In keeping with the storylines for the championship series, the Phanatic has decided to go deep sea diving for some treasure - namely the Commissioner’s trophy.  Again, those Rays really don’t know what to make of this guy.

 

My original design simply had the Phanatic with a snorkel and goggles, but it didn’t make sense with his snout/ mouth thing open, so the scuba gear won out.  I also think the breathing apparatus works perfectly with his physiology.

 

I did my best to redraw the same trophy from St. Patrick’s Day.  I changed my tactics on this one when it comes to the shadows, deciding to draw them entirely in Photoshop.  After experimenting with the “drop shadows” command, I found that I couldn’t get the same result as when I draw the shadows on a separate layer - it just felt out of place.