Splendor of the Eirinikos by Whale Fanatic

Manta rays! :D And in case you didn't know, those fishies attached to the ray in the foreground are remoras. And 'eirinikos' means 'pacific' in Greek. Anyway, I LOVE how this came out! ^-^
I felt now was an opportunity to broaden the variety found in my gallery. I draw plenty of other stuff ; I just draw more on paper than I do on Colors!. But for now, I have some refs to work on! I may post paintings in between, though. ^-^ See ya! #mantaray #remora #ocean #underwater #ray #eagleray

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painted on a Nintendo 3DS
05 Aug, 2015, 3:07 am
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-GravityPhoenix-

05 Aug, 2015, 3:27 am

Awesome .btw its Whiskerclaws and etc lol. I love your art!!!omg!!!

Whale Fanatic

05 Aug, 2015, 3:42 am

Thank you, you two! cx (Sushiii) Hi there! :D

Neapolitan_Cat

05 Aug, 2015, 4:48 am

I saw this on my phone. I liked but didn't want to leave a browser comment

I know remoras, they hang around larger sea animals to get scraps

Pink_angel

05 Aug, 2015, 5:22 am

so incredible this look so great omg and the 3d is awesome your art is amazing<3
( -o O o- )

RIECH

05 Aug, 2015, 6:48 am

awwwww cool!!

Echokit

05 Aug, 2015, 6:50 am

Wooow this is amazing!! I love the sunlight and the depth you brought to the water!! The shading is really cool and the scene is adorable :3

WinchesterFox

05 Aug, 2015, 12:18 pm

Hey i am joining ur whale pod, I just dont draw whales alot, I can draw Dolphins, Orcas and sharks xD but not any others xD

Whale Fanatic

05 Aug, 2015, 1:57 pm

Thanks so much, you guys! ^-^
(Ceta) Yeah, they tend to annoy their host kind of a lot sometimes. XD Sometimes sharks will do anything to get them off!
(Tiff) Aaah! That makes me so happy!! :DD Don't worry. You don't have to be an ace at h.umpback anatomy to join and I can tell you nearly everything there is to know about 'em (I'm not attempting to boast, honest. XD).

Texabella

06 Aug, 2015, 5:28 am

Stunning work.
I love the shimmering effect on the underbelly of the manta in the foreground.

Echokit

06 Aug, 2015, 8:03 am

Thank you..

Whale Fanatic

06 Aug, 2015, 11:38 am

(Texabella) Thankies! ^-^

Neapolitan_Cat

06 Aug, 2015, 9:19 pm

Idk but if you want to be the partner growlithe would work. Or if you want skrelp that's not orange and I don't think its shiny form is orange either. It's up to you

Neapolitan_Cat

07 Aug, 2015, 4:22 am

Or floatzel. If/when my Lynnie evolves. Ok so I'll make you the partner

Neapolitan_Cat

07 Aug, 2015, 9:46 pm

Tiff? Is that Winchester Fox?

Whale Fanatic

08 Aug, 2015, 1:44 am

Thank you, Sheepy! c:

Neapolitan_Cat

08 Aug, 2015, 7:52 am

Replying here

That's good you'll be seeing him some more. Don't make the mistake I would and just not tell him how you feel. If you want anything more to come. If not then enjoy your feelings as they are. I played v.iola 4th through 6th grade. I forgot when I told you that

You have amazing intuition. Tell meh mai future!

I'm trying to text him about my feelings and of course he seems to be ignoring me. Hmph. Fine, so be it

Do you have access to kik? It's like texting but it uses usernames instead of numbers. I'm wondering if I should download it...

Neapolitan_Cat

08 Aug, 2015, 4:46 pm

That's how me and my bf were like. We were just friends and we saw where it went. Maybe he is just friend material

Tell meh

I can't gamechat today since I have work and something's going on later this evening. Hm... I think my mom is home this coming week so we'd have to do it the week after

Neapolitan_Cat

09 Aug, 2015, 12:07 am

I'll reply on my page as no one else is commenting now

Echokit

09 Aug, 2015, 6:55 am

Re: Thank you! ^^

Echokit

10 Aug, 2015, 8:30 pm

Re: Thanks! ^u^
Everytime I see this painting I love it even more :3 It's just amazing how you can draw these animals/fish <3 (I don't know the name XD)

Echokit

10 Aug, 2015, 8:31 pm

Manta rays! That's it! XD *read your desc again. duh*
There are also Stingrays, right? Or are these the same? X'D

Neapolitan_Cat

17 Aug, 2015, 9:55 pm

You should try it again. It would help a lot of artists. Though mysticetes and odontocetes have similar body plans, there are big differences, especially with the head. And no two tutorials are the same, so chances are, there'll be something different. It's ultimately your call if you want to restart

