Good & Plenty Whale

So I was cleaning out my closet this weekend which is why no whales. Since I was cleaning out my closet I was going to do an M&M whale but I didn't want to buy them cuz I'd eat 'em so I used what was on hand.

Sperm Whale

So, maybe parts of this blog are not going to be kid friendly--we have more ideas for sperm whales.  I say we, because my daughter came up with one too. Ever heard of Puppetry of the Penis? I went to a show with my bestie and her Mom several years ago, and it was a blast.  Anyway, I don't remember them doing a sperm whale, but I be they easily could.

I must say that I was a little conservative with this...in terms of how many squiglies I used.  I was worried that if I drew too many more, it wouldn't look good.  Have to do some more playing with this type of technique. 

Paper Beaked Whale

Cramped for time.  I used my fingers to shape this Baird's Beaked Whale.

When I was surfing the net today I came across a photo of a whale head that looked more like a dolphin than a whale.  The man standing next to the whale made me realize how huge this dolphin-looking whale was. (the link is different than the photo i saw today, but this was the closest I could find.  The photo I saw was much bloodier.)

When I was a kid, perusing my whale books, I was never much interested in the whales that looked like dolphins.  I wanted to see "whales".  

I always knew that the Internet changed things, but today I felt the full scope of how positive it can be.  When I saw the photo of a cut off head of this dolphin-looking whale, I was interested in this whale for the first time. 

When I first began tearing away at the paper, I was thinking Humpback, or at least some other baleen whale, but then I got the picture of the head of this beaked whale in my head and went with that.

Anyway......here it is.