Illustration: final project.

The purpose of this project was to depict an environment in the vein of a National Geographic photo spread with the main criterion being the inclusion of at least 30 indigenous species. The environment I chose is the Indo-Pacific coral reef zone. I’d say the most difficult aspect of this particular assignment was nailing the composition. Otherwise, rendering the various organisms was a challenge only because I couldn’t get accurate reference for some stuff, namely the red coral crab. Anyway, the next step involves painting and I’m just hoping I finish in time…

Reference and scale:

Various detail shots including primary focal points:

Completed pencil rendering at approximately 13″ x 26″:

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