reef fish art

[shred5]

Very nice.. I cant take a picture let alone paint one..

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Glad i stumbled onto this thread!! Your work is phenomenal!!

 

[REEFKEEPER10]

Awesome work.

 

[etan714]

Thanks guys...
yes you cannot deny the power of poptarts and my wife accidentally picked up the frosted brownsugar which she hates so I have these all to myself..

 

[pac_island_aquatics]

I love the crab x bird hybrid... i wish something looked like that for real... lol

 

[etan714]

Havent posted in a while..work is keeping me busy
seahorse in progress

seahorse

trout season is here in north central PA
brook trout

brook trout face

brown trout

brown trout face

rainbow trout

rainbow trout face

and something different-coral..a scoly garden

detail

 

[FishLipz]

OMG, being from Baltimore, that crab pigeon is hilarious.

 

[droblack]

That crab pigeon is something else. We have a problem with lobster parrots down this way. The seahorse is very nice, seems your work is evolving.

 

[TheEngineer]

I would leave that sea horse exactly as it is and unfinished. I think it looks awesome like that.

 

[etan714]

Thanks for the compliments guys. Sorry I dropped off the map. Work got crazy and I was working on a piece at the same time that seemed
to take forever to finish because of scheduling.
Here is some new stuff
thanks for looking
seadragons in progress

detail

where it ended

candycane hogfish

dr. seussfish

detail

enjoy
nate

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Very nicely done! You know I am a fan!

 

[Young Frankenstein]

Wowwwwwwww !!!!!!!

 

[Loki]

Wow!

 

[El Fantasma]

Super insane, very nice.

 

[Acro76 Verified Sponsor]

Very cool... I used to do watercolor a long time ago, my grandfather taught me and he was excellent at it. I never got very good, but I can appreciate good work!

I think I recognize our golden pie scoly in that scoly garden! =D

 

[Steelerfan747]

Write those are great. Are they water colors?

 

[Akwarius]

Great work! I like the anatomical realism with just a hint of personality. Where do you find the photography that you base your work from?

 

[etan714]

Thanks guys it has been a while since I posted on here. Summer has gotten in the way of keeping up with stuff . To answer some questions..yes they are
watercolor and for the rare stuff I look around for photos on the web or in books. Usually I try to get three or four different pictures so I can create a
composite fish and have a choice of coloration etc.. unless I am doing a commission of something specific. For common fish I have a pretty big library of my own shots because I took photos of my LFS stock for their facebook page for about two years.

Here are some paintings in no particular order over the last two months or so
heres some small stuff I have been doing the last two weeks. I have one more in the pipeline and then I have a huge sheet of paper to take a crack at...i think its like 38" x 50 or something

 

[etan714]

 

[reefjunky24]

Those are very nice, nice job man.