Beached Whale

Made from found beach objects. (Except the flukes--I didn't find those)

Junk Mail Whale

Made from torn strips of junk mail 

PETA Whale

Hand torn from whole wheat pita bread.

Fry Hopping Whale

Now, aren't I witty?!

I am glad that I didn't follow Noah on his initial journey because it would have been difficult for me to have faith that I came up with ideas all my own.  When I did my Kissing Tail Whale, I thought, 'I bet Noah never did a skull with lipstick!'  I don't want to know if he did, or maybe I do.

When I have a question about the project, I search for it online. Like I did about cheating.  I have perused his skulls when I just didn't have ideas for my whales.  Let me rephrase that, when I didn't have ideas that would let me complete my whale within deadline.

I am learning that I am more creative than I give myself credit for.

McHumpback Whale

Here is what Fluke of the Camera Whale started as.

I was going to hold on to this and also to the next one that I will post with tomorrow's whale. But, I thought, 'Wasn't that cheating?'  'But it's my project!'  'I make the rules.'

So, instead of arguing with myself, I went in search of an answer from Noah Scalin himself--he is who inspired me to embark on this journey. Here is what he said when asked about cheating:

I thought, 'what am I learning from this project?'  I knew what I was learning from my mosaic project.  It didn't take long for me to come up with an answer.  This project forces me to find something--anything to create a whale.  I have a self-imposed deadline of midnight.  I scramble most days to meet my deadline and usually under an hour. I know I skipped a couple days early this week, but it has bothered me every day since because I did do this to make a whale every day, and not 365.

I was incredibly stressed early this week, but I think if I had forced myself to spend an hour creating a whale, it might have relieved, or transferred LOL, the stress for that hour.   So I am recommitting to A Whale-a-Day not to miss any days.

Bluetini

Glass Mosaic....in more ways than one. bahahahaha

Glass Whale

Do you see it?  Sometimes I see a humpback whale and sometimes I see a sperm whale.

This is a portion of a piece of stained glass that is gorgeous.  I was pondering using it in one of my mosaics for the mosaic-a-day project, but then I looked closer at the piece and I saw so much in it. I used photoshop to edit out the remainder of the image I saw in the glass because I intend to recreate it in a mosaic and don't want to reveal my vision until it is done.

Wire Humpback Whale

Okay, first things first.  The Paper Beaked Whale blog was posted on August 2nd, so I don't know why it is labeled under the 1st. I did not miss a day, or do two on one day.  Just wanted that on the record.

I had to fight my kitty when I was making this because she absolutely loves wire.  When I was finished taking the pics, I gave it to her to play with.  She did for a minute.  I took the photo against a book that my Mom bought me when I was in my teens.  I really wanted this book, and it was expensive.  It has some gorgeous photography in it.

No inscription from my mother.  I guess she didn't write in books. I don't think I do either when I give them away, but I think I may start.

3 Whales

This one also counted as my mosaic for the day--Bonus!

I know that I could have used the elements in this mosaic to create three Whale a Day projects, but that is not the vision that was in my head.

The Inuit-type whale pendant has been traveling with my belongings since the Free Willy movie came out in VHS--waiting for the perfect opportunity to use it.

I've never really cared for the Inuit drawings of whales because I don't believe they capture a whales beauty, but I knew the piece had some artistic value.

I like it here.

Shell Whale

I figured that it would be easier to create a whale no matter where I am at and no matter how busy I am, so I am also taking up the challenge of whale a day along side my mosaic a day challenge.