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My first thought on seeing this was something of a tragedy = comedy + time situation. Immediately seeing it from the sailors' point of view I can just imagine one of them thinking "That's no ghost-ship, it's Davy Jones's ******* goldfish!" as it rears out of the water.It's a great twist on multiple seafaring myths whilst staying true to the real essence of the sea monster legacy. Although not a particularly big fan of sea monsters in general, one thing I've always noticed about them is that historically they've mostly consistently held to a theme of a kind of regal repulsiveness, which land-dwelling monsters are kind of hit-and-miss with. (There are plenty of land-based monsters/antagonists in my opinion that are often much more appealing to the eyes than the heroes.) Nowadays even the sea monsters are being coddled though, and it just doesn't seem right to have a cute button-eyed snake-fish wrapping itself around ships and killing people (maybe on a PG-13 Pokemon movie, but I don't see that happening). Here you've presented me with a monster that I can actually feel comfortable with disliking to some extent and for that I am grateful. I've never truly loved good vs. evil battles in which my moral side roots for a sissy-looking guy and my aesthetically-appreciative side roots for the evil dude. Granted, it has symbolic significance, sometimes it's better the other way. But I digress.With vladnorris I agree partially in that it doesn't have a central focus - at first viewing I was kind of just trying to wrap my eyes around it, but once I did I found the positioning of its elements satisfactory - I think the lack of focus is probably just due to the turbulence of everything going on: stormy seas, coiling monster, drowning ships. I like the water though - it's not photo-realistic, but its theatrical and that's perfectly fine, if not a staple of the sea monster theme.Vision: for such a chaotic picture everything is quite well-placed amidst that glowing area in the middle. The monster dominates the picture without depreciating the other subjects. Although it lacks a kind of central focus I don't see this as a problem - the whole thing is telling a different part of the event.Originality: I've never seen this particular concept before so I found it very intriguing. Took some old things, turned them into something new and unexpected. Granted, he kind of reminds me of a kaiju* from Pacific Rim, at least with regard to his face/head.Technique: All the colors are really solid and weighty, great for a water-central theme. Love the waves and how the water is splashing up from behind Jones's back. The tattered sails against the stormy background look cool.Impact: The whole theme was enthusing and well-done. Eerie concept but very sharp.Aside from that there are just a couple details I picked up that might use some change. The spikes under the water in the lower left corner appear out of place, partly due to the turbulence of the waves (which normally I expect would obscure them) and partly due to the fact that they show through, but the rest of his body bulk does not. Whilst I don't know if his body is actually extending that far below the surface that's the impression from my perspective.The long streaming line off of the largest sail on his head looks out of place. It might emphasize the wind a bit, but it looks more like a hair due its signature.Maybe its just my eyes playing tricks on me, but there appears to be a sort of ghost line where one of the Dutchman's coils is hitting the water. (Directly to the right of his torso where it is just above the water.) It's not particularly disturbing though - I had to search for that one.Aside from that it looks like the spikes on one of the bottom coils (middle one) still need to be developed.And I think that's about it - if I find anything else though, I'll add in the comments. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/t… " width="15" height="15" alt="" data-embed-type="emoticon" data-embed-id="262" title="Thumbs Up"/>