PEACOCK GROUPER Cephalopholis argus ( NOT A PHOTOGRAPH OR PHOTOMANIP) by DilettantO
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PEACOCK GROUPER Cephalopholis argus ( NOT A PHOTOGRAPH OR PHOTOMANIP) by

First of 4 digital paintings created using Corel Painter X for a WWF First Day Cover envelope issue for Aitutaki featuring 2 kinds of Grouper: Peacock and Tomato. This is the first of the 2 ‘Peacocks’ and is shown in the unvignetted version.

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About DilettantO

I have been a freelance illustrator for over 35 years. For the last 10 or so, I have been working almost exclusively digitally, using Corel Painter x V on PC. I do NOT manipulate photographs to create my paintings. I use photos for reference purposes only.
Most of my work is for the WWF Stamp Collection.

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fish, grouper, cephalopholis argus, underwater, ocean marine

Comments

  • Trish Threlfall
    Trish Threlfallover 1 year ago

    wow !! awesome :))

  • Thanks Trish. The background took as long to paint as the fish! X

    – DilettantO

  • Lozzie5243
    Lozzie5243over 1 year ago

    A very impressive looking fish!! Given that there’s such a huge amount of detail in the entire piece, I guess you’ve been working on it all day, or longer. Great outcome anyway – hope the powers that be are pleased with it……they should be……XXXX

  • Thanks Lozzie. Errr….two and a half days’ worth in fact. The fish and the background took about as long as eachother, but I might be able to use the background again an the other design, with a bit of tweaking.XXXX

    – DilettantO

  • Jack Knock
    Jack Knockover 1 year ago

    like it, look forward to seeing a underocean scene

  • Trish Meyer
    Trish Meyerover 1 year ago

    Great work!