10 May 2007

Baby swordfish illustration

I've just designed some baby rompers for a couple of friends in our sailing team who are becoming daddies this year.

My initial sketches looked like this:


However, I soon came to realise that they had nothing to do with swordfish but looked more like mutant dolphins or something. So I rechecked my references and came up with this sketch:


There was still something fishy about it though. So eventually, I changed the proportions of the body to give it a younger and more vivid look.


Update: Two quick shots of the finished product.


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