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GhostoftheSea
@ghostofthesea.bsky.social
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EL - She/Her - 30 - UK
Watercolour artist, digital illustrator.
Zookeeper and bird/dog/snake/plant parent.
Will sometimes babble about zoos, conservation, and the environment.

Prints and other socials - https://linktr.ee/GhostoftheSea
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I turn 30 today! 🎉

Any chance for some shares? I'd love to be able to share my artwork with more people! <3
Photo of an A5 watercolour painting of 3 small white spotted jellyfish using shades of red and orange, with splatters of paint, and white and black ink for details. In the background are some fake leaves on wood grain. Photo of a watercolour painting of a shoebill stork, in green and blue with splatters and drips of paint around it. Photo of a watercolour painting of a male trumpeter hornbill in profile. Only a purple watercolour is used in different dilutions, with blank India ink and silver calligraphy ink used for details. A dip pen is lay next to the painting. Photo of an A5 watercolour painting of a lineolated parakeet, a small parrot, primarily in green with hints of yellow. Black and white ink is used for details. In the backgorund is wood grain and artificial plants.
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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I love linnies
Lil goobers who like to perch horizontally.

#art #painting #watercolour #watercolor #natureart #parrots #parakeet #birds #birdart #lineolatedparakeet
Photo of an A5 watercolour painting of a lineolated/barred parakeet in shades of yellow and beige.
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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If you see this, post your bird art 🐦

#art #watercolour #birds #birdart #natureart #peafowl
Photo of an A4 sized realistic watercolor painting of a male and a female peafowl, from the neck up. In the background is wood grain and fake plants.
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Stargazers
🦩🌙 🐺

The full collection on Redbubble:
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Other prints/products:
ko-fi.com/ghostofthese...

#art #digitalart #flamingo #wolf #bird #birdart #natureart
Digital illustration with a textured, gradiented background in warm shades of red, orange and yellow, and small white stars. There is the silhouette of a flamingo walking and a wolf howling, with their outlines and eyes in white, along with delicate moon and star details within their silhouettes in white too.
October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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I don't give this painting the love it deserves

It's okay, I love it, it was just hard to photograph.
Painting flowing fins is really fun!

#art #painting #gouache #fish #natureart #betta #siamesefightingfish
Photo of a painting of a pink and purple betta fish viewed from above. It is painted with gouache on black paper, with splatters of white paint. In the background is wood grain and artificial plants.
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I have another animal day for you---
#WorldOctopusDay :D
🐙

#art #linedrawing #marinelife #natureart #invertebrate #octopus #commonoctopus
Photo of a line drawing on beige toned paper of a common octopus using sepia and white ink.
October 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Here's one of the goobers I looked after a few years ago!
Very fun and charismatic, and they make unique noises and cool nests!

10/10 bird
Photo of a hamerkop bird stood on a rock, surrounded by gravel and trees. The bird is about 1 foot high, with all brown feathers, and black beak and legs. It has long legs, and the crest on the back of it's head is just barely visible, and it is wearing a blue leg ring.
October 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Another on my list of favourite birds-

🪶 The Hamerkop! 🪶

#art #linedrawing #bird #natureart #birdart #hamerkop
Photo of a drawing on 7x5 inch brown toned paper of a hamerkop, stood with it's back to the viewer and head turned to the side to look with one eye. Black ball-point pen and white ink have been used. In the background is wood grain, and artificial plants.
October 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Another gift painting for a friend, this one was one of my favourites with how it turned out!

#art #painting #watercolour #petportrait #cat
Photo of an A5 sided watercolour painting of a cat, sitting and looking to the side. Shades of bright green and yellow watercolour have been used, with drips and splatters of paint, and black and white ink for details.
September 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Stargazers
🦉🐡🌙

The full collection on Redbubble:
tr.ee/MQCi8g
Other prints/products:
ko-fi.com/ghostofthese...

