Monday, September 12, 2005

Depth


WHALES
Originally uploaded by Olias444.
There are many kinds of depth. Emotional depth, spiritual depth, or a measure of content, like in a story. But the first thing I though of was the ocean's depth. About 3/4 of the Earth is covered with water, there's a whole other world under there...
A human can probably dive to about 20 or 30 feet without the aid of diving equipment. A whale can go much deeper, and they're mammals.
If you look up in the sky, and can sometimes see the contrails of a 747 at cruising altitude, which is about 35,000 feet, that's how deep the ocean is, in its deepest parts.
Now that's deep.

6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

That is really great!! Is that colored pencil?

4:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks! yeah it's prismacolor pencil and watercolor.
I did it years ago. This is my first post on Illustration Friday, I'm looking forward to posting more!

4:52 PM  
Blogger carla said...

Welcome to IF...the whales are so well done, and i especially like how you captured the light descending into the depths. Good job...looking forward to seeing more :>

6:53 AM  
Blogger Aravis said...

Wow. Gorgeous!

12:50 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You did an awesome job on that! Pencil and water color! Amazing! Also.. thanks for reminding me the depth of the ocean is as deep as the jets fly high. That IS deep!

11:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

thought-provoking, mootable pv. just my thoughts, well anyways gl & be chipper is what i say

10:59 PM  

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