Neapolitan_Cat

18 Aug, 2015, 7:47 am

I need to talk. I'll post a chat pic so you and others can come there

QUEST_21

18 Aug, 2015, 5:44 pm

dude mantas? this is great i love these things so much! one of my favorite creatures in the ocean world :D

QUEST_21

18 Aug, 2015, 6:50 pm

thanks WF :)
fire emblem ahhhh! x)
seriously they are they look like they belong in some other world lol

redscribbles

23 Aug, 2015, 12:25 am

re-xD dont worry i cant math or english :p it was great tho my throat still hurts i am not one for soical interaction XD

Neapolitan_Cat

23 Aug, 2015, 6:33 am

Talking to the woman would prove useless. It's much more complicated than that. He's decided to put off our romance and be friends for awhile. Just 2 or 3 hours ago we both had a massive breakdown. He also told me that if I meet someone in this phase he'd be ok with me trying it out. But I can't meet anyone like that. To me there's only him. I can't leave his side. He's too... important to me. I can't take it. I shared some... deep secrets with him. About how I had times where I want to die. And about how I've cut. He made me promise to him that I wouldn't. He was close to k.illing himself too. He shouldn't die. He has more purpose than me

So he's doing this because he says the spark has died and he needs to re evaluate us. What if... this is how it must be? How must I cope? He says not much will change but it feels like everything is changing

Neapolitan_Cat

23 Aug, 2015, 4:08 pm

How can he betray me like this? He tries to go help someone who's had guys betray her, and in the process betray another? Why is he so cruel?

I'm in between single and dating I suppose... I don't know what to call us. Dating on hold? Complicated? What does it even matter? I'll stay single forever

Neapolitan_Cat

23 Aug, 2015, 4:14 pm

Totally forgot about the last part. If I can make it, I'll start next spring. And don't say I'll meet someone. Because I know me. I won't. I'll focus on the class and the work. I will just keep inside and not make friends. Only talking to my sis in law and that's it. If it stays this way I choose to be aromantic. I don't even want to date again

Neapolitan_Cat

24 Aug, 2015, 7:29 am

Maybe we'll go back. Maybe he feels this way to focus on school. Maybe when he settles in to a new life situation he'll come back to his senses

Saying goodbye for the night... isn't the same without the kiss. I came inside and still felt lonely. He says if I meet someone to try it out. But I don't want to meet anyone, I don't think it'll be possible like that. I don't just want anyone. I want him and I want us like we were. I saw and still do see our future together. Our family, our kids running around. The path to that vision is a long one

Neapolitan_Cat

24 Aug, 2015, 8:28 pm

Are you getting any more... premonitions... about the future? If so, what is it saying? About me and him? About us? As a couple?

Neapolitan_Cat

08 Sep, 2015, 7:22 pm

Same old feelings of misery and pain, betrayal, feeling unloved, and distrust towards any humans mixed with longing for the joy from the past 2 years and realizing I've lost almost everything that mattered to me. In other words, nothing's changed

I feel like a wild animal that has been injured. Like a lone wolf who can't trust others and doomed to die alone. Or a show whale from the wild trapped in a tiny aquarium with no way out and no creatures to comfort me. All alone in a sad environment, memories of past freedom hurting me

Add to that I've lost a lot of weight the past 3 months (work contributed to it-not having time to eat for five or six hours a day for three to four days a week). But now food seems less appealing and there could be a risk that anorexia might set in. So... I'm basically a mess right now

Neapolitan_Cat

08 Sep, 2015, 11:17 pm

There's a reason God made a woman for man. It's because it isn't good for man to be alone. Even with God it's nice to have physical company with others. I don't have much of that in real life and the one I do want physical company with isn't around much and not in the way I'd like

I've been praying a lot for everything to finally be resolved. But nothing is happening, nothing small is even happening. Sure does take longer to rebuild than to destroy

Neapolitan_Cat

09 Sep, 2015, 4:36 am

I'm praying. For help. As far as relationship issues that's the best I can do. Ask for God to intervene. And as for my future, well... Either save up for a car or college and now I'm set on college. The earliest I can go is next semester, the class registry isn't open yet so in the meantime I must work and save money. Which makes me feel useless because I do nothing productive on my days off

Neapolitan_Cat

10 Sep, 2015, 1:16 am

I just get unreasonably angry/sad and my face breaks out a little during the pms time. And I oughta tackle something I haven't done in awhile during my days off. Work out a little? Learning art anatomy of other animals? Who knows. It'll keep me busy. If I can find motivation to do so..... Even getting outside to walk or bike could be beneficial for whenever I feel cramped inside

I think I may have got an answer from God. It's really small, but it's something. We had a Christian woman come into the fast food place I work and order. She was talking to me about God and gave me one of those salvation pamphlets. I wonder if this is a message from God saying that I should continue trusting and praying to Him and He'll rescue me. Or Him saying He's heard me. It seems... likely

Another thing from work. I had gotten off and was eating with one of the shift leads and a guy walks out. She asks me "isn't he cute?" and I barely noticed. So I said something along the lines of me not noticing...

