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Giant Squid Tattoo Design Comission

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My entire "Inktober" month's worth of output in one drawing.

What a beast... 19"x24" commission piece. Intended to be a tattoo design, with all the elements requested by the client, like the statue of the privateer guy who is his ancestor, the raging mermaid, the astronaut and diver reaching for each other, etc... He also wanted some Giant Squid nods as he's a big fan of the band. Originally he requested I draw every member of the band in the tentacles, which I put the cabosh on, for his and my sake. But I put elements from all of our albums... the Minoan axe, the metridium anemones on the squid, the big megalodon teeth aka "tongue stones", a seastar, crayfish claws, and sevengill shark for the Ichthyologist. The shonisaurus skull embraced by a giant squid has some extra meaning as well, if you google shonisaurus fossil placement theories.

Lots of fun, but damn I'm glad this is done. Been staring at me from the drawing table for quite some time.
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