A spider crab pushing out of its old exoskeleton

Deep-Sea-cember: Out with the old, in with the new

#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #spidercrab #crab #renew #art

@montereybayaquarium.org ‘s Deep Sea December Day 31: Renew

Rebirth through metamorphosis of a crab. 🦀 Happy New Year everyone

Originally painted in 2018 for my high school AP Art Concentration (the theme I chose was crustaceans).

#deepseadecember #montereybayaquarium #crab #crustacean

An assortment of bizarre abyssal creatures, all dark red with bioluminescent elements

Deep-Sea-cember: Do you wonder what else might be living in the depths?

#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #creatures #bioluminescent #art

@montereybayaquarium.org ‘s Deep Sea December Day 30: Wonder

I believe kites instill a feeling of wonder in anybody 🪁🦀🦞

Originally painted in 2018 for my high school AP Art Concentration (the theme I chose was crustaceans).

#deepseadecember #crab #lobster #crustaceans #crustacean

Alicella gigantea, an enormous amphipod with yellow eyes

Deep-Sea-cember: You've heard of giant deep-sea isopods, but what about giant deep-sea amphipods?

#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #amphipod #crustacean #art #absoluteunit

Image of poem over an abyssal snailfish. Poem reads: Who’s Explored the Mariana Trench What moves within the Challenger Deep, The blackest heaviest canyon on the planet? The Earth rotates to night at a creep And my mood sinks as pulled by granite. The blackest heaviest canyon on the planet, A thousand times more pressure than the land. And my mood sinks as pulled by granite. It’s time for bed, I cannot stand. A thousand times more pressure than the land, No human dares trespass there. It’s time for bed, I cannot stand - My partner only gives a stare. No human dares trespass there, The obsidian weight so intense. My partner only gives a stare And nothing in my mind makes sense. The obsidian weight so intense How could anything survive. Nothing in my mind makes sense, Immobilized, no internal drive. How could anything survive And yet there’s evidence of so much there. Immobilized, no internal drive, I excavate a simple reason I can care And yet there’s evidence of so much there, Soft worms and crabs and more can seep. I excavate a simple reason I can care. Because of what moves within the Challenger Deep.

When we're deep in the middle of winter, remember that there's still life #poetrycommunity #ecology #deepseadecember

Digital art of a gossamer worm drifting through deep dark water, a mostly transparent bioluminescent creature with many arms and a red stripe running down its body. Softly glowing particles float in the water around it

I’m going to try to get a few more pieces done for deep sea December, so here’s day 15 - Gossamer (worm)
#art #ocean #deepseadecember

Two telescope fish, one looking directly at the viewer

Deep-Sea-cember: The telescope fish is the Grinch of the abyss

#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #telescopefish #teeth #art

A Pacific viperfish with its mouth open, showing long teeth

Deep-Sea-cember: The viperfish is the Krampus of the abyss
#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #viperfish #art

Watercolor painting on black paper of a deep sea jelly found in the Monterey Bay Aquarium Deep Sea Exhibit that is yet unnamed, as it's newly discovered. The small body of the comb jelly is red and resembles a jujube date. Long, purplish-white tentacles with many cilia rise vertically above the body.

A new piece for #ArtAdventCalendar! Another deep sea jelly from Monterey Bay Aquarium, a newly discovered species that isn't even named yet! I'm calling it a Jujube Jelly for now, as that's what it looks like to me.

#DeepSeaDecember #MarineLife #SciArt #ArtYear #FineArt #Watercolor #AnimalArt

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Two gingerbread cookies shaped and decorated like snailfish

Deep-Sea-cember: Gingerbread snailfish

#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #snailfish #cookie #gingerbread #art

@montereybayaquarium.org’s Deep Sea December 2025 Day 19: Sweet

I'm sure a decorator crab covering itself in pretty flowers invokes a feeling of sweetness 🌸🌺🦀

#deepseadecember #decoratorcrab #crab #crustacean #crustaceans

@montereybayaquarium.org’s Deep Sea December 2025 Day 18: Drift
Some shrimps of various species drifting through a current.

