Jewel Renee Illustration

After scanning in my drawing and uploading it to Photoshop, I built a vector layer  following the silhouette of the peacock mantis shrimp....

I've colorized the drawing layer and added a vector layer with a gradient to introduce color to this little guy.  He's really cute, ...

Four layers into coloring in Photoshop, this little one is starting to look cute.  I'm very pleased that the blue gradient I use for und...

This is the first above water view in the series, I'm keeping the gradient, but experimenting with a ripple highlight layer.  The overal...

Captured on paper anyway. Here's an in progress of the color layers. I moved him to the top left of the composition to add a little dr...

I've imported the sketch into photoshop, and started layering colors. I'd like to bring back the relaxed watercolor feel of the blue...

Ok, I've scanned the drawing and imported it into photoshop.  I chose a rust tone for the line art layer, and ochre for the base color l...

I've imported the scanned drawing and started adding color.  At this point it reminds me of my favorite bag from  Seaside Cloth and Gras...