#art #digitalart #hummingbird #seaturtle #marinelife
Digital illustration with a textured, gradiented background in warm shades of red, orange and yellow, and small white stars. There is the silhouette of a hummingbird in flight and a sea turtle, with their outlines and eyes in white, along with delicate moon and star details within their silhouettes in white too.
September 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Here's something different, painted in 2018 for a friend from uni.
💜🦋🐘🦋💜

#art #painting #watercolour #natureart #elephant #butterfly #moth #mammals #commission
A photo of an A4 sized watercolor painting of a baby african elephant. On the tip of it's trunk is a non-specific pink and purple moth/butterfly, and in the background are pink and purple butterfly silhouettes, and delicate white patterns over light purple gradiented paint.
September 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Ofc. The first thing I made after my initial foray/try with crochet was jellyfish.

www.1dogwoof.com/crochet-jell...
Based on this pattern, but I took some artistic liberties to try make it look more like a sea nettle jelly.

(And then I thought, wow I bet I could make a simple tiny jellyfish)
🦑 🐡
Photo looking down on a surface with plant and butterfly patterns printed on it. There are two crocheted figures. On the left is a tiny white jellyfish, consisting on a small simple cup-shaped bell with many individual strands coming out from it. On the right is a larger jellyfish, primarily made with multicoloured yellow/pink/orange yarn. It has a rounded bell that has a subtly frilled rim. It has several long coiled crocheted tentacles made with the same yarn, and in the centre is a chunky spiral of white yarn, made to depict the oral arms of a sea nettle jelly.
September 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Thank you for tagging me! (Yeeting myself into this a little late because of life aaaa)

My paintings aren't often heavy with emotion, but these had specific emotions/thoughts in mind:

Pure bright joy ---- Freedom, content, possibilities.
Serene, relaxed, awe ---- Void, lonely emptyness.
Photo of a A5 watercolour painting of a shepherd-type dog's face, looking at the viewer with bright eyes and a happy-looking open mouth. The painting is all in mottled shades of blue, with black and white ink details, and blue paint splatters. In the background is wood grain and artificial plants. Photo of a gouache painting of a red fox, with very vibrant colours following natural markings. It is running to the left, with a textured blue and green background, the upper half containing abstract gold swirls, circles and waves, and white speckles come off it's feet resembling snow. In the background is wood grain and artificial plants. Photo of a watercolour painting with a black silhouette of a deer stood alert with one leg in the air. Behind it is a dramatic galaxy-styled sky in shades of blue and a little green, with white star specks. The imagie is immediately after completion, with masking tape and paintrushes still present. Digital illustration of a character floating in an abstract space-textured background. The character resembles a fox, with fur in shades of grey and purple. It's eyes are solid black and it has a black gem on it's forehead, and instead of a tail it has a nebula-like cloud floating behind.
September 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Aight, #InverteFest guys, here are some wet bugs for you!
🦑 🐡

Blue line hermit crab, Sand sifting sea star
Sexy shrimp, Atlantic cleaner shrimp

#art #linedrawing #drawing #aquatic #marine #shrimp #crab #starfish #invertebrate
Photo of a line drawing on beige toned paper of a blue line hermit crab using sepia and white ink Photo of a line drawing on beige toned paper of a sand-sifting starfish using sepia and white ink. Photo of a line drawing on beige toned paper of a sexy shrimp using sepia and white ink. Photo of a line drawing on beige toned paper of a cleaner shrimp using sepia and white ink.
August 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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I used to think jellyfish were overrated
Then they kinda became one of my favourite groups of animals
❤️

Aurelia aurita, Moon jelly

🦑🐡
#art #painting #watercolour #jellyfish #moonjellyfish #sealife
Photo of an A4 watercolor painting of three moon jellyfish, aurelia aurita, with watercolours and ink. Shades of blue and teal are used, with drips and platters of paint, and black and white ink for details. In the background is wood grain and artificial plants.
August 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Red-Billed hornbill, 2019
🪶🐡🪶
An older style I really like, and need to try again.

