Illustration Friday-Save
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This is my entry for IF's "save" topic. Save the whales!!!
Some of you saw a few whale photos on a different blog last week. Well, the FULL SET of Baja pictures are here:
scottcuzzo.com/baja
I think you will be amazed.
Whales were nearly brought to extinction. By the 1970s, many whale populations were severely diminished due to whaling. Blues had been decimated to about 1% of their original population! They are making a good comeback, but are still endangered.
In my hand I'm holding a little baby gray whale. Actually, they are about 15 feet long when they are born in the lagoons in Mexico! If you haven't seen my pictures, go there NOW! Gray whales have made an excellent comeback. And were, in fact, removed from the endangered species list! Yea! Gray whales were once killed in great numbers too. Gray whales were called "devilfish" as they would fight back and try to attack the fishing boats that were trying to kill them. NOW gray whales may come up to a boat and seek interaction from humans in the boats in the Baja. Many of these whales are old enough to remember times when they were attacked by humans, and now they REACH OUT. I hope you see my photos of this, as it was an amazing experience.
While things are rarely black and white, there are still cultures that place a high value on killing whales, like Japan.
If you have the chance to go whale watching, let me encourage you to follow through! Let me know if you have questions about whales!
86 Comments:
What an amazing experience to get that close to such a magnificent animal!
Great post!
great illustration! and great concept, too
wonderful illustration! I went whale watching off Nova Scotia and saw Minke Whales- it was terrific!
eBeth
whales are one of my favorite animals. They are such gentle giants, especially the humpback whales. Love your illustration, it puts in perspective how fragile such a large animal can be.
Nice...I really think it is great that you are getting some of the opportunities that you are and look for to seeing the photos...As always, enjoying the background effects that you place...gives them a great feel!
Beautiful and delicate, love your line work.
Beautiful illustration Scott!!
I really like the concept and how you portray it through that scale.
Thank you for all you comments on my blog!
Really amazing Scott! Great tribute to saving the whales and i love your illo!!!
excellent hands there, scott! nice work!
wonderful illustration....I went whale watching about 20 years ago when we lived in San Diego...saw a whale breach....what a sight....
Wonderful illustration Scott. Whales are beautiful animals.
Luscious!
There is something so special about those human hands holding that baby whale that says more than any words. Beautiful illo!
awesome work scott!
Hi Scott...great work this week...your illustration really sends the message home...even though these mammals are so large we have to take care of them and stop all the people that will do anything for money...
great work and great photos! how amazing to be this close to these majestic creatures....
Cheers,
Diana
hehe, the Save The Whales thing was something i thought about doing too! but obviously i went a different way :)
nice!
this is a really great illustration -- the hands are so well drawn, and of course the theme is well captured too!
I almost did this topic because it's so important. I'm so glad you did it. The whale in your hands in very powerful Scott. Great job in showing them in such a gentle, fragile state. Awesome!
Aaaarrrrggghhhhh!!!!!!! I keep forgetting to email you my hand photos! :( Okay, making a post-it note to myself...
I love your post, and your whale blog is awesome!! The photos are amazing, especially the whale whiskers! Who knew???!!
Awesome job Scott! Those pics are pretty spectacular too--especially the close ups.
Your hand series is very inspiring, the ideas behind are 2-thumbs-up :) My only encounter with whales was a little sperm whale sighting at Kaikoura NZ, spectacular creatures.
Thanks for your post!
I also went to see them last year in Kaikura, NZ, we saw five of them, amazing animals! it's very sad that anyone would want to kill them.
Very touching!
You're giving this Midwesterner an urge to do some west coast sightseeing.
Nice work. The size difference makes me think how fragile their species really are. Sometimes, we think if it's big, then it shouldn't have a problem surviving. Thanks for emphasizing the point.
This is awesome, I absolutely love the illo and the post. I want a poster of it!
Not only is your concept and style great, this illustration is really meaningful and it sends a message out there.
Great job Scott!
Your illustrations are always really nice. Seems as if this week's topic was custom-made for you, given your interest in whales.
I've seen a few whales here in Southern California as well, mostly while hiking the cliff at Point Dume in Malibu. They're really terrific animals.
Really great work again, Scott.
I love the way you draw hands. They are AWESOME!
JPiC
i knew you'd like this theme. great work, and i saw your photos, awesome, hugs xx
Fascinating stuff! That's definitely an adventure!
Excellent Scott!!! So well done!
I like the concept. The whale looks so fragile in your hands.
Great photos two - I'm sure it must have been a great experience.
Great concept and exceptional color scheme!
Cool! Great minds think alike! ;)
The photos are awsome, and so is the illo, but what's really so amazing is how forgiving they are! Thanks for sharing that story!
wonderfully informative and a worthwhile topic for 'save' - beautiful image
such a nice topic!!!! I'm pro saving the whales!!!!!
thanks for sharing all these information, it's really good!
I came to thank you for stopping by my IF blog. Come visit my children illustration one, you might like it!
www.caracarmina.blogspot.com
thanks again and good luck!
This is impressed, very caring hands.
