Thursday, September 20, 2012

Go Fish!

This is for fans of mollusks, echinoderms, cephalopods, vertebrates, chordates, and silly humor! I wanted to be a marine biologist when I was a kid and I used to read this book ALL THE TIME:
I had a kooky idea a while back, wrote it down, and put it into the idea drawer of my desk (I have a whole drawer now). It resurfaced this summer in a little sketch...
I dove into the library and checked out tons of books on coral reefs, shells, and ocean life. I am now a huge fan of cephalopods and nautical maps! And I had a little bit of fun with my sea creatures...
You can sea the whole illustration at my website (which now has a brand-new coloring page section for kids!) and hear the music that kept me company while I worked on it (which was way easier than holding a conch shell to my ear while painting!). 

Would you like to win your very own deck of silly Go Fish! cards? 
Leave a comment here and let me know which one of the creatures is your favorite (please include your email address). Winners will be announced on September 27th. (end with new nina joke)

What do you need when diving for shellfish?

Big Mussels!!! 


10 comments:

Michelle Henninger said...

These little sea friends are so adorable! My fav is Shelley though! Your turtles are the cutest turtles evah!!

Christina Rodriguez said...

I love your new coloring pages section!

Michaele Razi said...

What a great idea! Ringo Starfish--Ha! So awesome!

Anonymous said...

Dear A-NINA-ME: I conch pick a wav-orite...because I LOVE them all and would treasure a set of your GO FISH CARDS. Love, Fish Patty (patricia@patriciajmurphy.com)

Joy Steuerwald said...

HA! Nina, you crack me up. I love your cute collection of sea life. It's a wonderful idea. I had a hard time picking a favorite, but kept coming back to Marlin Perkins. Nicely done, Nina!

Elise N Black said...

You are so clever Nina!

Shirley said...

Gosh, it's a toss up between Lawrence Whelk and Ray Charles for me, Nina..this is absolutely adorable! I'd love a chance at your super creative go-fish cards..you rock!
shirley@shirleyngbenitez.com

PS -very cool that you wanted to be a marine biologist!

Molly said...

Jasper says he can't decide between the shark and the sea turtle. LOVE 'EM BOTH!
mollybethgriffin@gmail.com

Sharon Wagner said...

So cute. Count me in!

Nina Crittenden said...

Thank you all so much! xoxo