The Curious Kraken

Damian

The Curious Kraken

I’ve had Kraken on the mind a little bit lately, so have ended up with this image and my Kraken story. This image isn’t painting a scene from the story, as I didn’t have a commercial fishing ship image to play with (that’s okay, I’m not looking for one…!)

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The Curious Kraken by Damian
The Curious Kraken by Damian
  • Kym  Breeze

    Kym Breeze

    Scary to think what lies beneath….love the way the sun is reflecting on the water…cool image..cheers x

  • Damian

    Damian

    Thanks Kym :)
    I try not to think to much about the possibilities when I’m near the water, LOL!

  • t1nyskert

    t1nyskert

    this kind of creeped me out…which is a compliment…(shudder..i won’t go in the sea for ages now)

    brill image

  • FireRabbit

    FireRabbit

    Awesome! Actually wouldn’t mind going near the water to see a Kraken…. :D

  • Damian

    Damian

    Excellent, thanks t1nyskert! :)

    Thanks FireRabbit, and I agree. Although I’d be on the beach with a big telephoto lens, rather than on a boat ;)

  • Von McKnelly

    Von McKnelly

    LOL Brilliant! I think the little boat works better than a big commercial boat.

  • Damian

    Damian

    Cheers Von, glad you like it! And I’d hate to be that fisherman right about now, LOL!

  • Karen Cougan

    Karen Cougan

    very Dramatic Damian…......wonderful
    xkc

  • Cathie Tranent

    Cathie Tranentcommunity host

    Wow – that’s superb – you’ve really nailed the light!

  • KenK

    KenK

    cool art…does make one wonder whats underneath. last time I was 35 miles out and wondering that very thing…

  • ravensnarky

    ravensnarky

    kick.ass.

  • Damian

    Damian

    Thanks Karen!

    Thanks Cathie, glad you think so! I’ve decided it’s hard to try and make a hand drawing look like part of a photo, LOL :)

    Thanks Ken, glad it does! I tend to think the same, which has held me up from scuba diving heheh!

    Cheers Heather!

  • rawbun

    rawbun

    nice! my bf’s pool has a half broken inflatable octopus nicked name kraken and many of us have fallen victim to it while in a wrestling match.. and it also brought us the joke ” whats cracking?” ....

  • Benjamin Scheurer

    Benjamin Scheurer

    Fantastic idea…brilliant image!

  • Suzanne German

    Suzanne German

    this is AWESOME Damian…reminds me of ORCA the whale….the sparkles on the water add magic to the whole scene…now do’t tell me it’s meant to be ominous and something gruesome lurks right?....no don’t tell me….let me enjoy this sense of relaxing magic lol!!

    great image!

    suzanne

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert

    Great work!

  • Damian

    Damian

    LOL rawbun :)
    You’ve got to always be careful of the kraken!

    Thanks Benjamin!

    Thanks Suzanne, glad you like it! And doesn’t have to be something gruesome; squid are really cool looking critters. But everythings gotta eat…! Or she could be just playing :)

    Thanks Helene!

  • Leoni Venter

    Leoni Venter

    Stunning work Damian! Love the constrast between the sun on the water and the impending doom! Great stuff!

  • Jeff  Burns

    Jeff Burns

    Awesome work I love this. Awesome Damian

  • ChainmailChick

    ChainmailChick

    Love it…not that I’m a fan of the ocean. Jaws ruined it for me, lol. But the image, I like very much. Super work, Damian.

  • Kevin  Kroeker

    Kevin Kroeker

    Wow!!! This is really fantastic! It really gets the imagination going on what swims below us in the deep!

  • funkyfacestudio

    funkyfacestudio

    Nice work Damien, great imagination.

  • Keeli

    Keeli

    Very creative . . . well done.

  • shaytay

    shaytay

    I’m scared!:) Good job!:)

  • Damian

    Damian

    Thanks Lee and Jeff; glad you like it!

    Thanks Gayla! I do love the water, and find the idea of unknown, giant sea creatures facinating.

    Thanks Kevin, funkyface, keeli and Denny! :)

  • checkma8

    checkma8

    nice work

  • Damian

    Damian

    Thanks checkma8!

  • H M Bascom

    H M Bascom

    Holy cow. I had to look twice. It looks so real

  • Damian

    Damian

    Thanks Helen! What a compliment!