I was kind of inspired by Finding Nemo for this

#deepseadecember #shrimp #crustacean #crustaceans

A translucent blue balloon worm drifting amidst marine snow

Deep-Sea-cember: The balloon worm lives a chill life, drifting amidst the marine snow that it eats

#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #balloonworm #worm #art

A red starfish with twelve long arms covered in spines

Deep-Sea-cember: Even in the deep, stars shine

#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #starfish #seastar #echinoderm #novodinia #art

Another old sketch, but it fits to Jethros post 😉🎄🐟
#deepseadecember 🐡

An orange flapjack octopus in various poses

Deep-Sea-cember: Flapjack octopuses live in inky darkness, so they don't squirt ink or change colors. But they can disguise themselves as a pink pancake.

#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #flapjackoctopus #cephalopod #cute #art

@montereybayaquarium.org’s Deep Sea December 2025 Day 11: Precious

What’s more precious than a handful of baby crabs of different species? ❤️🦀

#deepseadecember #montereybayaquarium #crab #crabs #crustaceans #crustacean

A large pale blue jellyfish with no tentacles and a geometric mesh pattern on its bell. Living inside the bell is a small pink isopod.

Deep-Sea-cember: Home is where the symbiotic relationship is

#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #deepstaria #isopod #jellyfish #art

A giant oarfish spelling out "Joy" with its body as cursive lettering

Deep-Sea-cember: Can you fathom how much joy seeing an oarfish brings?

#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #oarfish #longfish #festive #art

A colossal squid with a glowing eye holds a sprig of mistletoe over its head

Deep-Sea-cember: Did you know that colossal squid eyes glow? 🦑🌟
#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #colossalsquid #squid #cephalopod #art

#deepseadecember

A luminous crystal jellyfish in white and purple outlines against a dark purple and blue background

#DeepSeaDecember day 6 Crystal Jellyfish
Ink on watercolor paper
#jellyfish #purple

Digital art of a coelacanth swimming in dark depths, colored in shades of teal and some of its scales tipped on magenta, glowing in the soft teal light shining down from above, as well as its eye. Below the fish is a bed of rocks dotted with delicate magenta corals and plants. Bubbles rise up in the foreground.

#Huevember days 16-18 is also dipping into #DeepSeaDecember with the prompt Fish for one of my favorite fish
#art #ocean #coelacanth

An Atlantic footballfish with a large bright star for a lure

Deep-Sea-cember: Starry night in the abyss

#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #atlanticfootballfish #anglerfish #star #art

Black Devil Anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) in white Prismacolor on black Canson paper

Deep Sea December Day 7: "Fish." I present an adorable Black Devil Anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii). 💙🤘

Did this one in white Prismacolor on black Canson paper.

Let me know thoughts! 🤙

#deepsea #DeepSeaDecember #fish #fishart #sciart #marinelife #ArtYear #animalart #nature #ocean #strange

A red Octopus with entangles arms on a blue background

A slender snipe eel (which looks like a duck billed snake boy) wearing a hat and scarf to keep warm

#DeepSeaDecember art prompts

@montereybayaquarium.org and @mbarinews.bsky.social are doing a #DeepSeaDecember art challenge (but for some reason not on Bluesky?)

As usual, I'm doing very well on timing.
Day 2 a Giant Pacific Octopus
Day 4 a Chilly Slender Snipe Eel keeping warm

#Octopus #Eel #SeaCreatures #Ink #TinyHat

Two shrimp holding claws inside a Venus's flower basket (a white glass sponge)

Deep-Sea-cember: The reason for the season is to be cozy at home 🦐🧽
#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #glasssponge #shrimp #venusflowerbasket #art #cozy

#deepseadecember