Thank You Scott :)
awesome illo! nicely done.
Wonderful illustration! You had one amazing trip! Great Job!
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Good drawing Scott, and so relevant. Did you see all the stuff going on recently in Australia, with Greenpeace haulting a Japanese fishing boat whaling? Scary and heroic stuff. Keep it all up! :)
Truly wonderful image!
Beautiful illustration, I'd love to see a whale. The biggest thing I've seen was a basking shark & that was pretty amazing.
I love all of your illustrations, I notice a theme here is hands. I like your color choices, and the fact that you love and watch whales is WAY Awesome. Headed over to check out your whale images.
Hi Scott, Just wanted to say that I checked out your whale pictures..and want to say thanks for sharing with us. It makes me cry when I see how beautiful the whales are, they are precious. I am glad that you are looking after them and taking pictures of them.
I appreciate your hands but I must say that whale is amazing too. I also a like the write up about whales; a good read. Whales are truelly amazing animals.
Scott- Great Illustration as always. The whale pics blew me away. I always think of whale watching as me in a big boat and someone says hey look over there- did you see that splash? That was a whale. Unbelievable- I'm reconsidering whale watching if that is what it's like. WOW. Great stuff.
I always love your illustrations but my favorites are those that incorporate whales. When I see the whales in the Fort Bragg/Mendocino waters, am I seeing the same whales that you see in the south? Love those whales, just can't help it...
Super illustration and very moving. Am really interested in your whale experiences, nice to see them in your work.
Excellent Scott!
What a great illo and lovely sentiment. Good for you!!
Yes, a very important issue! I am glad people are concerned about this issue. The way you show the whale makes it even more potent and urgent. Excellent job!
Scott - this is beautiful. The nads look so gentle; the whale so fragile. What a great conceptual piece.
this whale that fits in the hands produces a fragility sensation to me… I believe that it was the intention
(espero que se entienda :))
what a touching scene, those hands holding a fragile whale. that says a lot
Scott by making the whales so small you have really captured the vulnerability of the whales. Wonderful work! I love whales. . .
I love the way you show this deep and intense message, absolutely great and touching work!
Hi Scott
What can I say that the other guys have not covered? Very touching, very well done.
fantastic illustration.. and the photos are amazing as well.. great post
How incredibly cool! Thanks for sharing that story-- it's nice to hear something positive in the endangered animals world!
lovely illo and great topic! thanks so much for your comment, I really appreciate it!
Incredible illustration and amazing, for sure, photos.
Now I have found out that gray whales have WHISKERS! Who knew?
Thank you so much for the website and all the images in the various gallerys!
Thanks for visiting and I am glad I found your blog(s)! First, I love nature and animals so I am enjoying your photoblog very much. Second, I am a graphic designer and love Illustration work. The human hand is tough to get right but you do a fantastic job. Your style is superb!
Your style is wonderful! I love how everything is very bold. The wale is very sweet and I love the concept of saving the whales! :] They truly are beautiful creatures.
Always,
Dauphine Poole
Thanks for the complement! I love your style. I want to see a whale, real bad.
As always you have provoked thought in me - the whale photos are awesome - the concept here is a huge one... I'm going to go away and think about things for a bit!
Well done Scott!
ps. thanks for your continued encouragement!
great illustration! it's so important to highlight this issue still...thanks :)
Cupping a baby whale in hands makes it even more precious.
Great idea to change the scale
I'm continually amazed at the sheer variety of concepts and ideas you can do with your hand pictures. Have you ever thought of collecting the best of them into a show? This one is just great. Love the textures.
I LOVE whales! I am so glad that you created this post because some people out there just don't know.
This is really great. Thank you.
Wow, great work! Love the tiny whale and the large hands. You really love whales, almost as much as I do! Kudos to you and your volunteer work.
Wow, those pics are amazing! I can't believe they came so close, and you guys on that little boat... wow. Nice illo again this week too. ;-)
What a beautiful illustration...
the concept...
the colors...
the lines!
Wonderful!
Have a great day
and thanks so much for your comment.
Denise
...and wow...
to actually touch a whale! How very lucky you are!
-d
wonderful concept and touching illo!
and very istructive pics on the other blog...
Another great illustration,Scott. This would make a great poster.
Another great illustration Scott!
Thanks for the list of musicians! I've got a lot of rockin' out to do now. : )
Gosh, this is my favorite drawing of yours. So simple and says so much.
really amazing indeed! your illo is as captivating as your story.. i really do hope i the next generations to come will not be deprived of seeing and experiencing nature the way its supposed to be..
Great whale and concept. :)
ooh..really beautiful concept and drawing!!! congratulations
What a fantastic concept!! I love this illustration, I feel it is so important that others see it too.
I'm in Australia, and we hear endless horror stories of whalers off of our coasts, and it needs to be stopped! Thanks for another great post :)
I love it! It's simplicity makes it that much more powerful. It's so to the point and it's so pretty.
We went whale watching this past Christmas in Hawaii! What a wonderful experience. :) They are beautiful creatures. Your illustration is just lovely!
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