Extreme close-up of the eye of THIS exact giant squid (Architeuthis dux) from the reference image: same reddish-maroon body, same 3D animated-movie rendering style, same dim blue twilight-zone ocean light. Scientifically accurate giant squid eye, about the size of a football, on the side of the head just above where the arms begin.
A massive, deep black circular pupil fills most of the eye, surrounded by a thin, metallic silver-gold iridescent iris ring.
The eye opening sits flush with the smooth head skin, edged by a thin, smooth, tight skin fold; at the front corner, on the side facing the arms, the opening has a distinct small teardrop-shaped notch (the anterior sinus), so the outline of the opening is slightly teardrop-shaped while the pupil inside stays round.
The surrounding wet skin is reddish-maroon, speckled with natural dark-red and brown chromatophore spots of clearly varying sizes, some small and contracted, some larger and spread out.
At the edge of the frame one arm curves away, its suckers in two neat rows, each sucker a small cup on a short stalk with a pale toothed ring around its rim.
Soft underwater light, one gentle glossy catchlight on the dark lens, faint glowing particles in dark blue water. Only the squid.
