Story of the Fish

This picture details the process used in making the fish, sans gesture.  I'll detail the process below.

1.)  The hideous sketch.  Enough to know where I want my shadows and lights to go. 

2.)  The fleshing out.  Notice that the mouth has changed.  The truth is that it really shouldn't be smiling like that.  I tried to make those angler type fish.  That's what happens when you don't use a reference image.  I do like the smile though

3.)  Basically the final of the image in monochrome.

4.)  Colors and textures are brought together here, though I left the textures out to show how it looks without them.

5.)  The final result.  All the remaining details are here.  Particles, lights, glows and textures.