Neapolitan_Cat

10 Sep, 2015, 1:19 am

...Then she starts giving me nonverbal hints like "Hey, maybe you and he could... you know?" I got the hint and I was like idk maybe. She was telling me he was smart and was going for his Master's in school. It'd be nice to have a smart guy who's a bit of a geek or nerd but... I'm not really in the romance-y mood now. Idk. I might but I also couldn't tell if she was joking. We'll have to wait and see

Neapolitan_Cat

11 Sep, 2015, 1:17 am

I wonder what the sign yesterday meant. It could be anything

And I really don't feel like romance right now. Except with one person. But he's not interested right now

Neapolitan_Cat

12 Sep, 2015, 5:22 pm

If Christians are too afraid to speak up here, how much worse it'll be in the tribulation period where Christians will face beheading or taking a mark of loyalty towards the enemy. I think it less a matter of Christians being afraid to post art of Jesus as it is there being very few

And on deviantart someone posted a journal with a video of a fake petition to take the Bible off of Amazon. All the people up to the point I left off (not to the end) agreed to it. The host said stuff like "We don't need the hate the Bible brings to the world, do we?" and the people responded as such "We really don't" and even "They can get their Bibles somewhere else." Like, really people?

Neapolitan_Cat

12 Sep, 2015, 5:26 pm

I want to make my bf/ex jealous with this new guy. How to go about it, how to go about it...

Neapolitan_Cat

14 Sep, 2015, 9:07 pm

That's people for you

Azu

15 Sep, 2015, 9:34 am

I like Manta that you drew :D
realized your kind comment on my pic just now, but I know your gallery from a friend before. c:
your art works are awesome!

Neapolitan_Cat

29 Sep, 2015, 10:41 pm

Wow that all sounds cray cray. So the guy you like turned out to be gay and his friends were spreading lies. But in the end it all turned out well

As for me, my... bf told me he's been getting visions the past month (not sleeping dreams). He had one recently early morning where he saw 5 kids-two girls and three boys. They were all his and the boys had red hair and blue eyes like him and the girls had black hair. Then he told me he had seen himself kissing a woman but he didn't get to see her. Do you think his visions are premonitions? Who is the woman in his vision? I must know... I hope it was me

I'm also considering Skype again. Hehe, can't make up my mind can I? If I get it I think I'd practice using it with my bf before adding you

Neapolitan_Cat

30 Sep, 2015, 1:45 am

Ah high school. Wish I could go back

Do you think his visions have any meaning? He also says the background was nothing like our home state

I don't know again. I'm being such a cat with this decision. On one hand, Skype calling would be cool. On the other, from what it sounded like, it would count towards phone call charges. So if my phone calls aren't Verizon to Verizon they eat away at the minutes and Skype could do the same. It also says landline and mobile calls use charges too but I wouldn't use it for that. I just don't know

Neapolitan_Cat

01 Oct, 2015, 6:22 am

I want to know who the woman is in his visions. I hope it's me. Maybe he thought the girls' hair was black but it was really dark brown?

I again don't think I'll get Skype. Don't want to risk using minutes. I can get it on the computer right? Though I don't believe I have a video platform for it

Neapolitan_Cat

06 Oct, 2015, 7:12 am

Whaley, Mono's still alive! She has Instagram and it's @monomoart. Also, I have Skype now so I can chat that way

Neapolitan_Cat

08 Oct, 2015, 1:20 am

Maybe someday you'll have a smart phone. It certainly does feel different at first having one for the first time. I wonder if Instagram has a computer website...

Mono's doing great. Her artwork has improved a lot too

Neapolitan_Cat

08 Oct, 2015, 9:57 pm

Yush, I can't wait for Mono to return for good

Neapolitan_Cat

23 Oct, 2015, 3:10 am

Whaley, it's been a bit. Hi!

