“For
small erections may be
finished by their first architects;
grand ones,
true ones,
ever leave the copestone to
posterity. God keep me from ever completing anything.
This
whole
book
is
but
a
draught—nay,
but the draught of a draught.
Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!”
— Herman Melville (Moby-Dick or, The Whale)
This print is by the exceptionally talented Tom Neely. It is over five feet tall in real life. Ink on paper. He makes comics and paintings. His website is called i will destroy you. Santa, if you are reading this, all I want for Christmas is this. I did try to draw The Whale . . . but this is incredible. You should definitely click that picture.