Coinchenn, the Sea Scourge

A Great Old One based on the monstrous creature of the same name in the Celtic mythology is an underwater horror that is part fish, part whale, part octopus and wholly unholy in its grotesque form. This lurker in the dark depths will lure the ships with the strange echoes and cries only to crush the vessel within its tentacles and draw it to the vast, oceanic abyss.

Was kind of afraid of this one, considering that I changed a lot since the first sketches I did in the silhouette and frankly, it was not looking too good. Still, decided to push through and hoped that proper shading will make the certain aspects of the beast to pop, and Lo and Behold! It did. I'm glad I didn't scrap this piece and finished it instead, was quite a process to shade the darkest areas with watercolors, because watercolors are excessively ruthless. Ultimately, it turned out pretty okay, and it is another neat step in filling up my watercolors sketchbook.