When it comes to fish, there is a hierarchy – and the Queen is always at the top. Get ready to bring her to life in all her glory with our easy-to-follow guide – are you ready?
Tutorial Video
Step-By-Step Images and Instructions
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Start with a black fineliner pen and draw a crown on the left side of your page.
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Now, add two “teardrop” shapes, angled to 90 degrees, below this, and add a small stem to the left.
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Connect this to the crown with a curved line. Next, add a larger “teardrop” shape to the bottom left of the crown – aim the point down towards the bottom left-hand corner of the page.
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Connect this shape to the crown at the top with a curved line, and then to the smaller shape with another curve. Add another line to create a “point” shape at the bottom.
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Now, bring across a tail on the right, and fill this with small, fine lines.
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Add a small half circle shape to the top of this, and then add short, curved marks to the side of this.
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Now, add an almond shape to the face, and add a crescent moon shape to the top. Next, add more short marks for lashes at the top.
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Add a smaller shape inside this for the eye…
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And then return to the top left of the crown. Bring across two wavy, parallel lines heading to the left, and ending in a point.
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Now, fill this shape with smaller fine lines, following the curves.
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Add another wavy shape below the main body, with the top curve following the curve above it. Make the bottom line of this slightly wavy.
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Add more thin lines inside this…
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And then add two curved lines to connect the face and top fin, taking this down to a “hook”, and then back up and across to connect the bottom fin and the bottom of the face.
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Next, create a sweeping tail with two large “forks” heading off towards the right…
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And once again, fill this with thin, fine lines.
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Now, fill the main body of your queen fish with a series of small, curved shapes.
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Grab an orange pen, and shade the tail, the fin and several small circles on the main body.
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Use a yellow pen for the crown, the bottom of the fish, and more of the small shapes on the body…
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And then use the orange pen for the face and other scales.
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Now, grab a red pen, and use this for the eyelids and a smattering of other scales.
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Shade the lips and the remaining scales with a pink pen.
And there we have it – your very own stunning queen fish – did you ever see so much sass?
