Purple-Striped Jellyfish |  | Year completed: 2009
Medium: Ink Line Art Illustration with Digital Tinting
Description: Fine art drawing of a Purple-Striped Jellyfish (Pelagia panopyra)
Hand-signed limited edition fine art print (500) of a Purple-Striped Jellyfish. The illustration is reproduced on high-quality acid free stock. Dealer inquires are welcome.
Limited edition fine art print:
8"x10" (20.3 x 25.4cm) $17.95
11"x14" (27.9 x 36.6cm) $22.95
Print is in stock and ships in 1-2 days. |
| This illustration is also available as stock art. | Artist's notes: The Purple-Striped Jellyfish was completed on 2/4/2009. I had received a few requests to draw a jelly (and had done so before for the Field Guide to Ocean Animals) but this was the first time I could draw a species that I was interested in and one I thought would make a strong image. The problem was figuring out how to illustrate a translucent animal using a black medium. The solution was to simply be very light in my use of the animal suggesting form with stipple rather than simply defining it with a hard outline. The drawing is based on a photo by Piotr Poznanski
| Information about the Purple-Striped Jellyfish:The Purple-Striped Jellyfish are members of the costal plankton community. They possess very potent stingers and can inflict a painful sting. The Purple-Striped Jellyfish serves as temporary homes for young crabs and at least one species of fish; the medusa fish. Despite the name the jellyfish is not actually a fish but an invertebrate. They belonging to the coral and sea anemones family. Jellyfish are about 95% water and do not have ears, eyes, bones, a heart, or a brain. |
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