- The Sands
- Terror From The Deep Egg
- Lonely Starfish Egg
- Someone's Worst Nightmare Egg
- Darting Predator with Bubbling Plumage Egg
- Striated Mane Egg
- Gelatinous Egg
- Grasping Tendrils Egg
- Star Basket Egg
- Sublime Submarine Grotto Egg
- Infernalis Egg
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Terror From The Deep Egg
Soft azure mixes with gentle swirls of teal and pure, flowing sky blue. Soft jets of samite stream from the top of the egg to the bottom, growing broader as they go. Gentle mounds of a brassy sort of brown grace the base of the smooth curve of the egg, the high edges highlighted with a shimmer of brightness. Through the calm tableau breaks a form of darker blue and dull grey. Smooth, scaly curves draw ever closer, hard ridges and sharp teeth standing out only due to the streaming lights and fade imperceptibly into the distance. Centered on the egg is a beige-pink swath at angle, surrounded by long, sharp protrusions. And above that? Just the bright, red-gold flash of an eye, ever watchful.
Described by: Orinlatan
Egg Inspiration: The inspiration behind the picture/egg is the Leviathan. A large sea creature of legend said to haunt the deepest parts of the sea and surface only to attack unwary sailors.
Picture: http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e205/jaxxom87/Terror_of_the_Deep.jpg
Lonely Starfish Egg
This egg is colored an endless blue-gray of the ocean floor. But wait, what's that? The dark green of seaweed can also be seen here and there. Between two such lumps of seaweed green is a lonely-looking splash of color. Bright pink and peach in the shape of a star, bumpy little tendrils of color upon the star shape seeming to swish back and forth on the surface of the egg. The star rests upon another slightly larger shape. The shape of a clam shell, colored in gray with barely noticable streaks of white and a patch of seaweed green.
Described by: Jeneeva
Egg Inspiration: I chose this because of the starfish stands out so much from everything else and it almost makes me feel the starfish may be lonely. So anyways here's what I came up with for the description.
Picture: http://www.freeware-downloads.com/graphics/largeimages/under_the_sea_screensaver-101223.jpeg
Someone's Worst Nightmare Egg
Encased in a world within a fragile orb, twix the expanse of a murky aqua sky and broken shells scattered on sand, gathers creatures straight out of someone's worst nighmare. Spines and protrusions emerge from mottled carapaces, attenuated eye stalks stare in crustacean wrath, and claws waver menacingly as if ready to reach past the illusionary thin barrier. There are dozens upon dozens of these multi-legged forms, brightly huged in orange and yellow against pale white and dark splotches, all patiently waiting to suddenly lurch to shore.
Described by: S'tao
Egg Inspiration: This picture was inspired by someone's worst nightmare and some mighty good eatings for everyone else. Though honestly, the swarming of spider crabs is a rather astonishing sight to behold and recent swarms have been large enough to cover an entire football field!
Picture: http://museumvictoria.com.au//pages/6036/gallery/spidercrab4.jpg
Darting Predator with Bubbling Plumage Egg
Darkest blues of midnight conceal distant depths beyond the greens of life triumphant. In dim light, peaceful entreaties of marine motion are broken by sudden and deliberate encroachment of that which hunts above the horizon. Feathery protrusions break serenity at tip of pointed hungry appendage, arrowing into the deep for sustenance hoped for. Bathed in light, airy bubbles, predator eases downward, following bubbles surging upward back to the birth of the angry disturbance, a winged encroacher swathed in bright plumage.
Described by: Darius
Egg Inspiration: I am constantly fascinated by that which is out of place. It could be anything in any situation, but something that is unexpected or unwanted always catches my attention. Obviously the bird is encroaching on the fish's territory, but it pushes past, out of it's own comfort zone to accomplish the task that it /must/ do. In the bird's case, it must eat to live. Even here, among the fish's home, the bird is the one who succeeds because it has either the determination and the skills to succeed — or a really great sneak attack.
Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/56814045@N00/5804897695/in/set-72157626900548092/
Striated Mane Egg
In bands of crisp white and sienna, in a feather like spray that stretches from near its equator and upward, fanning out to nearly the full circumference, this egg egg is a striking contrast of bold colors. In some places variegated sharply and starkly, with crisp points of delineation between the clean white bands and the reddish-brown stripes, and in some places prone to a more woolly and indistinct blurring of the two dominant hues, the imagery seems almost inorganic, as if the feathery spines don't belong anywhere in nature. Were it not for the egg being naturally shallower at the apex and broader at the base, the careless criss-cross of color would make it a dizzying effort to discern which way was up where this egg is concerned.
