A Smooth Sea Never Made a Killed Sailor

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21 Comments

half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Sweet

doodgelukkig@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Thanks :)

Hubi@feddit.de · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Wow, that is an awesome piece.

doodgelukkig@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Thank you!

i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y (6 replies)

That's one peculiar albatross, I like it.

doodgelukkig@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

It's a cormorant. There's a lot of them by the water where I live.

Arsecroft@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I think that's a snake bird.

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edit: unearned confidence got me again

doodgelukkig@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I used a cormorant as reference, but they do look a lot alike. Didn't know these kind of bird. They look very cool!

i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Honestly, it's a really nice piece! I should've waited until I was fully awake before posting 😞

It made me think about that porm "rhyme of the old mariner", where sailors were stuck on a calm sea (no wind at all, I'm not sure what's the real sailing term for that).

I don't remember the full details, but a guy killed an albatross and got cursed for that. They hung the albatross around his neck as a sign of the curse.

Thus, bird + dead ship made me think of that story!

doodgelukkig@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Thank you very much 😊 Someone else mentioned this poem as well! I'm gonna listen to it when drawing tonight. Ian McKellan reads it in this video

TruthAintEasy@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

Dead calm sea is common in the area of the equatorial atlantic called the doldrums

doodgelukkig@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

The title isn't a typo. Sometimes we need a smooth sea as to not work ourselves to death.

Axiochus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

But the caption of the image is different?

doodgelukkig@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Uh shit... that is a typo. I'm really glad I can reupload an image here. Thanks for making me aware

Axiochus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

No worries 😺

Koopa_Khan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Do you sell these?

doodgelukkig@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

You can get a print here :)

Koopa_Khan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Thank you!

Hjalamanger@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

And could i use it as a background image on my phone?

doodgelukkig@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Sure! Sorry for the late answer, Lemmy wont let me comment or post on computer...

doodgelukkig@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

I will put it up on my Big Cartel store and send you a link :)