The many colours of an octopus - Rebecca Jenkins

For this project I chose to focus on octopi and the way they change colour. My aim was to create an animation that would be shown in an aquarium as it is specifically aimed to educate children in a fun way. I made this animation on Procreate and used traditional and digital medium to give it the textured feel that can be seen. My animation includes an octopus that is changing colour to help it blend in with its surroundings to avoid being eaten by a hungry sperm whale in the distance.

Alice Fynn - Mimic Optopus

 

Zine and Augmented Artwork video

This zine is a children's book-inspired zine on the Mimic Octopus' predator evasion techniques which include mimicry, (colour and pattern) camouflage, burying, jet propulsion and the use of ink as a diversion to hide from and fool predators. The zine also shows how the Mimic Octopus hunts and aims to educate about these behaviours in a fun and engaging way, aimed at 5-9 year olds. The last page is augmented with animated imagery.

Octopus Meets Sushi Chef- Oren Somers-Baines

 
I had lots of fun and boring options of an octopus swimming or crawling but wanted to add another animal and take him away from his natural habitat and do the end of the food chain for him. Luckily he's a smart one and is shown dodging the knife. I wanted to show the struggle and urge that the octopus has against the pain and inevitability of painful death. Octopus are very intelligent creatures - not only do octopus experience physical pain when abused, they are capable of feeling emotional pain. Imagine seeing your fellow octopus being dismembered and you're next - just feel its inhuman on the octopus to be killed alive like that.