Concept final piece

The Leviathan

              Leviathan

It's like an alien artifact staring right at you from the back of a woman. The light shines so dangerously bright.
This is my human version of the Leviathan. I'd add Japanese fish's fins to it but I think the simplicity stands out on it's own.

Progression of the Leviathan

This was a difficult process. Originally I was going to have hooks coming from the Leviathan woman with fish attached, but I couldn't find any secondary photo's on the internet suitable enough. So I changed my mind and decided to have these patterns shining light from her and changing her skin blue. Actually trying to transform her into a human Leviathan instead of just sharing my concept of one.

Using the pen tool I put dots from her face down to her body. I put a light glow of yellow and added  a lateral line which is what fish have to sense things in the water.

I tried adding faint purple patterns, orange lights and a motion blur to create the effect. The colors are stronger here but this is utter garbage. It doesn't look real and it the colors just don't work well enough.

Now this is where everything gets better. I use a radial blur on each now-white spot and I carefully designed the faint purple pattern. This looks realistic.

 I love all three of these outcomes because the lighting is just so pretty and intense. This was the first test with Exposer, in which I blacked the colours and intensified the blue.

The used the lighting filter here to create a strong light effect. It's like the back is staring at you, showering in strong lights. I love the intensity.

This is a more subtle but beautiful effect. It has the drama of the Equalized version but instead it has been filtered with a lens flare. This is my favorite.