#spotted dolphin

[marine-gifs]

A pacific spotted dolphin photobombing. Filmed in the eastern Pacific. From Blue Planet - Open Ocean (2001).

[namu-the-orca]

The Spots of the Atlantic

One latest reason for the quiet is that commissions have been picking up again! I've drawn a lot for SECAC (cetacean researchers in the Canary Islands) before, but they required some extra illustrations and I'm always happy to work with them. After the female and juvenile Atlantic spotted dolphin they requested some more variations and that resulted in this!

Ever since learning about the difference between coastal and oceanic spotties I've wanted to illustrate the difference. It's so cool to me that they evolved such different spotting patterns - would living in the open ocean with more predators lurking below perhaps select more strongly to keep the white belly/white surface countershading intact? I also love how you can see the spots developing, with the four oceanic illustrations together.

Atlantic spotties are some of my favourite dolphins, I think they are just so beautiful. Nonetheless I've always struggled with them (especially the "typical" slender Bahamians). I'm far from having them down, but I'm glad the coastal male at least turned out to my satisfaction! I'm very fond of this frontalis family, and I hope you'll like them too.

[respect-the-locals]

🐬 Daily Cetacean Fact: 🐬

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin: The coloring of the Atlantic spotted dolphin varies as it grows, and is usually classified into age-dependent phases known as two-tone, speckled, mottled, and fused. Calves are a fairly uniform gray-white, with one or no spots. A juvenile is considered mottled when it develops merging gray and white spots on the dorsal surface and black spots on the ventral surface. A fused pattern is reached when dark and white spots are on both the ventral and dorsal sides. The spots become denser and spread until the body appears black with white spots at full maturation.

[artofsoul1999]

Atlantic spotted dolphins are definitely one of most challenging species to draw. They just have so many spots and even with a custom brush, it's still difficult.

[videogamewhales]

[ID: An image of a spotted dolphin from Petz: Dolphinz Encounters. End ID.]

Spotted dolphin from Petz: Dolphinz Encounters (2009)

[hauntedamusementpark]

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A piece of digital art of a mermaid on a rock in the ocean done in a somewhat cartoonish style. She is wearing a strappy black bikini top is mostly colored in teals and grasy and based on a spotted dolphin, her tail is submerged in the water. It is sunset and the image is awash in pinks and peach light

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Going to try and get back to regular posting not at all related to certain other site imploding in impressive fashion

Anyways here’s a mermaid piece based on a spotted dolphin that I’m incredibly happy with

[dawns-art-blog]

Some oc's of mine i love

[eleanorart]