#pinneped

[chefloveshiking-blog]

Watching seals in the harbor never gets old. Sometimes it gets cold! #portlandmaine #maine #seals #pinneped #morningonthepeninsula #chefhiking (at Portland, Maine) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLCPIgGrZ9T/?igshid=qhlnpgh0tr3

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Under the Ice 

Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) are only found in Antarctica and are the most southerly breeding mammal in the world.

Photos belong to Laurent Ballesta.

[joutacujo]

Leopard Seal practice

leopard seals have more of a distinction between their head and neck than most seals. Their head shapes are weird too; no brow really and their nostrils are on top of their muzzle. They do have some real goofy expressions tho 

I’m really proud of those snarls in the bottom left 

[joutacujo]

Reference Sheets! Working on a backstory PMV for Saturn who is an important character in my (eventually upcoming) webcomic! 

Doing all these designs was interesting! Seals look so weird from the front so it was hard to do the characters who are meant to have a slimmer face. 

Colours were fun too. Mars’ real dark palette and the purple tint of Scorpius were good. Seals naturally having brown or grey eyes was difficult tho. The ones with unnatural eye colours are selkies. 

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Looking for more blogs to follow!

Anyone who has a blog that’s mainly marine life/biology please like!

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Grey Seal beneath cliffs in Lundy, UK

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Photo belongs to Alex Mustard

[the-earthen-one]

#Bones and #Taxidermy #cetaceans #pinneped #bones #bone #royalmuseum #seal #sabat #witchesofinstagram #witch #whale #babies #deadthings #heathen #oldthings #extinct #canada #givemecitizenship #animals #preservation (at Royal BC Museum)