's just hope they are vegetarians. Well done.

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  5. Cute! I never would have thought of racing my nautilus.

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  6. Hey, I just learned something new from reading you post, very cool, it looks like they're having a good time.

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