[Desmond]

It's been a hot minute, I'm a little rusty on the many ways to do water. I'm not happy with this, but... it'll do. I'm too tired to fiddle with all three blocs of layers more. But I will fix the highlights on their heads, I didn't catch that.

Anyway.

This is Port and Starboard, a pair of rather infamous orcas that haunt South Africa. False Bay was once well-known for shark watching - tours and dives were fairly commonplace, and I even have a friend who scheduled a dive one year. But then these two troublemakers came in, and the sharks fled. They are extremely effective shark killers - and clear proof that, in a battle of orca vs shark, the orca will win. The hardest two parts of the hunt are actually finding their prey, then flipping the shark over. Sharks have an unusual nervous system; when they are flipped upside-down, they go into a tonic state. Effectively unconscious and immobile, the boys take their shark liver meal and move on. Their most bountiful day yet was a staggering seventeen sharks in one day, and the effect on the shark population is very noticeable; fewer and fewer sharks are seen in False Bay, while numbers of sightings are increasing on the eastern side of South Africa.

They received their names from the directions that their fins flop -- Port's flops to the left (like the port side of a ship), whereas Starboard's flops to his right (as in the starboard side of a ship). Listen, it's scientifically proven that scientists are very clever with their names, just trust me lol

[Boghound]

I always love the information you include with your pieces. Always so informative and interesting to me. I'm bigger into whales like the minke than I am orcas, but they're such cool beasts. Your art looks stunning, as always.
I never knew they were such efficient shark killers!

[TheMamba]

I saw this in my subscription feed and thought "ah, Port and Starboard", and well, I was right! They are very recognizable!

I love this!!

And yeah, I can relate to the struggle with drawing water.
. I really prefer drawing underwater scenes. Waves are so hard to draw!

[BlueEyedKite]

I have mad respect for orcas, but at the same time they are in my top 5 most frightening water dwelling creatures D=

[TheCrowAtMidnight]

Knew who they were right away, love it <3