Something Fishy

This is my entry for this year's Renderman Art Challenge. The theme was "First Contact" and my mind went straight to the meeting of two very, very distant relatives.
It turns out I ended up winning the challenge!!
It's my first time participating and I really had a blast making this, it's been a while since I haven't made a full image like this one. It was fun designing these two!

The background assets are from polyHaven, they helped me fill out the space quickly, and focus on creating the main characters and the aquarium.
Big thank you to Leif Pedersen for his insight and feedback during the challenge.

https://renderman.pixar.com/news/renderman-first-contact-art-challenge-final-results

Assets by Adobe, Grayscalegorilla, and Pixar. RenderMan "First Contact" Art Challenge © Disney/Pixar