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[wip] Chimaera (Ghost shark)
🕑 Added 2020-08-02 03:42:59 +0000 UTCOne thing I felt while I was looking for reference is that people and some media outlets describe them as deep sea monsters.
They're usually smaller than adults (50cm~150cm (2~ 4.9 ft) ), and they don't eat people.
I think people tend to feel spooky about deep-sea fish because of their dead body on the land.
This made me choose a pastel-colored palette. I wanted to express them dreamy and shiny. Not a monster, not spooky fish.
Here is photo link about living Large-eyed rabbitfish. Look at their beautiful fins.
Somehow I kept feeling they looked like a big corydoras catfish.
They both live on the bottom, and they have sharp/toxin fin spines in their dorsal fins for defense.
* Tool/program :
- sketch ~ color thumbnail : procreate
- paint : Adobe photoshop CC
Narrownose chimaera, Rabbit fish, Spotted ratfish, Whitespot ghost shark, Pointy-nosed Blue chimaera, Large-eyed rabbitfish, Leopard chimaera, Australian ghost shark
Next time, I'm going to draw ray fish as I said :D
After that, I will probably draw a honeybee on August 15 if I don't miss it.
Thank you!
![[wip] Chimaera (Ghost shark)](https://img10.leaqio.com/storage/2/jf/bf/9e04c0-019e8c3b-0dca-72b7-a30b-eb68ab9edf79.gif)
Comments
pikaole
Sure I looooove them! I drew them once :D https://www.patreon.com/posts/wip-cephalopod-32826885
fred
Oh speaking of deep sea with beautiful fins, have you ever seen blanket octopus? https://external-preview.redd.it/2bl51q_1JdtBkI9uO86GunJHjx6mYZnvaKAtZGg0NEQ.jpg?s=f99a004d53c144d4df2bd88e94adc5fe1d8ef5ef
pikaole
Happy to hear that! Awww whiptail catfish has wonderful long fins too XD Hehehe Thank you so much for using them as wallpaper too!
Elaori
You did such a beautiful job with the colors!! I gasped when I saw it on twitter last night. Going to be using the wallpaper immediately <3 They totally do kind of look like corydoras..or perhaps whiptail catfish! :D
