All ye mast-headers are to look for a white whale. D’ye see it? Death and devils! men, it is Moby Dick ye have seen Moby Dick!’ Said Captain Ahab…Tumblr (3.0; @fuckyeahmobydick)http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bfd7f8d8f01fe7144df2acd9e88f6e62/tumblr_mmxzewVxBS1r1tzc9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bcadae13040054009c4d1ec617606f80/tumblr_mmxzewVxBS1r1tzc9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Illustrtions by <a class="home-link" href="http://denisdubois.blogspot.fr/">Denis Dubois</a></p>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/50647691590http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/50647691590Fri, 17 May 2013 09:16:08 -0300Illustration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/677514a86ce1b9c3f490bc165ad937b7/tumblr_mmje3uqNw91rn2fvxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://just-art.me/post/50015260892">just-art</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Pixelated Birds by <a class="u" href="http://kuldarleement.deviantart.com/">Kuldar Leement</a></p> </blockquote>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/50015269003http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/50015269003Thu, 09 May 2013 12:09:42 -0300<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ahabesque.tumblr.com/post/49386342595/joshdallas-theres-always-that-one-character">ahabesque</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://joshdallas.tumblr.com/post/49359358285/theres-always-that-one-character-you-will-defend">joshdallas</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>there’s always that one character you will defend until your dying breath no matter how flawed they are</p> </blockquote> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/9410e76658a1841d634306790d850c68/tumblr_inline_mm52pkss5i1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> </blockquote>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/49451174466http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/49451174466Thu, 02 May 2013 15:56:55 -0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/228229c476f9179091e806fe2a139342/tumblr_mlpzhlJaFA1rcbr54o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://akira-kusaka-illustration.tumblr.com/post/48705160046/c-akira-kusaka">akira-kusaka-illustration</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(c) Akira Kusaka</p> </blockquote>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/49439596889http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/49439596889Thu, 02 May 2013 12:06:58 -0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/54701f7e7e31549f238c9401bad6b1cc/tumblr_mm64vtDPkb1r1tzc9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a1113fdf575054edef05aca8f4cd8868/tumblr_mm64vtDPkb1r1tzc9o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2dabdaaba0fd22f1c7e712698d017763/tumblr_mm64vtDPkb1r1tzc9o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/62b6db34f71ef699584f6612a2a807ba/tumblr_mm64vtDPkb1r1tzc9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mobydickgame">Moby Dick, or The Card Game</a>:</p> <p><span>King Post presents Moby Dick, a card-driven adventure game based on the classic work of literature by Herman Melville. Launching on Kickstarter in mid-April, Moby Dick puts players on the deck of the Pequod as she pursues the legendary white whale. </span></p> <p><span>See introducing video here: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mobydickgame">here</a></p>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/49430963648http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/49430963648Thu, 02 May 2013 08:21:00 -0300gamingcards<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fc8249a72ca83075cfab544029f774ac/tumblr_mjrtm7wUwE1qkkd5no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://michaeldoig.tumblr.com/post/45524876013/shortlisted-for-neil-gaimans-february-tale-from">michaeldoig</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Shortlisted for Neil Gaiman’s February Tale from Calendar of Tales :3</p> </blockquote>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/49174843261http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/49174843261Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:43:57 -0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5527b106ef1722ef754a5e29c7cd72f7/tumblr_mlgvpf3zm11rxpuyto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4a922479442ea541cf9a1076e5f5325b/tumblr_mlgvpf3zm11rxpuyto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/159ac98f9d6abc3c728d12a207e9ccb7/tumblr_mlgvpf3zm11rxpuyto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/90238bf2077ef39d4db4b73a25ca3d2b/tumblr_mlgvpf3zm11rxpuyto5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/591def62f26354d573371684bb2f1a8f/tumblr_mlgvpf3zm11rxpuyto6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2078854649975ea744d2dd92b0093088/tumblr_mlgvpf3zm11rxpuyto8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b3b43441dffbeee6eb7e188fa2558372/tumblr_mlgvpf3zm11rxpuyto7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bc41937b4d2ac307ea72e89ea3417cdd/tumblr_mlgvpf3zm11rxpuyto9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/95dfbe1f20b6d9b99a5c8d8dfeba9d50/tumblr_mlgvpf3zm11rxpuyto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fckyeahhplovecraft.tumblr.com/post/48297195963/grands-anciens-written-by-jean-marc-laine-and">fckyeahhplovecraft</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Grands Anciens</em>, written by Jean-Marc Lainé and illustrated by Bojan Vuric.