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A Smooth Sea Never Made a Killed Sailor (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by doodgelukkig to c/artshare
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That's one peculiar albatross, I like it.

[–] doodgelukkig 5 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I think that's a snake bird.

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edit: unearned confidence got me again

[–] doodgelukkig 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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 2 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

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

[–] half_built_pyramids 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sweet

[–] doodgelukkig 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wow, that is an awesome piece.

[–] doodgelukkig 2 points 4 months ago

Thank you!

[–] doodgelukkig 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Axiochus 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But the caption of the image is different?

[–] doodgelukkig 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Axiochus 3 points 4 months ago

No worries 😺

[–] Koopa_Khan 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Do you sell these?

[–] doodgelukkig 2 points 4 months ago

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

[–] doodgelukkig 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You can get a print here :)

[–] Koopa_Khan 2 points 4 months ago

Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] doodgelukkig 2 points 4 months ago

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