Scylla Ceto

Here is the finished piece for my 10,000 Kiriban, won by She wanted me to draw her stilla wolf character, Scylla Ceto, an aquatic wolf with calico butterfly koi attributes. I was left with artistic freedom, and I like how well it came out

I've paced myself well on this one. It took me about 5 days to complete this one compared to two weeks with occasional breaks. I enjoyed working on this, the idea is fabulous, and I'm glad I got to draw it.

Background water stock --> [link] by

(I was having a hard time trying to make a gray overlay layer of water ripples, but it looked all wrong to me. But this stock photo works well, and I love the water near Scylla Ceto' tail.

Bubbles brush --> [link] by

(I made the brush specifically for this piece. The last time I painted bubbles, I painted each one, and that was a difficult task to do. So for this, I looked up how to make brushes, drew a bubble the way I wanted it to be, and make it into a brush.)

Photo references provided by So that people can see what helped me to get to the final result of this image.
Stillas
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Koi Fish
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There are some things that I will fix later tonight. Like the highlight in the eye and more sun rays.

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