Enteroctopus dofleini, right up against the glass, looking out.

Enteroctopus dofleini, right up against the glass, looking out.

Canary rockfish.

Canary rockfish.

Yellow irish lord.

Yellow irish lord.

Male King Eider.

Male King Eider.

Original pencil of the Steller sea lion skeleton.

Original pencil of the Steller sea lion skeleton.

Digital ink of a pencil drawing of a Steller Sea Lion skeleton I made at Alaska Sea Life Center on my birthday, as a sort of birthday present to myself. I sat for an hour and just drew the skeleton hanging from the ceiling. (I don’t know why, but I find I need to do this, draw an entire skeleton, every rib, vertebrae, every tooth exactly as it is.)

Digital ink of a pencil drawing of a Steller Sea Lion skeleton I made at Alaska Sea Life Center on my birthday, as a sort of birthday present to myself. I sat for an hour and just drew the skeleton hanging from the ceiling. (I don’t know why, but I find I need to do this, draw an entire skeleton, every rib, vertebrae, every tooth exactly as it is.)

NOMS. (Woody, one of the Steller Sea Lions at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward.)

NOMS. (Woody, one of the Steller Sea Lions at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward.)

Not usually an angle seen of fish in photographs. I think it might be useful. (Taken at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward.)

Not usually an angle seen of fish in photographs. I think it might be useful. (Taken at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward.)

Taken on the recent birthday trip at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward.

Taken on the recent birthday trip at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward.

Lulu (Pacific Northwest Octopus), Seward.

Lulu (Pacific Northwest Octopus), Seward.

Seward, Alaska SeaLife Center.

Seward, Alaska SeaLife Center.

Fish! (Or, Whatever.)

Fish! (Or, Whatever.)

Sketch of the harbor seal pen at the Alaska Sea Life Center.

Sketch of the harbor seal pen at the Alaska Sea Life Center.

Minke whale skull.

Minke whale skull.