Neapolitan_Cat

25 Oct, 2015, 5:47 pm

Hope you had fun. I haven't been active here either since other places have held my interest more. I haven't even gotten around to judging entries so I'll allow yours

FadingGlory

28 Nov, 2015, 5:34 pm

I am glad you are joining! :D
However, the collab takes place on dry land, so don't be suprised if Nauyaq ends up in a giant fish tank or flying in the air XD

Echokit

30 Nov, 2015, 3:45 pm

Re: Why thanks! His personality was what I was trying to focus on :D good to know that it apparently turned out fine :>

Neapolitan_Cat

30 Nov, 2015, 10:39 pm

It was late Friday night. May have been stress from working for nine straight hours and having to constantly interact with random people during that time (as an introvert, that seriously wears me out). Combined with serious loneliness. Made me feel unwanted and I ended up collapsing in depression at home. Curling up on my bed, shaking because of the emotional pain, unable to move, and feeling out of it. It's even worse not having anyone to go to in those moments

I've decided that I'm better off single. I don't need no man ruining me again. Besides, I can't even see anyone in a romantic sense anymore

Neapolitan_Cat

30 Nov, 2015, 11:28 pm

I'd feel more comfortable not being close to family. I'm used to facing emotions alone. And I feel like I'm either losing God or already lost Him. I have no way to church and it doesn't feel like the right time to trust God. I've lost so much that there's no where to go. I have no motivation to go anywhere. Plus, I don't think there would be someone meant for me. Nobody really stands out

Neapolitan_Cat

30 Nov, 2015, 11:48 pm

Something? Satan of course. Unless you mean something or someone else. How do I go back to God? I have no motivation to read the Bible, I don't really stop and think about praying, and the timing doesn't really feel appropriate. It feels like God brought me into this mess to take everything away

Neapolitan_Cat

30 Nov, 2015, 11:48 pm

He brought me someone to love me but then He took him away

Neapolitan_Cat

01 Dec, 2015, 12:05 am

Pray a rosary for me?

Neapolitan_Cat

01 Dec, 2015, 1:33 am

What's the rosary prayer? And do you think God will bring me a proper mate? Or just a close friend? Am I meant to be alone like this? What if I don't feel romantically towards the guy God brings? How will I even know who the guy is that God brings to me? It's extremely difficult to get out of the situation I'm in too. Too many unanswered questions

Neapolitan_Cat

01 Dec, 2015, 2:32 am

Interesting. Is it a specific prayer or do you find the words within you?

Neapolitan_Cat

01 Dec, 2015, 2:59 am

That all would be hard to keep track of at first. I've never heard of that except for the creed and the Lord's prayer. Is there a specific thing you do for Christmas?

Neapolitan_Cat

01 Dec, 2015, 3:23 am

Wow. And I thought Jesus was the only way to heaven

Neapolitan_Cat

01 Dec, 2015, 3:46 am

All those lead to heaven as well? That translated prayer is cool too

Neapolitan_Cat

03 Dec, 2015, 1:24 am

Perhaps. I wrote the description shortly after working on it which was the day before posting. I was thinking of a man coming into my life one day who wouldn't hurt me like my ex. Whose thoughts towards me resembles the words in the description. Maybe Mary's prayer is working indeed. Yesterday I walked to a different location of the business I work at to see how things were going with me being employed there and it turned out I was supposed to work that day (got no news about that). So I officially started today which means more hours for me, as I'm working at both locations now. I'm one step closer to getting a car!

Neapolitan_Cat

03 Dec, 2015, 7:53 pm

I've seen Racing Extinction stuff on Instagram but I didn't see it

Neapolitan_Cat

03 Dec, 2015, 11:45 pm

Animal Planet is considering becoming another discovery channel? I don't watch much tv anymore so I probably wouldn't get the news about that. I should watch it if it were to come on Netflix and if I ever get an account. Or maybe it'll be elsewhere online

Neapolitan_Cat

03 Dec, 2015, 11:46 pm

Whaley, check your Granny orca picture

QUEST_21

19 Dec, 2015, 1:25 am

W.F.! been along time :) thank you so much, i had alot of fun on this drawing. i never mh4 ever finally got in to it lol

Neapolitan_Cat

23 Dec, 2015, 4:35 am

It's fine. Also we should Skype sometime. I'm cetasoul

Neapolitan_Cat

24 Dec, 2015, 12:05 am

A job... doesn't time go by so fast? Cool, since Christmas is in a few days I'd be able to Skype soon. Being at work requires you to be professional which I'm sure you know. Getting your work done no matter how unpleasant and not slacking off. Productivity is a must. And if you get in customer service, prioritize your work by what needs to be done to make customers happy (I'm in fast food so taking orders and bringing food out comes before restocking and cleaning)

Echokit

25 Dec, 2015, 8:53 pm

Re: Thank you so much! ^-^ And yes, you can call me Echo whenever you want :)
Haha, great to know that I'm not the only girl (together with my OC XD) who are that shy :'D
Cameras are horrible unless I'm the one to make the photo, haha XD

Neapolitan_Cat

26 Dec, 2015, 9:42 pm

Pocky! And yes working in fast food can be tough. Perfection is needed since people can be really fussy. But I don't have a choice but to work there. My Christmas was lonely

Neapolitan_Cat

26 Dec, 2015, 9:54 pm

I sent her the message. Someday when we're all more independent we should meet up and be real life friends

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