Described by: Thevaryn
Egg Inspiration: I picked lionfish because they're cool-looking, frankly. They're weirdly shaped, with venomous spines that shoot out from their bodies like feathers - or a mane, if you will. They're actually something like pests of the sea, having become an invasive species in the Atlantic after being accidentally introduced to the east coast of the United states.
Picture: http://divingdominicanrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/lionfish.jpg
Gelatinous Egg
A certain quality of shininess imbues this egg with a slimy quality. Tangerine essence soaks into the shell, puffing out into a translucent, globular mass at the top and cinching in near the midpoint. Umber brown fingers clench in a circular fashion from apex to midpoint, resembling eerie skeletal digits. Pale lemon-cream and chiffon tendrils cascade in a curtain from the mushroom-shaped globular mass, haphazardly curling their way to the bottom.
Described by: Delia
Egg Inspiration: I'm a fan of jellyfish. They are so beautiful, and some, so deadly! The gorgeous orange and brown tones I thought would be very pretty in an egg shaped form. They are almost egg shaped to begin with. In addition to the look of the jelly, their tentacles grab prey so efficiently and sting it with the nematocysts, the little harpoon-like cells that are triggered by chemicals. One of many reasons you should not call a jellyfish your 'Squishy' and make it yours. Just. Don't.
Grasping Tendrils Egg
All rough shell and sand, the majority of this shell is plain and sandy. However, spreading out along the top have are ripples and tendrils of color. Not vibrant color, but of pale yellows, greens and blues. Like a squished flower, only no two vines spreading out in the same direction, excepting ever outward.
Described by: Lisya
Egg Inspiration: Growing up in the Bay Area, school trips to the beach were mandatory - however, we never did get to go scuba-diving. As such, tide pools were a favorite destination. And what is the one thing every kid has to do at least once? Stick a finger in a sea anemone so that the tendrils suck themselves in. Also, although it's an animal, it looks like a flower.
Picture: http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/sea-anemone:anemonia-sulcata-photo-10895.html
Star Basket Egg
From the very heart of this round egg blooms a pale pink star. Thick tendrils gradually taper off to wisp-thin branches that thread outward in every direction. Some curl about themselves others arch outward as if seeking some elusive dream. There are so many, each and all hopelessly tangled with one another so as to make following any one individual branch nearly impossible. Surrounding it all is a deep plume of lavender, a stark contrast when set against the fleshy pink hues coloring the star.
Described by: Jordan
Egg Inspiration: I love how striking the colors are against one another - the light against the dark, and quite feminine colors, too. I also like how the basket star resembles a tree, a very ancient tree. All in all, I thought it was really neat looking and different.
Sublime Submarine Grotto Egg
Deep indigo inks its outer circumference, shading to black at the apogee of the shell's curve but marbling lush galaxies with cerulean and teal where the eye meets the surface dead-on. Mountainous architecture underpins sweeping arcs of emerald cut and shadowed by twilight clover, giving even the lurid billows of glowlight green a rocklike structure in shadows and planes. At the core of swirling color awaits visual respite: an arrowhead pool of deep sapphire and turquiose crisply edged in pale gray and gold, while focus comes from a blinding gleam of silvery white to the pool's right. Dimension and direction have little value, leaving the viewer to determine whether the tunnel draws one in, or leads one out.
Described by: Vyune
Egg Inspiration: I chose the grotto because I was looking for something that one didn't typically think of as being under the ocean, and underwater caverns are both unusual and gorgeous. That particular photo caught my eye due to the lush colors and clearly identifiable patterns: I thought it would both translate well into a desc and look awesome on the egg picture.
Infernalis Egg
No vestige of light is able to penetrate the inky shell, equally opaque tendrils breaking from the dark to creep along the curve of this egg. Midnight membrane is stretched tight, pulsating with the few hues that dare to stand out against the blackness. Edges tainted by crimson, webbing drifts with a murky iridescence, swooping from one lengthy coil to the next. Vicious thorns encompass the ovoid, rigid with threat as well as warning to all who dare approach. Upon closer inspection, the barbs may lose some of their ominous edge, but what is not lost is the intent to protect the vulnerable treasure within.
Described by: Klohi
Egg Inspiration: Vampyroteuthis infernalis translates to Vampire Squid from Hell and it is one of the trippiest animals in the ocean. It has several defense mechanisms, but one of my favorites is when it turns 'inside out' by pulling it's tentacles and webbing up around it's head. Nasty looking spines on it's limbs make predators think twice, though while scary they are actually harmless. Tricky fish, tricky fish! (Technically a cephalopod.)