Thursday, September 22, 2011

Lionfish Illustration


I really liked the shallow water feel in the balloon fish and blue sea slug illustrations, so I used a similar gradient for my background.  The detail on this fish took a few hours to draw, so I expected to spend as many hours adding color to it.  Here is the in progress:


The final illustration follows, the result of 10 hours of color work in photoshop.  So pretty, but his expression is definitely the don't mess with me variety.

3 comments:

  1. He seems peaceful, yet totally about to kill something. Like a spiky, striped ninja. Love it. :)

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  2. That's some incredible work! I really like watching these guys at aquariums and such, I think you did him justice.

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  3. Thanks Jenn and kilted! He's got charisma, that's for sure.

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