  • Firedrake

    Firedrake

    Cracking!!! A curious beast indeed…

  • Damian

    Damian

    LOL, thanks Kaitlin!

  • nellie

    nellie

    This is great…love the idea of silent death lurking just beneath the waves…though as a sailor I have to ignore the concept at times

  • Damian

    Damian

    Thanks Nellie! And I bet being on the ocean is the last place for imagining sea creature attacks!

  • ktowers

    ktowers

    awesome image!

  • Damian

    Damian

    Thanks ktowers!

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind

    Kraken is? can ya tell Im not from Australia lol

    fantastic work !

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind

    I didnt see the last Pirates yet ... is it from the movie?

  • Damian

    Damian

    Thanks Elaine :)
    The Kraken is one of the great sea beasts, like the sea serpent. Certainly not an Australian creation :)

    ‘Kraken’ is a Norwegian word first used in 1755, based on legends of tenticled beasts that grabbed ships and pulled them under the ocean (had other names before that like the polyp, poulpe, teuthos). Potentially based on giant squid, but well before the giant squid were accepted as real creatures.
    Tennyson wrote a poem about them in 1830, and Aristotle and Pliny were writing about them much earlier.

    The Pirates movies feature one, but it isn’t their creation by a long way.

  • Michelle Rogers

    Michelle Rogers

    This is brilliant! How much fun it would have been to create! Reminds me of a movie I saw the other night about sea creatures: Pirahna 2 – those babies flew and thrived on dry land as well!

  • Damian

    Damian

    Thanks Michelle! Yep, I had fun making this! I’d first though, how cool would it be to see an image like that, and then decided I’d make one when I couldn’t find one :)
    I haven’t seen Pirahna 2, LOL! Is it worth seeing? :)

  • Jodie Carruthers

    Jodie Carruthers

    Great work. Funny!!

  • Damian

    Damian

    Thanks Jodie!

  • MuscularTeeth

    MuscularTeethVoted Most Helpful Bubbler

    wow menacing !

  • Damian

    Damian

    Thanks MuscularTeeth!

  • Emily Allison

    Emily Allison

    WOW…great work! Scary, yet enticing to see the whole thing! ;-) Very cool!

  • Birgitta

    Birgitta

    Blown away.

    !!

  • Dee Boylan

    Dee Boylan

    Go away for a while and look what you do! Scary stuff Damian yet also somewhat beautiful in a fishermen’s about to die but at least the setting is atmospheric kind of way!

  • Damian

    Damian

    Hey thanks Emily! That sounds like a future Photoshop project!

    Thanks Birgitta!

    Hi Dee! LOL, thanks. I’m glad you see it as beautiful/scary; that’s cool :)

  • cbrook

    cbrook

    Fishing trip cancelled … ;-)

  • lettie1957

    lettie1957

    never seen anything like it.
    regards Aletta

  • Damian

    Damian

    LOL, depends which point-of-view you take Chris! The fishing is only just starting for the big guy under the water :)

    Cheers Aletta! Hopefully you don’t if you’re out on the water!

  • Simon Mears

    Simon Mears

    am i seeing 2 Kraken.. or just the tip of one mighty beast?.. the Royal Navy on 1803 used 3 Kraken in their campaign again the French naval ports, that’s a little known fact. Super photo of a little known and less seen mammal.

  • Damian

    Damian

    Thanks Simon :)
    I’m thinking it’s the one creature, and it’s lying at an angle to the surface. And I’d be interested to read about the Royal Navy event you mention.

  • EdgeOfReality

    EdgeOfReality

    You’ve a very imaginative mind and this has to be a favourite.

  • Damian

    Damian

    Thanks EdgeOfReality, glad you think so! And glad you like the kraken :)

  • Amanda Hammock

    Amanda Hammock

    I really like this. At first I was like…rocks? Then I looked more closely and the only thought that came to mind was, “Wicked.”

    Fantastic.

  • Damian

    Damian

    LOL, cool! Thanks Twistedgrace!

  • drjones

    drjones

    Stunning!

  • Daniel Fitzgerald

    Daniel Fitzgerald

    Very interesting!

  • Michael Gatch

    Michael Gatch

    interesting concept, well executed.

  • Damian

    Damian

    Thanks drjones, Daniel and Michael! Glad you like it!

  • Wendy Crouch

    Wendy Crouch

    Deliciously scary image! Although I would hate to be in that boat.

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Wendy! Yeah, that fisherman is about to have a very bad day :)

  • conilouz

    conilouz

    wow,, love this… you have really got alot of talent,, great job

  • Damian replied

    Thanks conilouz, glad you think so :)

  • Ash Sivils

    Ash Sivils

    Very awesome. This is why I refuse to swim in water I can see through!

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Ash! LOL, I worry about the water I can’t see through – too many things to imagine :)

  • PennyEdwardes

    PennyEdwardes

    This is awesome Damien! It looks so REAL!! Brilliant work…I love it!

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Penny, glad you like it, and the illusion of reality :)

  • Alyson Pearson

    Alyson Pearson

    cool, love the surreality (if that’s a word!) of this!

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Alyson! And I’m happy for you to run with whatever words you like, LOL :)

  • Peter Davidson

    Peter Davidson

    I like this as it seems natural … but clearly isn’t. Very good!

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Peter, glad you think so!

  • LindaR

    LindaR

    Well done ~it’s like a great first line of a new book ~ grabs you right away and wanting to know what is next!

  • Damian replied

    Excellent, thanks Linda :)

  • maggiebarra

    maggiebarra

    superb!

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Maggie!

  • Carrie Glenn

    Carrie Glenn

    Oh I love the Kraken! ...I love legendary monsters of all sorts and this is an awesome image. The lighting is really great, very dramatic great job!

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Carrie! Me too, I love to read whatever I can find, and there’s some great images out there!

  • Carlos Teófilo

    Carlos Teófilo

    Great job.

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Carlos!

  • Lulabell

    Lulabell

    brilliantly done.

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Lulabell!

  • vonne

    vonne

    AMAZING!

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Yvonne!

  • Maria Murphy

    Maria Murphy

    BEAUTIFUL WORK!!!!

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Maria :)

  • LaFleureRouge

    LaFleureRouge

    wonderful idea and you pulled it off. GR8 job!

  • Damian replied

    Thanks a lot, glad you think so!!

  • Irish

    Irish

    Very Cool]

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Irish!

  • Joan Smart

    Joan Smart

    fantastic work !!!!!

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Joan!

  • Naylor

    Naylor

    OOOOOOOOO I so love this shot !!!!!! Makes my heart pound lol…. tis a bit scary but also very beautiful :)

  • Damian replied

    LOL, thanks heaps Naylor, glad you like it so much :)

  • mrana

    mrana

    Brilliant … such a peaceful serene scene too … about to be shattered :D

  • Damian replied

    LOL, thanks Mariana! About to be shattered for sure :)

  • Michelle Hogan

    Michelle Hogan

    Great image…Gets you thinking…

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Michelle, glad you like it!

  • Steven  Sandner

    Steven Sandner

    Beautiful work, lovely framing and great creation!!!

  • Damian replied

    Thanks a lot Steven, glad you like it!

  • gypsycaster

    gypsycaster

    See why I gave up diving??!
    Great work!

  • Damian replied

    Haha, you’re a step ahead of me! Thanks, glad you like it :)

  • Danny

    Danny

    It usually takes me a while to find gems like this
    superb Damian

  • Damian replied

    Cheers Danny, glad you like it!

  • Elenne Boothe

    Elenne Boothe

    Beautiful. Wow!!

  • Damian replied

    Thanks ELENNE :)

  • SNik

    SNik

    lighting and compo are great!

  • Damian replied

    Thanks SNik, glad you like it!

  • DarwinsMishap

    DarwinsMishap

    You did a fantastic job with the lighting match with this!!! Snickered, I did, yo-ho!

  • Damian replied

    Haha, thanks Dars! Yo ho ho, indeed :)

  • Jerame    *

    Jerame *

    Awesome!

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Jerame!

  • Ryan  Fisher

    Ryan Fisher

    Favoriting this! its really cool, and scary

  • Damian replied

    Thanks Ryan, glad you like it!

  • write

    write

    So powerful and artistically fine.

  • Damian replied

    Thanks a lot write! :)

  • Tania  Donald

    Tania Donald

    deeply disturbing – taps into all my fears about the sea!! eek! powerful image, and the tiny boat emphasises the danger. t : )

  • Damian replied

    LOL, thank you :)
    I completely empathise with your feelings!

  • Walter Colvin

    Walter Colvin

    Great image, nice job.

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