Aquatic Wildlife

A collection of natural history, marine life and freshwater life illustrations, photo-realistic digital paintings and realistic stylised art

Dynamic 3D exploded view showing the internal anatomy of the Orcinus-orca, killer whale, including the skeleton, organs, muscle and digestion. Dramatic photorealistic digital illustration of this ocean predator.
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Close up of a mother asleep with her pup on the ocean surface wrapped in seaweed. Realistic wildlife painting of this marine mammal. Natural history illustration.
A selection of seven beautifully illustrated oyster shells featuring the Portuguese (Crassostrea angulata), Pacific (Crassostrea gigas), European Flat (Ostrea edulis), Blue Point (Crassostrea virginica), Hooded (Saccostrea cucullat), Southern Mud (Ostrea angasi) and Sydney Rock (Saccostrea glomerata) Oysters. Realistic natural history marine life illustration.
Sealife size comparison illustration. Species include the blue whale, whale shark, orca, great white shark, manta ray and lion's mane jellyfish. Natural history, ocean wildlife illustration.
A selection of colourful, realistic, yet stylized, sea vegetables or edible ocean plants paintings for a seafood identification app. Natural history, botanical illustration.
Photorealistic colourful green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming in the ocean, close up of head and flippers. Sadly classified as endangered, green turtles are threatened by overharvesting of their eggs, hunting of adults, being caught in fishing gear and loss of nesting beach sites. Natural history sealife illustration.
Realistic sealife paintings of a Thresher Shark (Alopias), a Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus) and a Blue Shark (Prionace glauca). Big fish. Realistic natural history, ocean life illustration.
A colourful image of pink gorgonian sea fan coral (Muricella paraplectana) in the ocean blue, but if you look closely you can find a few pygmy seahorses (Hippocampus bargibanti), tiny ocean animals, very well-camouflaged in their soft coral habitat. Realistic natural history marine life illustration.
A selection of beautifully illustrated salmon and trout fish featuring the Sockeye Salmon, Chum Salmon, Cherry Salmon, Coho Salmon, Pink Salmon, Biwa Trout, Spotted Sea Trout and Marbled Trout. Realistic natural history, marine life illustration.
Realistic sealife painting of the Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) life cycle in two stages. A baby shark inside the womb and an adult female with newborn sharks swimming away from her. This large ocean predator, a species of requiem shark, also known as blackspot shark, grey whaler shark, olive shark, ridgeback shark, sickle shark and is one of the largest sharks in the world. Natural history, wildlife illustration.
Digital app art. A selection of colourful realistic, yet stylized, cephalopod, cnidaria, echinoidea and mollusc paintings for seafood identification. Natural history, ocean wildlife illustration.
Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) cutaway, revealing the internal anatomy. Known by numerous names such as blackspot shark, grey whaler shark, olive shark, ridgeback shark, sickle shark and is a species of requiem shark. Photorealistic, natural history painting, scientific illustration.
Four red-skunk cleaner shrimps with a spotted moray eel nestled among the colorful ocean coral. Vibrant photorealistic digital ocean wildlife painting.
A selection of realistic wildlife illustrations of cetaceans, aquatic mammals, including the Eendangered blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus; near threatened beluga white whale, Delphinapterus leucas; near threatened narwhal, Monodon monoceros; Amazon river dolphin, boto, or pink river dolphin, Inia geoffrensis; threatened grey whale, Eschrichtius robustus; pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata; bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus; vulnerable sperm whale; cachalot, Physeter macrocephalus; cuvier's or goose-beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris; the critically endangered vaquita, Phocoena sinus; porpoise, Phocoenidae; common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus and the long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas.
Two images of the giant oceanic manta ray. One, a cutaway revealing the internal anatomy and the other showing an overlay diagram of how the gill structure works. Natural history, scientific illustration.
North Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) a large marine cephalopod. Colourful realistic digital wildlife painting of this intelligent ocean creature, a close up of the head with tentacles and suckers. Natural history sealife illustration.
A selection of colourful, realistic, yet stylized freshwater fish paintings for a seafood identification app featuring the Smallmouth Bass, Murray Cod, Northern Snakehead, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill, Rohu, Clown Featherback, Tiger Fish, Snakehead Murrel, Tench, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge and Pumpkinseed. Realistic natural history, marine life illustration.
A selection of colourful, realistic, yet stylized, crustacean paintings for a seafood identification app, including lobsters, crabs, crayfish, langustine and prawns. Natural history, ocean life illustration.
A pair of blue-ringed octopuses in a colourful coral reef, a vibrant photorealistic digital painting of these highly venomous ocean creatures. Natural history, ocean life illustration.
A selection of colourful, realistic, yet stylized freshwater fish paintings for a seafood identification app featuring the Smallmouth Bass, Murray Cod, Northern Snakehead, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill, Rohu, Clown Featherback, Tiger Fish, Snakehead Murrel, Tench, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge and Pumpkinseed. Realistic natural history, marine life illustration.
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