</p> <p>For Fernando: the perfect marriage. Melville’s <em>Moby Dick</em> as told by Lovecraft</p> </blockquote> <p>AMAZING!!</p>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/48297364425http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/48297364425Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:06:20 -0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdl4ii5e5P1qzxag5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://spudd64.tumblr.com/post/35914112775/in-honor-of-this-weekends-moby-dick-marathon-at">spudd64</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>In honor of this weekend’s <a href="http://www.housingworks.org/events/detail/moby-dick-marathon-nyc/"><em>Moby-Dick</em> marathon at the Housing Works Bookstore</a>, I am re-posting 64 of my favorite <em>Moby-Dick</em> illustrations from my book <em>Moby-Dick in Pictures</em>.</p> <p>MOBY-DICK, page 297: <strong>In life, the visible surface of the Sperm Whale is not the least among the many marvels he presents. Almost invariably it is all over obliquely crossed and re-crossed with numberless straight marks in thick array, something like those in the finest Italian line engravings.</strong><br/><br/>5.5 inches by 8.5 inches<br/>ink on found paper<br/>July 3, 2010</p> </blockquote>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/48279854128http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/48279854128Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:01:26 -0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/524f880d54d8c6e6b5eb7e5b7f555524/tumblr_mld8ieopfz1qio57co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://amnhnyc.tumblr.com/post/48142923108/a-sperm-whales-head-is-actually-an-oversized-nose">amnhnyc</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>A sperm whale’s head is actually an oversized nose (which in mature males can make up a third of the animal’s body!). Sperm whales use their uniquely shaped nose to generate sound. </span><span><a href="http://bit.ly/10c1j2p">Here’s how</a>.</span></p> <p><span>© AMNH/5W Infographics</span></p> </blockquote>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/48208939910http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/48208939910Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:28:35 -0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lok4gs3Cq21qzathto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://joncarling.tumblr.com/post/7784392770/the-last-merwhale-jon-carling-2011">joncarling</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>‘the last merwhale’ Jon Carling 2011</p> </blockquote>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/47791176323http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/47791176323Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:25:49 -0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ea3bce291795316b9beca38c256daf3c/tumblr_ml1vyvKN341r1tzc9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a3b59e3fec17530eb5a1820a2fb3931e/tumblr_ml1vyvKN341r1tzc9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span>Illustrations by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/reneelawter/">Reneé Lawter</a></p>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/47631050876http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/47631050876Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:44:55 -0300Illustration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8a713361b0fe8900732c035d79bf7c0e/tumblr_mhcnkyW2ro1qanff3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/47613113559http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/47613113559Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:12:33 -0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/044ca3a42f7b4bf8e38304896b0534e9/tumblr_mky0gbUV5T1r1tzc9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/444f88addc9dab6e71205dc316d79629/tumblr_mky0gbUV5T1r1tzc9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="u" href="http://francis-livingston.deviantart.com/">Francis Livingston</a></p> <p>1. Rush Hour</p> <p>2. Light Stream</p>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/47460467356http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/47460467356Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:31:23 -0300Illustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8f0979ea8d9081719853d776291fbef6/tumblr_mk8fpxlYOS1r1tzc9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Whale Talk by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SophyTuttle?ref=seller_info">SophyTuttle</a></p>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/46272762728http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/46272762728Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:03:33 -0300Illustration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md0zx7hnwn1rqsfqmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://howlmoonshinehowl.tumblr.com/post/35064114898/did-this-at-the-end-of-last-semester-i-dont">howlmoonshinehowl</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Did this at the end of last semester - I don’t know why I never photographed it or anything, but here you go! This baby is for sale, it’s 18” x 32” on 1/2” pine plywood. I was illustrating a phobia as a creature, so I combined the fear of string and fear of whales/cetaceans :) he looks pretty happy about himself.