deep sea dragon by Apsaravis

I drew this for

's contest.
The creature is mostly based on the viperfish. There are lots of really cool deep sea fish species, but the viperfish is my favourite one along with Gigantactis (and the blobfish is the most hilarious)

Photoshop

TimeAbandoned Featured By Owner Oct 13, 2018 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Not gonna lie, that would be an epic death.

HUBLERDON Featured By Owner Jan 20, 2017 Hobbyist General Artist

Cool!

Hey, got any ideas here?

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artdog22 Featured By Owner Nov 8, 2016

Really great work and pretty scary too.

AngelicTofu Featured By Owner Oct 22, 2016 Hobbyist General Artist

I love the texture of the scales and the detail in.. everything omg

RaveGalaxy Featured By Owner Jun 14, 2015 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Pictures like this are why I hate the ocean.

Nightshade551 Featured By Owner Aug 29, 2015 Hobbyist Digital Artist

yep

CaterFisher Featured By Owner Nov 14, 2014

Mikartturi Featured By Owner May 15, 2014 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Very impressive!

hecc95 Featured By Owner Mar 10, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

amazing

NixKat Featured By Owner Mar 9, 2014 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Creative.

MasterCobalion Featured By Owner Feb 19, 2014

Super cool! The sea dragon looks awesome!

Phesant33 Featured By Owner Jan 15, 2014 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Very nicely done

squishiergnat Featured By Owner Jan 15, 2014 Student General Artist

it looks like a deep sea dragonfish haha

DawnEmperor Featured By Owner Nov 10, 2013

Reminded of an oarfish!

DawnEmperor Featured By Owner Nov 5, 2013

It reminds me more of an oarfish actually

Pyrovilekiller Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

There's actually a fish called the black sea dragon, 'Idiacanthus Atlanticus' not sure if you took inspiration off of it as well or not haha.

Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiacant...

Dramatic Image of one in real life: www.google.com.au/search?safe=...

Scura Featured By Owner Jul 4, 2013 Student Artist

Awesome!

xVeRvAiNx Featured By Owner Aug 21, 2013

so is your icon (0A0)

AstroFox624 Featured By Owner Jun 24, 2013

*insert bigger fish quote here*

plzwork112234 Featured By Owner Jun 14, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Deep Sea: A mix of hell and outer space

wulfjakal Featured By Owner May 24, 2013

so awesome...i can imagine this one on the deep seas...it's terrifin' and amazing

HighRiseSkyLine Featured By Owner May 5, 2013 Student General Artist

Just bought the first print of this! So excited to get it, its amazing!

ladyarah Featured By Owner Mar 28, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I just wanted to let you know that I put this in an art feature in my group

, in the article "Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 53 - Sea Serpents" You can find it here: [link] ^_^

YemaYema Featured By Owner Mar 19, 2013 Professional General Artist

Sweet. I like how you rendered the water also, it has a very natural look.

Stalcry Featured By Owner Mar 16, 2013 Student Digital Artist

Marvelous! I love the pose of the creature, the posture seems so natural. And the different color bioluminescence!

pandemoniumfire Featured By Owner Feb 23, 2013 Student General Artist

This is epic! I really love the contrasting glowing things.

ChocoboSwarm Featured By Owner Feb 16, 2013

I always wondered what lurked below, it looks just real enough. Great work

Pyroraptor42 Featured By Owner Jan 23, 2013

Nice! it remidns to me the oarfish!!

SameerPrehistorica Featured By Owner Jan 22, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I like the coloration

JaqErant92 Featured By Owner Jan 21, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Amazing! Love the creativity.

BirdGVee Featured By Owner Oct 20, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

wow - great idea! (and work :3)

dragonmaximus Featured By Owner Sep 13, 2012

bellissimo

Afiqi Featured By Owner Aug 31, 2012 Professional Interface Designer

Im having nightmare tonight

papilio-rising Featured By Owner Aug 29, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

uaa! I get shivers from that!

But amazing and very beautiful

Skkon Featured By Owner Jul 25, 2012

^w^ YAY!!! -throws arms in the air and waves them about- DEEP SEA! Finally someone who likes glow fishes!!!

Hennesey Featured By Owner Apr 23, 2012

Pretty twisted.

Celestialhost Featured By Owner Mar 29, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

I like that

Leviatan10 Featured By Owner Mar 14, 2012 Hobbyist Artist

Really really really cooooooll ! ^^

TheeOaken Featured By Owner Feb 21, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

i cant spot your sig, i always look for one, but remember next time to put it if you didnt, it would break my heart if anyone steels this

Caessaes Featured By Owner Jan 24, 2012

I like the design, the incredible creatures of the deep ocean are always a good inspiration.

corgilover123 Featured By Owner Dec 22, 2011 Student

woah this is cool

GFgym13 Featured By Owner Dec 17, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

looks cool!

varpunen-laulaa Featured By Owner Dec 16, 2011

Ahhh I love creatures of the deep sea! This is gorgeous.

Tassadar-nord Featured By Owner Oct 23, 2011

A teraz pytanie brzmi jak nazywamy tego stwora? Chauliodus editius?

oribi Featured By Owner Oct 19, 2011 Student General Artist

Fajne połączenie tej zabawnej ryby ze smokiem

Zawsze mnie przerażała

Bardzo też mi się podoba to, jak zrobiłaś głębinę

Apsaravis Featured By Owner Oct 23, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Dzięki

Ja ogólnie bardzo lubię wężorowate pod względem wizualnym

Nickenings Featured By Owner Oct 16, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

wow, its beaytiful!

EternityVampyr Featured By Owner Oct 14, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

What a fantastic creature! I love the glowing points on its throat and spines, it just makes it that much more plausible knowing that real-life deep-sea creatures can emit light like this too

I love the detail on the beast, and the use of its own light catching that lovely skin/scale detail