'Penultimate Breach'--'Shiro irukanojanpu'

THIS RENDER'S ILLUSTRATION SUBJECT: "Shiro irukanojanpu:" My poster art project double-fulfilled an assigned drawing for the with this image was to insert the battered and and suffering ocean behemoth into an all natural feeding activity. He had been hunted relentlessly. The original which was drawn on an acid-free paper page was rendered for poster art sketch illustration but also was perfect for the "Hakugei: The Legend of the Great White Whale:" book. In some of the sea faring and fishing cultures of Japan, breaching ("Jumping") whales are both mysterious and sacred.

シロイルカのジャンプ

BOOK SYNOPSIS: "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee.

ART CATEGORY: I rendered this illustration study with ballpoint pens, inks, and India ink. The seawater splashes, surges, and surface wave motion textures were rendered with several Bic ballpoint sessions.

FROM THE WIKIPEDIA FILM SYNOPSIS: Capt. Ahab (Gregory Peck) has a vendetta against Moby Dick, the great white whale responsible for taking his leg. He sets out on a treacherous sea voyage aboard The Pequod, along with a crew including Starbuck (Leo Genn), Father Mapple (Orson Welles) and Ishmael (Richard Basehart), to hunt down the elusive beast. With reckless abandon, Ahab leads the crew on his obsessive and suicidal quest, anxious for a final showdown with the legendary white whale.