</p> </blockquote>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/45987590908http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/45987590908Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:55:25 -0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/57ee036381aa61587acc6719862c85bc/tumblr_mjwu1ibFM11r6q94do3_500.jpg"/><br/> Artist Tristin Lowe | posted by devidsketchbook.com<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fcf03e131bcd7b800562fd3b9ad02552/tumblr_mjwu1ibFM11r6q94do2_500.jpg"/><br/> Artist Tristin Lowe | posted by devidsketchbook.com<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fdc484476847eafa6b636cb986bd0e7b/tumblr_mjwu1ibFM11r6q94do1_500.jpg"/><br/> Artist Tristin Lowe | posted by devidsketchbook.com<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wewhohavebeeninspired.com/post/45845797733/mocha-dick-by-tristin-lowe-mocha-dick-is-a">wewhohavebeeninspired</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Mocha Dick by <a href="http://www.tristinlowe.org">Tristin Lowe</a><span> </span></p> <p><span></span>Mocha Dick is a 52-foot-long recreation of the real-life albino sperm whale that in the nineteenth century terrorized whaling vessels near Mocha Island in the South Pacific. Mocha Dick, was described in appearance “he was as white as wool,<span>”</span><span> in an 1839 magazine article from The Knickerbocker, engaged in battle with numerous whaling expeditions, often sinking smaller boats, and was a source of inspiration for Herman Melville’s epic Moby Dick.</span><span> (via </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://devidsketchbook.com/post/45753892500/mocha-dick-by-tristin-lowe-artist-tristin-lowe">devidsketchbook</a><span>)</span></p> </blockquote>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/45849500264http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/45849500264Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:03:50 -0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdl60fqwgA1qzxag5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://spudd64.tumblr.com/post/36035332536/in-honor-of-this-weekends-moby-dick-marathon-at">spudd64</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>In honor of this weekend’s <a href="http://www.housingworks.org/events/detail/moby-dick-marathon-nyc/"><em>Moby-Dick</em> marathon at the Housing Works Bookstore</a>, I am re-posting 64 of my favorite <em>Moby-Dick</em> illustrations from my book <em>Moby-Dick in Pictures</em>.</p> <p>MOBY-DICK, page 534: <strong>…Moby Dick bodily burst into view! For not by any calm and indolent spoutings; not by the peaceable gush of that mystic fountain in his head, did the White Whale now reveal his vicinity; but by the far more wondrous phenomenon of breaching. Rising with his utmost velocity from the furthest depths, the Sperm Whale thus booms his entire bulk into the pure element of air, and piling up a mountain of dazzling foam, shows his place to the distance of seven miles and more. In those moments, the torn, enraged waves he shakes off, seem his mane; in some cases, this breaching is his act of defiance.</strong><br/><br/>8.25 inches by 12 inches<br/>ink on watercolor paper<br/>January 11, 2011</p> </blockquote>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/45832069508http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/45832069508Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:55:44 -0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/64c1bc8cedb411895444531ef987bb7c/tumblr_mj29cgNGOV1rks7exo1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/acde1aafd5faa756b4fc3fe27309ca87/tumblr_mj29cgNGOV1rks7exo3_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e0b34876c892677c9a22d5c08ef3b5b0/tumblr_mj29cgNGOV1rks7exo2_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://paintvrlife.tumblr.com/post/44419848590/stevennoblen-the-kraken-strength">paintvrlife</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.stevennoble.com/" target="_new">stevennoblen</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knAp15EJWEU&list=PL67F6DD6ADDED1570" target="_new">The Kraken: Strength</a></p> </blockquote>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/45752746701http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/45752746701Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:11:10 -0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/aace339392ff944d0b8d81b24624a244/tumblr_mjwnqvCveo1r1tzc9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Whale Nursery by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sloeginfizz?ref=seller_info">Sloeginfizz</a></p>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/45749218431http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/45749218431Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:25:43 -0300Illustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/633bfee3793e3b7efa15c04b6c6814f0/tumblr_mjphfxJcvt1qccpz7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lustik.tumblr.com/post/45419250499/large-whale-mikaela-fuchs">lustik</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Large Whale - <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/thehungryfox?ref=seller_info">Mikaela Fuchs</a></p> </blockquote>http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/45420436029http://fuckyeahmobydick.tumblr.com/post/45420436029Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:54:52 -0300