Fish-Hybrid Creature Concept

Hello guys, haven't updated for a long time!
I started to be interested in creature design in late 2022. Cause when I was working on the Guardians of the North piece, which was a futuristic female soldier with a Tibet mastiff, I found that I had no idea how to design an original creature. If I did know that the dog design could be a lot more interesting. So I started to draw creatures from real life for a few months and registered for creature design classes with Terryl Whitlach. Terryl didn't touch those pieces, which means I designed those completely on my own, but her classes on Schoolism are very inspirational. She was a kind person, and highly knowledgeable about creature design.
Anyway, I do enjoy designing creatures. For this time I didn't make my creatures too alien, because I want people to feel like those creatures can be pre-historical and really have once existed on earth. I also saved and posted my design process this time, so you can see my thought process and references while doing this piece. If you want to see a more detailed process, you can join my discord and follow my daily stream on twitch.
Once again, it is purely painted, nor photobash, nor 3D nor AI. Enjoy!
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