Animal: Shark bight

#1

Hi all,
This is an illustration that I worked on a few years back, no particular reason other then testing airbrush skills on computer, Please give me your comments, That will help me better my work.
Software: PSD, 5 working days,No tablets were used for the process of painting.

Thanks for your support, :slight_smile:


High-Res full image:
http://www.muharraqi-studios.com/images%20for%20uploads/shark-high-res.jpg




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#2

wow, the mood looks great, very nice anatomy, great perspective, and very clean smooth painting all done with a mouse…

i’m impressed

:slight_smile:

btw, is it finished? if not, what are you doing to complete it?

#3

Thanks for your great comments :), I think it’s finished unless some one has major changes for me to ad on. I wanted to post it on the finished work section, But the amount of things to do to Qualify confused me. :scream:

I have been an illustrator on manual airbrush almost 5 years, I never thought That I will convert the same thinking process onto a computer software, But to whom ever decides to try that, It’s great! It will production time.

#4

all done with a mouse? it looks great!! the lighting looks spectacular. keep up the good work.

-jason

#5

wow very niice! it’s so freakin clean for a mouse! did you use a photo refrence? it seems the back tail goes horizontal…i think sharks have vertical “tail fins” idunno what you call them.:smiley: anyways it’s fantastic!

#6

:)Thanks Guys, Yes I did have a reference for this one, But it was very bad & small, maybe if I dig hard enough on the net I might find this pose, But then I looked at many reference to help me to get the colors that I like & the skin look, I wasn’t going for a realistic look, I simply wanted to see how far I go with PSD. I don’t have the original photo reference because this image was done originally done in 1999, I think I was not even using any of the 3D packages that I use today, But I have always loved painting on computer, from the first day that I got introduced to PSD, I thought of it !
Again thanks for your good comments, It’s very much appreciated! :smiley:

#7

very nice work! my only crit is about the bubbles coming out of the shark’s mouth. they look flat and exactly the same. they kinda take me out of it and remind me that i’m looking at a flat screen. i guess i’d also like to see a little more of what he bit, or is going to bite, maybe. other than that i love the mood, the colors, the background, composition, lighting. nice!

#8

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