Fish Heads

Sometimes I worry about myself. I worry about the fact I enjoy drawing horrible creatures that make people go, “Wow, that’s scary/strange/gross/horrifying.” But I do love it so~

And Nate said to me yesterday (well, technically it was the day before yesterday) after he got his 1920’s dapper gentleman haircut, “Hey, draw me a Deep One.” Usually his requests for me to draw him things consist of ideas like Cloud Strife vs. Busta Rhymes, to which I typically say no, in so many words. But a Deep One, although I have not actually read any Lovecraft myself and have only watched him play The Call of Cthulhu, I was willing to oblige.

HOWEVER, there is a twist! He wanted me to draw a Deep One with a head more akin to a Dunkleosteus than a more modern fish or frog. THAT is what sold me, friends!

Anyhow, it sketched up and inked quickly and easily. Working on color now, which was a minor challenge because I’m not used to making things look wet and slimey with traditional media. Good practice, though!

Some of the crosshatching on the armored head makes me think of fingerprints… .___.;

OH, it was my birthday yesterday. Whoops~