This illustration of a middle-aged whale symbolizes the artist’s struggle as a middle-aged man in the trades, facing the challenges of physical labor and the relentless passage of time. The whale, rendered through a combination of pen-and-paper sketching and digital coloring using GIMP, captures the artist's internal battle, the unseen gravity that pulls him towards creating art, and the undeniable fact that he is grinding himself away at work. The use of mixed media reflects the merging of different aspects of life and the complex emotions that drive the artist’s creative expression.

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