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Published: 2010-06-05 21:06:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 2664; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 58
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Wait, did I just draw a real fish? Blimey...This is a contest entry for 's contest to draw your favourite fish [link]
I just love the sturgeon, it's like a prehistoric fish stuck in the now, I made it look a bit fat with my carelessness but it doesn't look too bad. I based it on [link] so I guess it is actually an atlantic sturgeon.
Sorry about the sucky backround, I wanted the focus to be on the fish but I might improve it a bit tomorrow.
The reason I don't usually do real fish is that I always get the proportians wrong which doesn't really matter when you make up your own species, but I guess a bit of practise wold be good.
(anyone know if it's practice or practise? I should know..)
EDIT: I improved the backround a bit and added my signature which I keep forgetting...
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Comments: 42
this is a very nice piece of work. sturgeons are awesome.
and this is definitly a very good piece of practice! would be awesome if you did more real fishies
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Agh but with real fish I have to get proportions right and stuff, maybe one day but I like to keep my art low effort and relaxing as I get frustrated really easily.
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*knows what you mean*
well, your stuff is all pretty dern good ^^
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1. Love the texture, it looks almost real.
2. Sturgeons are ossim.
3. The background doesn't suck, it's just a bit empty.
4. it is spelled "Practice". I think. I'm pretty sure, oh god, now I'M not sure.
5. My favorite prehistoric fish "stuck in the now" would probably be the coelocanth. That or some sort of shark.
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Yeah, I do love the coelocanth too, just because it's so very different.
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Thank you, I was very pleased with how it came out
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I tlooks so realistic and just amazing!!! 
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Looks awesome, I love the sturgeon as well, they have a real prehistoric feel to them like you said. The colours look really cool, and for some reason, I love how you did the tail
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Yeah I like the tail too, it's a really nice fleshy colour
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Practise >-><-<
Blimey! A fish that looks as real as something that died ages ago!
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I did a journal entry clearing up the practise/practice debate
I know, aren't they just amazing fish
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In your context, I'm sure it would've been practise. >-> I do get confused though- like between effect and affect. Practise is the doing, isn't it?
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I did a journel entry about it
I still can't remember though...
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I just like practise better, so I randomly remember it's doing 
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fair enough. Special person
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haha!! i think its practice but both words exist! one is third person or somethin!! i never even knew!! 
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I did a journal entry to clear up the practise/preactice business
Thanks for the kind words as usual, I'm very happy with how it came out.
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yeah its awesome!! and im gonna go look at your journal!! lol
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Wow, you're good at real fish, you drew it so well 
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Thanks 
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I agree with you when you said that it's better to draw charas your way, i mean creating one, rather than drawing an existing creature, but. . . And i know that this is not important for digital art, but on traditional, it's quite hard to draw the same character twice. For example, when i draw Zac, he tends to look different every time. . .
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It is important for digital art if I wanted to draw something in a different pose or something, it would end up looking quite different with different prortions and stuff. Which is why I rarely draw any of my fish any more than once, anyway I have plenty of ideas for new sea creatures!
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Yea, i know what you mean, but you could at least try. . .
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Wow, you're good at real fish, you drew it so well
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