Current mini-project 001

So my cousin sent me a text regarding a JPEG of a squid. He said, "Make it look more menacing, and more symmetrical." Done deal. 

I've had my share of redesigning gifs and whatnots. This one was pretty straight forward.

Sample: 

What he found, and what the general idea was. And my rendition is as follows:

I had to do some research on what an actual squid looked like and wanted to have a more authentic feel. So I did half in Photoshop, size 10 brush, 300dpi 11x17. Then threw it in illustrator to vectorize it. Done deal.