15 May 2021

Another fish illustration


This one took longer and was harder to  figure out... I didn't really get the scales as defined as I would have liked. Something I still need to get my head around. Fish are hard, the skin is multi coloured and shimmers especially this kind of fish so it is a challenge to get it even close to looking right. The reference photos I used is below for comparison. The photo wasn't great, to be honest I don't know why I had not deleted it from my files - but it was a nice subject to practice with. I might have used it as cut in some animation project but I really do not remember. Adding the deep blue made the illustration look much more vibrant



2 comments:

T' said...

It's lovely. You really captured the fluidity of the fish. Never tried scales. Might be you could try one more layer and do some line work in a color slightly darker than the darkest gold here? Don't know but I think these exercises are doing you good!

Behemoth media said...

I think that technique you mentioned or something close might be the solution. I did dragon scales that way once and it might work here too. I also just couldn't see some obvious in hindsight patterns in the scales I could have used