Jewel Renee Illustration

Here is the finished owl illustration.  I used the same background gradient from nautilus, only in reverse.  A nice flat tree line silhouett...

Well Roc is done.  I used the water texture pattern on the manatee as well, then used my wacom tablet to shade him all on one layer set to 3...

Some soft shading and slim whiskers finish off this sweet otter family.  

All done!  A bit of shadow and sketchy seaweed anchors the bottom.  A lighter background layer brings the image into the shallows.   A smud...

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

It took me almost a week to get up the nerve to finish this.  There are many types of moray eels. Quite a  a few of them are gorgeously patt...

I decided on natural coloring for the finished illustration. I did try the dark purple/bright orange combo and liked it. However, I will kee...

After opening my octopus drawing in Photoshop, I started building vector layers to add volume.  I also experimented with colors.  They won...

After importing the scanned pencil drawing into Photoshop, I began to build vector layers to add color.  I tend to work in vector when I...