Jewel Renee Illustration

He doesn't look like much yet, but check back for the colored version!  This is the dragon or tiger moray.  They are highly patterned wi...

I had the time to color my starfish in one session, so I didn't post an in progress version.  I can offer you an alternate crop though: ...

Illustrating scary creatures has increased my tolerance of them.  However if the goal of this exercise is to actually swim in the ocean, I m...

I struggled to establish a twilight feel but in the end decided to keep this piece vibrant to fit with the series.  Soft murky shadows reall...

As A.K. pointed out in the last post's comments, Nautili are most active at twilight.  So I've surrounded this one with an inky sea....

To be honest, I was more familiar with the riveted submarine Captain Nemo piloted in Ten Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, than I was with the...

Finished!  I introduced the seaweed to give him scale and balance the composition.  I wonder if their shells feel hard or leathery?