Teeming with Life (2020)
Information Illustration - Project 3 (teeming with life) - Ship wrecks of the Deep sea (Artificial Reef System).
A portrayal of life 1000m below the ocean's surface. Creatures were intentionally left unlabeled to emphasis the lack of knowledge on these animals, some are often known only by a Latin name and nickname. Now they are numbered and a column of details gives some general info under their name.
Final Poster Image (reduced size)
Finished Graphite render (reduced size)
Introduction
Pre-render close ups
Graphite render process
Photoshop test, final composition, discussion roughs.
Battleship Yamato reference and practice.
Shipwreck reference
Blunt nose seven gill shark and hag fish
rat tail and ghost shark
sea cucumber, sea pig, octopus
Glass sponge and tripod fish
Other creature images.
Internet and video research.