Who says fishing boats don’t fly?

by thisnorthernboy

I recently ran a competition over on Instagram to win an illustration commission from me. I had over 150 entries – a lot more than I expected, and there were some fantastic suggestions of things for me to draw. The winner was Joseph Travis who asked if I could draw a steam powered fishing boat. How could I resist. Joseph didn’t mention if he wanted his fishing boat to be flying – but that’s what he got (hope he likes it).

Here’s the process, from sketch to final inked illustration.

Initial sketches.
Pencil sketch.
Final sketch on cartridge paper.
Initial inks.
Trawler inks finished.
Details.
Final-Steam-Trawler

Final, finished, illustration.