#art #linedrawing #ink #watercolour #birdart #hornbill
August 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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August 4th is #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay ! :D

#art #linedrawing #ink #natureart #birdart #birds #owl
Photo of a 7x5 inch illustration of a eurasian eagle owl on brown toned paper, in ball-point pen and white ink. In the background is wood grain and fake plants.
August 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Stargazers
🦉🐡🌙

#art #digitalart #owl #goldfish
Digital illustration with a textured, gradiented background in warm shades of red, orange and yellow, and small white stars. There is the silhouette of a fancy goldfish and a barn owl, with their outlines and eyes in white, along with delicate moon and star details within their silhouettes in white too.
July 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Little goobers with baby faces 🥺 🐦✨

Lineolated Parakeets

#art #painting #watercolour #petportrait #parrots #birds #birdart #natureart
Photo of a watercolor painting on A5 sized paper of two lineolated/barred parakeets perched on a stick together, looking towards the viewer. The painting uses only a single mauve colour in different opacities, and black and white ink.
July 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Thank you for the art share!

How about emotional, but in a personal sense for me!
Photo of a painting of a red fox head and neck, in vibrant shades of yellow, orange and red, with splatters and drips of paint. In the background is wood grain and artificial vines. Pen drawing on brown toned paper with sepia and white ink, depicting a green sea turtle. Photo of a watercolour painting of a shoebill stork, in green and blue with splatters and drips of paint around it. Watercolour painting on white paper of a portrait of the head and neck of a male and a female peafowl. In the background is wood grain and artificial leaves.
July 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I'm delighted to inform you that it is once again #sharkawarenessday !
🦑🐡🦈

#art #painting #watercolour #shark #sealife #zebrashark
Photo of an A4 sized watercolour painting depicting a zebra shark in silhouette from above, with bright blues, oranges and beiges in colour, and black and white ink for the details, and drips and splatters of paint and ink.
July 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Stargazers
🦊🐡🌙

#art #digitalart #fox #cat
Digital illustration with a textured, gradiented background in warm shades of red, orange and yellow, and small white stars. There is the silhouette of a domestic cat and a red fox, with their outlines and eyes in white, along with delicate moon and star details within their silhouettes in white too.
July 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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My Ko-Fi store is being stocked!

There are prints and products available, and I am working on adding original artworks! (It's time consuming haha, keep checking back, or let me know if there's something specific you want)

⬇️⬇️⬇️
ko-fi.com/ghostofthese...

#art #bsnm #artshop
Collage of 4 photos. The first shows a transparent sticker with an illustration of a hummingbird with moon themed accents in white ink, stuck on a bamboo pot. The second shows 3 bookmarks, each with a different design with a patterned gradient background and a white outline of an animal with moon details. The third shows a small black notebook with a transparent sticker with an outline of a cat with moon details in white ink on. The last shows portions of two small art prints and one large art print, nestled amongst cardboard.
July 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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This painting is in a weird space between 'I'm really happy with the colours and how they depict the goldfish'. But also 'I'm just never happy with how it looks when scanned/photographed'.

Painted in 2022, Watercolour and gouache
#art #watercolour #houache #painting #goldfish #fish #natureart
Photo of a painting on A4 paper depicting two fancy goldfish, painted in gouache, with a textured blue watercolour background. One fish is mostly white with red-orange splotches, whilst the other is mostly red-orange with white markings and black speckles and a small oranda wen. The gouache has been used in a way to imply the shading of individual scales and give the painting texture. In the background are fake vines on wood grain.
July 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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For my first time having a physical stall somewhere, I think this wasn't half bad!

(No but really ;u; It was so nice and motivational as an artist, and even though it was a small event, getting to see people in person who wanted to buy things I had made/designed!!! aaaaa)
Photograph of a table on an area of trimmed grass with a small gazebo above it. On the table are a variety of products, paintings, prints, tote bags and some succulent plants being most visible. There are a few trays and photo frames, and some fake vines twist around the objects on the table.
July 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM