The Curious Kraken

Artist: Damian
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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…!)

The Curious Kraken belongs to the following groups:

Sci Fi

Kym Breeze, 7 months ago

Scary to think what lies beneath….love the way the sun is reflecting on the water…cool image..cheers x
Damian, 7 months ago

Thanks Kym :)
I try not to think to much about the possibilities when I’m near the water, LOL!
t1nyskert, 7 months ago

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

brill image
FireRabbit, 7 months ago

Awesome! Actually wouldn’t mind going near the water to see a Kraken…. :D
Damian, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

LOL Brilliant! I think the little boat works better than a big commercial boat.
Damian, 7 months ago

Cheers Von, glad you like it! And I’d hate to be that fisherman right about now, LOL!
Karen Cougan, 7 months ago

very Dramatic Damian…......wonderful
xkc
Cathie Tranent, 7 months ago

Wow – that’s superb – you’ve really nailed the light!
KenK, 7 months ago

cool art…does make one wonder whats underneath. last time I was 35 miles out and wondering that very thing…
ravensnarky, 7 months ago

kick.ass.
Damian, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

Fantastic idea…brilliant image!
Suzanne German, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

Great work!
Damian, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

Stunning work Damian! Love the constrast between the sun on the water and the impending doom! Great stuff!
Jeff Burns, 7 months ago

Awesome work I love this. Awesome Damian
Gayla Drummond, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

Wow!!! This is really fantastic! It really gets the imagination going on what swims below us in the deep!
funkyfacestudio, 7 months ago

Nice work Damien, great imagination.
Keeli, 7 months ago

Very creative . . . well done.
Denny Hill, 7 months ago

I’m scared!:) Good job!:)
Damian, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

nice work
Damian, 7 months ago

Thanks checkma8!
Helen Bascom, 7 months ago

Holy cow. I had to look twice. It looks so real
Damian, 7 months ago

Thanks Helen! What a compliment!
Firedrake, 7 months ago

Cracking!!! A curious beast indeed…
Damian, 7 months ago

LOL, thanks Kaitlin!
nellie, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

Thanks Nellie! And I bet being on the ocean is the last place for imagining sea creature attacks!
Kate Towers IPA, 7 months ago

awesome image!
Damian, 7 months ago

Thanks ktowers!
Lucindawind, 7 months ago

Kraken is? can ya tell Im not from Australia lol

fantastic work !
Lucindawind, 7 months ago

I didnt see the last Pirates yet ... is it from the movie?
Damian, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

Great work. Funny!!
Damian, 7 months ago

Thanks Jodie!
MuscularTeeth, 7 months ago

wow menacing !
Damian, 7 months ago

Thanks MuscularTeeth!
Emily Allison, 7 months ago

WOW…great work! Scary, yet enticing to see the whole thing! ;-) Very cool!
Birgitta, 7 months ago

Blown away.

!!
Dee Boylan, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

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 :)
Chris Seabrooke, 7 months ago

Fishing trip cancelled … ;-)
lettie1957, 7 months ago

never seen anything like it.
regards Aletta
Damian, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

You’ve a very imaginative mind and this has to be a favourite.
Damian, 7 months ago

Thanks EdgeOfReality, glad you think so! And glad you like the kraken :)
Amanda Hammock, 7 months ago

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, 7 months ago

LOL, cool! Thanks Twistedgrace!
drjones, 7 months ago

Stunning!
Daniel Fitzgerald, 7 months ago

Very interesting!
Michael Gatch, 7 months ago

interesting concept, well executed.
Damian, 7 months ago

Thanks drjones, Daniel and Michael! Glad you like it!
Wendy Crouch, 7 months ago

Deliciously scary image! Although I would hate to be in that boat.
Damian in reply to Wendy Crouch’s comment, 7 months ago

Thanks Wendy! Yeah, that fisherman is about to have a very bad day :)
conilouz, 6 months ago

wow,, love this… you have really got alot of talent,, great job
Damian in reply to conilouz’s comment, 6 months ago

Thanks conilouz, glad you think so :)
Ash Sivils, 6 months ago

Very awesome. This is why I refuse to swim in water I can see through!
Damian in reply to Ash Sivils’s comment, 6 months ago

Thanks Ash! LOL, I worry about the water I can’t see through – too many things to imagine :)
PennyEdwardes, 6 months ago

This is awesome Damien! It looks so REAL!! Brilliant work…I love it!
Damian in reply to PennyEdwardes’s comment, 6 months ago

