Ocean illustrations

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Marketing Image for a Horror Novel'

Marketing Image for a Horror Novel

Marketing image for a horror novel, depicting a ghost ship in the middle of the storm.

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Mermaid Boy'

Mermaid Boy

Spread Sample Illustration for children book

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Coastal Illustration for Calcutta Fishing '

Coastal Illustration for Calcutta Fishing

Retro and vintage style t-shirt design that I did for coastal gear calcutta outdoors.

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Album Cover of Black Sword Pirates'

Album Cover of Black Sword Pirates

Base illustration of Black Sword Pirates

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Scuba Diving in Kuwait'

Scuba Diving in Kuwait

This painting is a split shot scene showing a scuba diving activity in Kuwait, to be printed on a tees.

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Spearfishing'

Spearfishing

A man on the boat showing off his fish. The setting is in front of an oil rig in Kuwait.

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Harbour style Party Flyer illustration'

Harbour style Party Flyer illustration

The client asked to create the harbour style Invitation for customers & friends.

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Deep Sea Laboratory system'

Deep Sea Laboratory system

Design and renderings of 3 elements of a new “Deep Sea laboratory System” that is used to describe the system on the company website.

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Portrait of Kelly Slater'

Portrait of Kelly Slater

Cover for "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast featuring surf legend Kelly Slater

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Watercolor seamless pattern for swimmsuit'

Watercolor seamless pattern for swimmsuit

Watercolor seamless pattern for swimmsuit. Under the sea coral theme.

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Vintage fantasy World Map illustration'

Vintage fantasy World Map illustration

Vintage style illustration of the pseudo-1940s World Map for a Whimsical Dieselpunk Fantasy Novel.

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Ensign Comic Strip'

Ensign Comic Strip

Another illustration project for Rotational.io

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Dragon'

Dragon

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Ocean illustration with the title 'The ForestGirls, at the Edge of Land and Sea '

The ForestGirls, at the Edge of Land and Sea

written by Sissel Waage

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Setting Sun'

Setting Sun

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Trailblazer Camp 2025'

Trailblazer Camp 2025

Trailblazer Camp 2025 Design

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Ocean illustration with the title 'The Perfect Island Illustration'

The Perfect Island Illustration

Custom Island Illustration

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Octopus'

Octopus

Illustration for the back of a playing card.

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Fabric pattern design for "Tidal Links Ltd"'

Fabric pattern design for "Tidal Links Ltd"

Pattern design for a golf headcover, which is a tubular shaped design. Tidal Links Ltd is a manufacture golf accessories from recycled ocean plastic fabrics. The fabric is grey (CMYK 0% 0% 0% 16%)

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Ocean illustration with the title 'DESIGN FOR BEACH TOWELS COMPANY CONTENT'

DESIGN FOR BEACH TOWELS COMPANY CONTENT

finalist design concept for beach towel company

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Loving Couple'

Loving Couple

Beach and ocean themed illustration for a loving couple. It could have been colored but the project ended.

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Illustration for single cover song'

Illustration for single cover song

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Illustrated sticker contest winner'

Illustrated sticker contest winner

created a tropical ocean themed sticker illustration for a mug. Really enjoyed working on this project!

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Creative Whimsical Illustration for Blog'

Creative Whimsical Illustration for Blog

1. thumbnail composition sketch 2. finalize design 3. use micron pen to draw the lines 4. scan 5. color and adjustments in photoshop

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Pirate Ship'

Pirate Ship

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Ocean illustration with the title 'Be Famous ...create Sharkman :-)'

Be Famous ...create Sharkman :-)

mascot for sharkman contest, some crossover between stig of "top gear" and poseidon-neptune and also a figure of mighty diver who can do camouflage and perform sudden strike with his trident.

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