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Edit: Changed the file after receiving a helpful critique I added in the light rays, put more detail on the shark and tweaked the shading for more contrast.

January's Submission for the Endangered Art Project: [link]

Common Name: Porbeagle Shark
Scientific Name: Lamna nasus
Status: Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List. The Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean subpopulations are classified as Critically Endangered (CR) and the Northwest Atlantic subpopulation is classified as Endangered (EN).
Threats: Overfishing is the main threat, along with gill nets and human interference. The Canadian government has also not stopped the annual fishing quota of 185 tonnes (even though most ar only bringing in 70 tonnes), while everywhere else in the world Porbeagles are not allowed to be killed. There is no solid proof of either an increase or decrease in population. But some environmentalists claim that by stopping the Canadian fishing of these sharks, it can decrease the time it takes for them to recover by half a century. [link]

About the Art:
Originally i was going to do the staple Giant Panda, however i did not have time to paint and with school starting i thought it was best to hold off.
The porbeagle is one of my favorite sharks probably because it is not that well known. Its also Canadian I found out about them in 2004 when i was on vacation in the east coast.
I have to fix the pelvic fins on the belly. I shaped them wrong DX

Reference Image: [link]

Reference Image © Andy Murch

Artwork © Rachel Hardy
All rights reserved.

Description
Edit: Changed the file after receiving a helpful critique I added in the light rays, put more detail on the shark and tweaked the shading for more contrast.

January's Submission for the Endangered Art Project: [link]

Common Name: Porbeagle Shark
Scientific Name: Lamna nasus
Status: Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List. The Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean subpopulations are classified as Critically Endangered (CR) and the Northwest Atlantic subpopulation is classified as Endangered (EN).
Threats: Overfishing is the main threat, along with gill nets and human interference. The Canadian government has also not stopped the annual fishing quota of 185 tonnes (even though most ar only bringing in 70 tonnes), while everywhere else in the world Porbeagles are not allowed to be killed. There is no solid proof of either an increase or decrease in population. But some environmentalists claim that by stopping the Canadian fishing of these sharks, it can decrease the time it takes for them to recover by half a century. [link]

About the Art:
Originally i was going to do the staple Giant Panda, however i did not have time to paint and with school starting i thought it was best to hold off.
The porbeagle is one of my favorite sharks probably because it is not that well known. Its also Canadian I found out about them in 2004 when i was on vacation in the east coast.
I have to fix the pelvic fins on the belly. I shaped them wrong DX

Reference Image: [link]

Reference Image © Andy Murch

Artwork © Rachel Hardy
All rights reserved.