Day 15 #ArtAdventCalendar: The third #InsertAnInvert2024 prompt for deep sea month is abyssal - the lightless, extreme pressure and low oxygen zone 4 to 6 km below the surface. So I made a lino block print of a charming Grimpoteuthis octopus, one of a genus of pelagic cirrate (finned) octopods known as the dumbo octopuses. The fins reminded scientists of ears on the elephant in Disney’s 1941 film Dumbo. 🧵1/2

#linocut #printmaking #dumboOctopus #octopus #sciart #abyssal #Grimpoteuthis

Happy World Octopus Day from the 'dumbo octopus' and its little ear-flap fins 🐙

#WorldOctopusDay #Grimpoteuthis #octopus #cephalopod #sciart

The third #InsertAnInvert2024 prompt for deep sea month is abyssal - the lightless, extreme pressure and low oxygen zone 4 to 6 km below the surface. So I made a lino block print of a charming Grimpoteuthis octopus, one of a genus of pelagic cirrate (finned) octopods known as the dumbo octopuses. The fins reminded scientists of ears on the elephant in Disney’s 1941 film Dumbo. 🧵1/2

#linocut #printmaking #dumboOctopus #octopus #sciart #abyssal #Grimpoteuthis #MastoArt