Hey all,
I wasn't sure where to put this so I decided this was fine!
I don't own any cephalopods but I surely like them!
I did some work based on cuttlefish, hope you like them!
http://www.lizzelizzel.com/scrapbook/006.jpg
http://www.lizzelizzel.com/illustration/012.jpg

:welcome: to Tonmo! Fun drawings too !

greg

Very nice pics,

Now i can tell people that you can sex them by looking for the curvy eyelashes on the female :)

welcome to TONMO :)

i'm glad you like! and yes, girl cuttles are easily identified by their long lashes and blushy cheeks :wink:
I thought i'd show off my bf's stuff too, his site www.stuntkid.com if anyone is interested, he's also a long time tonmo lurker
http://www.stuntkid.com/sketch/120.jpg
http://www.stuntkid.com/junkyard/j013.jpg
http://www.stuntkid.com/junkyard/j017.jpg
http://www.stuntkid.com/junkyard/j023.jpg
http://www.stuntkid.com/junkyard/j026.jpg
http://www.stuntkid.com/junkyard/j040.jpg
http://www.stuntkid.com/illustration/200.jpg
http://www.stuntkid.com/illustration/190.jpg
http://www.stuntkid.com/sketch/082.jpg
hope you enjoy them!

These rock!!!!

Tell your bf to delurk!!

Brilliant! Thanks for showing us these excellent drawings.

actually, I think that the cuttle sexing pictures had already been done on this site a while back :)

http://www.tonmo.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=30

Nice drawings!! Are they done by hand and then scanned or is there some sort of software? Either way, they are well cool.
I especially enjoy the asian girl eating the octo-rice!! It does put me off eating octopus though!

eups

Great artwork. :welcome:

i'm glad you all like!
they were all hand drawn first,then finished in photoshop

You've Harpooned My Heart
http://www.lizzelizzel.com/paintings/025.jpg

:welcome: and a big hello.

These are all fantastic! You are both really talented.:notworth:

Dr Freud would be very interested in your bf's stuff I'm sure. :wink:
Come on, get him to delurk too!

Wow, I just saw these -- these are fantastic (like CapnNemo said). Thanks very much for sharing... we should add them to our art gallery!

feel free to add them to your gallery here! i would have submitted them if i had known how, it's really nice to be able to show these drawings to a crowd who can appreciate them!
he'd delurk if he had time, he gets more work than i do so is super busy but does come here for inspiration

I hope it's okay I'm posting mroe, these are just done by my bf recently!
Hehe, it would be fun to do cephalapet portraits, that would be a unique genre
http://www.stuntkid.com/sketch/228.jpg
http://www.stuntkid.com/sketch/227.jpg
http://www.stuntkid.com/sketch/226.jpg

Hi :grin:

Gosh, I am impressed... Your drawings are very nice - especially the first drawing you posted is pretty cool...
Looking forward to see more :mrgreen: Please keep posting!

Best regards,
K

Yeah, this is great stuff. Very dynamic style -- each piece is very unique! I'll definitely add to the gallery soon as well -- thanks!

One more, another one from my bf stuntkid.com, he'll actually be sending this one to a company printlove.uk that does archtitectural corporate art printing, so maybe someday this will end up on stainless steel or something equally as neat
http://www.stuntkid.com/sketch/229.jpg

:welcome: Wow!!! Those are awesome!!!!

Carol

okay, not exactly realistic but....
http://www.stuntkid.com/sketch/232.jpg

Sinister... but great art!

You two SO ROCK!!!

Wow!:shock: I must say I'm really impressed by your art!!!

A warm :welcome: to TONMO.com !

Hey all, I wanted to add a few more, the paintings are from me, the digital one is from my boyfriend.
This place is an endless source of inspiration!
http://www.lizzelizzel.com/paintings/049.jpg
http://www.lizzelizzel.com/paintings/050.jpg
The above two are very small, I sold them pretty quickly as well! I'm doing two more similar ones right now, with cuttlefish :)
http://www.stuntkid.com/sketch/245.jpg
The above one is by Jason, my bf, she's a 'Cephalohottie'
Har har

She'll probably find her way into the dreams of many a male Tonmoer. Terrific stuff.

These are awesome!

Totally awesome. How would you feel about my using one for a tattoo...

:D

Somehow I missed all of these before. Great stuff - really beautiful work from the both of you. Be justifiably proud and keep 'em coming!

Thanks all :)
Righty,
depends on which one you would like, half of them are mine, half of them are my boyfriends. His site is www.stuntkid.com, if you were thinking of one of his just shoot him an email :)

I don't usually browse the introductions forum but I'm glad I did today. Gotta add you on myspace!

I have another one, and a question. I'm interested in kinda half donating some of our tentacle inspired artwork to any conservation groups that work with cephalopods and other endangered creatures, but I don't really know of any. I live in Norfolk, VA and most of the accepted art around here is all historical/beach/pottery, which is great and I respect that, but still is not great for us. We approached the VA Marine museum with the idea of a sea creature inspired art show, Jason did a little logo for them of a sea turtle before, and never heard back from them. Does anyone live around here and have advice?
I'm not only interested for the exposure, but that would be great too, but I really am interested in conservation and do my part whatever chance I get!
-Let's be Friends, Not Anemones-
My jokes are HORRIBLE!
http://www.lizzelizzel.com/paintings/054.jpg

Groan!
YOU might consider Ocean Conservancy. Their headquarters is in Washington D.C. and they do a lot of good work. Their web site is:

http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=home