Thanks Penny, glad you like it, and the illusion of reality :)
Alyson Pearson, 6 months ago

cool, love the surreality (if that’s a word!) of this!
Damian in reply to Alyson Pearson’s comment, 6 months ago

Thanks Alyson! And I’m happy for you to run with whatever words you like, LOL :)
Peter Davidson, 6 months ago

I like this as it seems natural … but clearly isn’t. Very good!
Damian in reply to Peter Davidson’s comment, 6 months ago

Thanks Peter, glad you think so!
LindaR, 6 months ago

Well done ~it’s like a great first line of a new book ~ grabs you right away and wanting to know what is next!
maggiebarra, 6 months ago

superb!
Damian in reply to LindaR’s comment, 6 months ago

Excellent, thanks Linda :)
Damian in reply to maggiebarra’s comment, 6 months ago

Thanks Maggie!
Carrie Glenn, 6 months ago

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!
Carlos Teófilo, 6 months ago

Great job.
Damian in reply to Carrie Glenn’s comment, 6 months ago

Thanks Carrie! Me too, I love to read whatever I can find, and there’s some great images out there!
Damian in reply to Carlos Teófilo’s comment, 6 months ago

Thanks Carlos!
Lulabell, 6 months ago

brilliantly done.
vonne, 6 months ago

AMAZING!
Maria Murphy, 6 months ago

BEAUTIFUL WORK!!!!
Damian in reply to Lulabell’s comment, 6 months ago

Thanks Lulabell!
Damian in reply to vonne’s comment, 6 months ago

Thanks Yvonne!
Damian in reply to Maria Murphy’s comment, 6 months ago

Thanks Maria :)
LaFleureRouge, 6 months ago

wonderful idea and you pulled it off. GR8 job!
Irish, 6 months ago

Very Cool]
Damian in reply to LaFleureRouge’s comment, 6 months ago

Thanks a lot, glad you think so!!
Damian in reply to Irish’s comment, 6 months ago

Thanks Irish!
Joan Smart, 5 months ago

fantastic work !!!!!
Damian in reply to Joan Smart’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks Joan!
Naylor, 5 months ago

OOOOOOOOO I so love this shot !!!!!! Makes my heart pound lol…. tis a bit scary but also very beautiful :)
Damian in reply to Naylor’s comment, 5 months ago

LOL, thanks heaps Naylor, glad you like it so much :)
Mariana Musa, 5 months ago

Brilliant … such a peaceful serene scene too … about to be shattered :D
Damian in reply to Mariana Musa’s comment, 5 months ago

LOL, thanks Mariana! About to be shattered for sure :)
Michelle Hogan, 4 months ago

Great image…Gets you thinking…
Damian in reply to Michelle Hogan’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks Michelle, glad you like it!
Steven Sandner, 4 months ago

Beautiful work, lovely framing and great creation!!!
gypsycaster, 4 months ago

See why I gave up diving??!
Great work!
Danny, 4 months ago

It usually takes me a while to find gems like this
superb Damian
Damian in reply to Steven Sandner’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks a lot Steven, glad you like it!
Damian in reply to gypsycaster’s comment, 3 months ago

Haha, you’re a step ahead of me! Thanks, glad you like it :)
Damian in reply to Danny’s comment, 3 months ago

Cheers Danny, glad you like it!
ELENNE BOOTHE, 3 months ago

Beautiful. Wow!!
SNik, 3 months ago

lighting and compo are great!
DarwinsMishap, 3 months ago

You did a fantastic job with the lighting match with this!!! Snickered, I did, yo-ho!
Damian in reply to ELENNE BOOTHE’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks ELENNE :)
Damian in reply to SNik’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks SNik, glad you like it!
Damian in reply to DarwinsMishap’s comment, 3 months ago

Haha, thanks Dars! Yo ho ho, indeed :)
JerameS, about 1 month ago

Awesome!
Damian in reply to JerameS’s comment, about 1 month ago

Thanks Jerame!
Ryan Fisher, about 1 month ago

Favoriting this! its really cool, and scary
write, about 1 month ago

So powerful and artistically fine.
Damian in reply to Ryan Fisher’s comment, about 1 month ago

Thanks Ryan, glad you like it!
Damian in reply to write’s comment, about 1 month ago

Thanks a lot write! :)
Tania Donald, 29 days ago

deeply disturbing – taps into all my fears about the sea!! eek! powerful image, and the tiny boat emphasises the danger. t : )
Damian in reply to Tania Donald’s comment, 11 days ago

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