Oarfish

by Tatiana O'Toole

I did a series of fish illustrations early on when I started doing illustration, and they landed my first agency job. The email description was "Dr Pepper Snapchat Filter", and I thought it was spam. But it was, in fact, the Richards Group asking if I'd do a Snapchat filter for Dr Pepper. During the project, my step father passed away after a long fight against cancer, and as much as I tried to put on a brave face, I had to ask for an extension of timeline with one of the dramatically biggest companies I had ever worked with to allow myself some time to grieve. And they were wonderful, kind, understanding, and supportive. No agency I've worked with has been nearly as good as them since then. Anyways, this is an oarfish, they're deep sea fish and pretty cool looking even though we don't get a chance to see them that often.