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Lionfish Derby 2025

A vivid front-and-back shirt system made for a South Florida diving and fishing event—full of movement, ocean color, and one very impossible-to-miss lionfish.

Event: Lionfish Derby 2025
Featured marks: Ace Diving & ZooKeeper
Work: Front-and-back apparel illustration
Artist: Silvia Maria Laucirica Acosta

Bright photorealistic close-up of a lionfish swimming above a South Florida coral reef — AI-assisted portfolio presentation image; Silvia’s original commissioned artwork is shown below.

The project

Built to feel alive above and below the water.

The compact front mark layers a dive boat, rolling water, a bold lionfish, and the Ace Diving and ZooKeeper names into one energetic chest illustration. Turquoise splashes and coral red give the design a distinctly South Florida rhythm while keeping it readable at a small scale.

On the back, the tournament name becomes the centerpiece. Waves curl around the boat and a bright lionfish pushes through the composition, creating a large graphic that stays clear on a white performance shirt while still carrying plenty of personality from shore to sea.

Original Ace Diving and ZooKeeper chest illustration with a boat, lionfish, waves, and turquoise splashes — Original front-chest illustration from Silvia’s Adobe Fresco working file

Production sheet showing the front and back Lionfish Derby shirt illustrations and placement options — Front-and-back artwork prepared for production

White shirt mockup showing the small Ace Diving and ZooKeeper lionfish illustration on the front chest — Front-chest placement

White shirt mockup showing the large colorful Lionfish Derby 2025 illustration on the back — Large back illustration

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