A friend of mine went to the aquarium with his daughter and saw a moray eel. Then he drew it with chalk on the concrete when they were home and sent me the photo.
I followed suit with a cartoon version. It’s hard to make a moray eel look friendly without it ending up looking like a slow-witted dinosaur (like this one). When drawing eels and sea snakes, you can always start by drawing an S or a C since they’re floating in water.
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May 14, 2009 at 10:11 am
Dale
You’re right, it’s hard to make an eel look friendly. His head looks like Barney. Haha.
One of the scariest things about eels (besides the row of razor sharp teeth) is the way their eyes look. Disjointed, cold, highly predatory. To anthropomorphize the description – psychotic & sociopathic.
I believe eels would be the wildlife masters of staring contests.
May 14, 2009 at 3:36 pm
thomphelps
Barney? You’re right, I should have made it purple.
There is something spooky about unblinking predators. (Eels, sharks, spiders.) It gives them a certain intensity.