this is a new option I'm using. It will be posted in the feature section of my main page. It will be a picture I update every now and then with pieces of anything I'm currently working on.

Last updated: 10:30 PM - 4/14/09
Picture info: A free picture of my own inspiration combining the reality of the flying fish with the fantasy of the oriental style.
File name: "flying fish.jpg"
Media: watercolor pencils/india ink/sketch pencil
Requested from: a flying fish....no, I'm serious. This fish is almost literally asking me to draw him...0-0'
time taken so far: I dunno...an hour or two?

I saw a bunch of flying fish from my ship on the cruise I took for Spring Break. Somehow these interesting creatures reawakened some sleeping inspiration and I wanted to draw one, my way....though, its not really going my way. This piece is unique because I'm not drawing it...its kind of drawing itself, or telling me to draw it. I wanted it to look like a dragon, but it wanted to look like a fish. I wanted him blue, but he wanted to be blue, green, purple, red, and orange. I wanted him to look more fluid and fancy, but he wanted to look more realistic with scientifically accurate looking fins rather than fantasy ones. I wanted him to have feathered fins, but he said no...he's not a very obedient fish...

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[link] (this looks exactly like the ones I saw. They were almost exactly like blue birds!)
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[link] (this is a siren, the amphibious critter I took the gills of this fish from)
gorgeous fish, eh?

The folds in the paper were caused by the watercolor pencils. the paper's buckling.