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OMG YOU DID IT!! Thank you so much!! :D Snakeheads are so great, it was really difficult to decide which variety to go with. I'd really love to do a peacock snakehead, channa pulchra as well.
October 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
OMG YOU DID IT!! Thank you so much!! :D Snakeheads are so great, it was really difficult to decide which variety to go with. I'd really love to do a peacock snakehead, channa pulchra as well.
This pin probably took the most effort of any design I've done.
When I'm doing a fish with visible scales, I take a photo and create a vector of one scale and make a brush in CSP. I use that to lay down the scales one at a time over my drawing.
This is my concept sketch for this pin. That face.
When I'm doing a fish with visible scales, I take a photo and create a vector of one scale and make a brush in CSP. I use that to lay down the scales one at a time over my drawing.
This is my concept sketch for this pin. That face.
October 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This pin probably took the most effort of any design I've done.
When I'm doing a fish with visible scales, I take a photo and create a vector of one scale and make a brush in CSP. I use that to lay down the scales one at a time over my drawing.
This is my concept sketch for this pin. That face.
When I'm doing a fish with visible scales, I take a photo and create a vector of one scale and make a brush in CSP. I use that to lay down the scales one at a time over my drawing.
This is my concept sketch for this pin. That face.
...focusing on fish kept in the hobby N. America, most of which come from S. America and Africa.
Aquaria is a huge industry in Asia and the South Pacific and the Asian arowana is an extremely popular fish, admired as a symbol for prosperity. These are some of the most expensive fish in the world.
Aquaria is a huge industry in Asia and the South Pacific and the Asian arowana is an extremely popular fish, admired as a symbol for prosperity. These are some of the most expensive fish in the world.
October 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
...focusing on fish kept in the hobby N. America, most of which come from S. America and Africa.
Aquaria is a huge industry in Asia and the South Pacific and the Asian arowana is an extremely popular fish, admired as a symbol for prosperity. These are some of the most expensive fish in the world.
Aquaria is a huge industry in Asia and the South Pacific and the Asian arowana is an extremely popular fish, admired as a symbol for prosperity. These are some of the most expensive fish in the world.
I think Asian arowanas are absolutely AMAZING but I've put this pin further up the unlocking chain because they're kept in the hobby in Asia -- as in, they are illegal in the United States. Since I'm mostly shipping to the US and shipping rates overseas are SUPER high I've been...
October 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I think Asian arowanas are absolutely AMAZING but I've put this pin further up the unlocking chain because they're kept in the hobby in Asia -- as in, they are illegal in the United States. Since I'm mostly shipping to the US and shipping rates overseas are SUPER high I've been...
The next goal is a big jump -- We have to raise another $348 to make the super red Asian arowana. And I am frothing at the mouth to have this pin made, you guys.
First of all, look at this fish. It's so perfect it barely looks real.
First of all, look at this fish. It's so perfect it barely looks real.
October 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The next goal is a big jump -- We have to raise another $348 to make the super red Asian arowana. And I am frothing at the mouth to have this pin made, you guys.
First of all, look at this fish. It's so perfect it barely looks real.
First of all, look at this fish. It's so perfect it barely looks real.
They come in various hues of tan/brown/white but I was super inspired by the starkly black and white ones. It would be really fun to do a variant someday in brown! Drawing this sucker was an experience. I definitely wondered halfway through why I had done this to myself.
October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
They come in various hues of tan/brown/white but I was super inspired by the starkly black and white ones. It would be really fun to do a variant someday in brown! Drawing this sucker was an experience. I definitely wondered halfway through why I had done this to myself.
Okay but please look at these examples of the pearl stingray.
I came across this species when I was researching potamotrygon henlei, the big tooth river ray. It's my understanding that henlei is more common in the fishkeeping hobby but when I saw jabuti I just was dying to render this pattern.
I came across this species when I was researching potamotrygon henlei, the big tooth river ray. It's my understanding that henlei is more common in the fishkeeping hobby but when I saw jabuti I just was dying to render this pattern.
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Okay but please look at these examples of the pearl stingray.
I came across this species when I was researching potamotrygon henlei, the big tooth river ray. It's my understanding that henlei is more common in the fishkeeping hobby but when I saw jabuti I just was dying to render this pattern.
I came across this species when I was researching potamotrygon henlei, the big tooth river ray. It's my understanding that henlei is more common in the fishkeeping hobby but when I saw jabuti I just was dying to render this pattern.