Fabio Manucci
paleoartist / scientific illustrator
Regalecus (DI.MA.)
One of the most enigmatic fish species, the giant oarfish. I've prepared the digital reconstruction, then manually detailed and painted by DI.Ma. Dino Makers. It's mostly based on stranded specimens, but there exist some rare videos of the living animal.
The final life-size sculpture, prepared by DI.Ma. Dino Makers (photo credit: Antonio Massari)
Here's an example of some of the references used for the head (with a "in-progress" version of the model, on the left). Specimens at different ages
