pikaole
patreon
[wip] Coelacanth
🕑 Added 2020-12-25 07:32:47 +0000 UTCOriginally, I was thinking of drawing rats before the end of 2020,
but suddenly the idea of a coelacanth shining like a jewel came up.
It seems to be the influence of a deep-sea Christmas I drawn a while ago.
Coelacanths are deep-sea creatures, there are only two known living coelacanth species(until now)! WestIndian Ocean Coelacanth (blue one, We mainly know) and Indonesian Coelacanth.
(They are actually close to dark brown, but I painted pink to match the mood of the painting. There is a pink manta ray, so may be a pink coelacnath somewhere in the deep sea🤫)
They were one of the fish that have existed since ancient times, and people thought they were extinct, but they were found again in 1938.
This is some kind of set with Chimaera (Ghost sharks).
They live in the deep sea, so It also would be nice to draw on a dark background, but what if we look for data on deep-sea fish, it's always on a dark background. (or their dead body) but I wanted to make them feel more dreamy and friendly.
1. First Sketch
2. Crop
I took care of crop size in advance, as I want this picture to look good on any crop. I increased the canvas size accordingly.
3. It is always helpful to see pictures in black and white.
4. CMYK vs RGB
To briefly explain for non-digital artist,
RGB is a mixture of light, and CMYK is a mixture of paints.
The pictures we see on the monitor are RGB and CMYK is used for printing.
This is the difference between the bright and bright colors of the monitor and dark when printed.
Since I am a digital artist, I mainly work in RGB.
But sometimes I get a feeling at the coloring stage...
"Oh no, the color I'm using right now is a color that can never come out same when printing 🤯 " (Mainly fluorescent color, light blue, light pink, purple)
So, looking at the WIP gif, I changed the color to cmyk in the middle, but in the end, I used the RGB light color again at the last moment🤣
Still, since I checked cmyk in the middle, it is more fully considered color selection than when I did not do this. This process takes a little longer, but if you have something to print later (such as a postcard for you) it will be less difficult when we do a print test.
5. This is the final crop. Twitter cropping image mainly on the text, so I took care of the location of the watermark (pikaole) for showing the fish in the center when I uploaded.
Thank you!
![[wip] Coelacanth](https://img5.leaqio.com/storage/7/yr/km/9e04c0-019e8c3a-fe14-777c-b8b8-c1de0f4d1dab.gif)
Comments
pikaole
Me too🥰🙌🙌
fred
I love Coelacanths! <3 <3
pikaole
yes yes! It's great that this fish has been existed for a very long time😚💕💕
Aluvian
Coelcanth are the coolest fish! Like living fossils
pikaole
Fish is always love! Thanks Tony!
pikaole
Thanks Elaori! I think you really like pastel shades!🥰💕(and me too!)
Tony Richmond
Yess! I love coelocanth! I'm so glad you made this 😊❤️
Elaori
This is soo beautiful! Definitely came out dreamy like you said. I love the colors <3
pikaole
Oh, they're gonna be a great deep sea set, thank you so much Kaitlyn🥰💕
Kaitlyn Stanhope
I love new wallpapers!!! Thanks I actually have the ghost shark stickers on the back of my phone case :) ahhh!!!! I’m so excited
pikaole
Thanks Lovewin! i am making wallpaper now, will upload soon :D
Divi (Lovewin)
This fish is my favorite. I can't wait for the wallpaper. This is gorgeous!! Seeing the process is always fun and makes me want to think about colors in my art more
pikaole
Thank you very much Laetitia! Happy you like my WIP :D
pikaole
Thanks for read my post senkoushoujo😁Glad you like this colors
It's so interesting to see the whole process 😍 thank you for sharing these dreamy coelacanths 👏❤️
senkoushoujo
Oohh I love this 😳💕💕💕 the colours are so nice! And I love seeing your process & the thoughts you put into your work ☺️💖
