[wip] Chimaera (Ghost shark) (Patreon)

Study / drawing

One 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!