Samurai Shark - Bounty Hunter

This was actually one of my wife's amazing suggestions - "A samurai sharkman with a goldfish friend as a necklace" - I tried my best. I love sharks anyways (I mean, I named my studio after them) I looked at Halo's Elites for his posture as I didnt want to just draw a human with a shark head but I forgot his tail! I may draw this guy again and add that in.

I enjoyed building a backstory for this guy so I added all sorts of trinkets and charms and a hodgepodge of gear to make him look like his armor has been pieced together as he sees fit over time. His Goldfish i purposely made bug-eyed and cute looking to contrast the fierce shark face, which I based his colors and face off a real picture of a Sand Tiger Shark. I love their golden-greenish yellow eyes and horribly menacing snaggletooth mouths with teeth jutting out everywhere haphazardly.

Traditional sketch with markers - scanned in PS for signature, color adjustments and resizing only.

Final Piece - The print looks like this as well.

Face Details, Necklaces, Piercings, Scars, Goldfish friend, Radio tag in fin, transparent blue knife sheath, grenade, sharktooth motif around pad, pinion wing charm.

Smart watch with holographic display (Reads the time [always my birthday] and has my dedication to my wife as this was her idea, copyright), power beads (I love power beads) My initials on the belt buckle.

Lower details, including a keychain lantern by Spalinger Designs (on instagram) "G" for my last name on the pommel of the sword.