initially this was a speed sketch, but i ended up picking at it a few hours a day just to relax. then i eventually reached the 'point of no return' where i had worked on it for too long to not finish it. so here it is!

i'm aware that the kimono design makes no sense and she's wearing it too high on her chest. sorry!

drawn in photoshop CS3 with an intuos3 tablet. ref used for hands and fish. textures from cgtextures.com , tips on how to use textures can be found here - [link] and for other tips check out my f.a.q - [link]