Let me paint your fish!!!

[seasquirt]

I'm planning on making some large fish paintings to hang in my living room, and I'd like some photos I could use to paint from. If you've got a large, well-focused picture of your fish (direct side-view), I would love to use it. I'm most interested in tangs, but I want to see everything!

I will definitely snap some pics of the finished paintings and share them. This will be my first attempt at painting fish, but I have a degree in studio art so the images shouldn't be too badly mangled!

Thanks in advance to all who share.

[gregr]

hi Seasquirt-
i just saw that nobody had offered you any tang pictures :(
here's one to [try to] get the ball rolling.
greg

[Avi]

heres a goby!

[NKT]

here's a wrasse (c. lineatus)

http://reefcentral.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?s=&postid=484016

[Tamani]

The photos aren't that great due to a) my camera kind of sucks b) i have no skill. However, I do have some side view shots of my seahorses, so perhaps some of these would make good subjects?
I'll just post the url and you can pick if you like.

http://www.wet-fish.com/15gallon/photos.html

[Troutman]

seasquirt,

i posted a bunch on this thread:

http://archive.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82837

feel free to paint any. if you need the large versions of any, just send me an email and i can email them back.

troutman

[Skitaemen's Ocean]

I've got two pictures for you. One is a Gold Band Maroon, and the other is a Spotted Mandarin. I'll try and take a good picture of my Powder Brown Tang for you.

[Skitaemen's Ocean]

Spotted Mandarin

[seasquirt]

I had given up on this thread... thought no one was interested! I *could* technically just find pics and paint them, but I don't want anyone screaming at me for a copyright/property violation when I'm rich and famous...

These pictures are great! Gregr, I don't know if I'm skilled enough to mix that shade of blue! The anemone is a great background, too.

SuperGook10, that goby is going to be very fun to paint. So much personality in its face. (Does he/she have a name?)

NKT, what a gorgeous wrasse! I might have to use oil paints for that one to get the blending and the fin texture right!

Tamani, you have some great seahorse shapes going on there! I think seahorses are a great subject. I can get the more detailed parts from one of my roommate's books. I'll have to nag you when my boyfriend sets up his seahorse tank!

Troutman, just AMAZED you got a pic like that of your six-line. I have to watch my tank for five minutes to see mine for a split second!

Skitaemen, your pictures are sweet. You really got a great shot of that maroon's color! Looks just like my maroon!

Please keep them comin'!

[Avi]

lol, i never really thought of naming my fish, seems like odd, hehe.

[ReefDream]

<a href="http://home.attbi.com/~domitron2/reefcentral/fish/royal.jpg"><img src="http://home.attbi.com/~domitron2/reefcentral/fish/royal_sml.jpg"></a>
<a href="http://home.attbi.com/~domitron2/reefcentral/fish/yellowfish.jpg"><img src="http://home.attbi.com/~domitron2/reefcentral/fish/yellowfish_sml.jpg"></a>

[Gary Majchrzak]

Gina, you have permission to use ANY pics of mine ANYTIME! ;)

[sandy]

Here are two racing.

Sandy

[acrophoria]

I posted a picture of a sailfin today if you want to use it.
ITs at My sailfin-by acrophoria
I don't know how to link to my old threads so you will have to search.

[ScavDog]

clown anemone pics from me:


http://scavdog.com/reef/images/640x480/clown-rose3.jpg

http://scavdog.com/reef/images/640x480/clown-rose4.jpg

[ScavDog]

here you go acrophoria

Here you go Acro:

http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?s=&postid=613209

[ScavDog]

http://scavdog.com/reef/images/640x480/hybrid.jpg

[Tim]

here's an ok pic of my favorite all time fish
http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Oct/200210195331815559421819.jpg

you can see a full res photo here.http://atlantic.photoisland.com/

type in user name tmcrae and password guest

[Frisco]

http://friscoreef.home.attbi.com/images/092802/bigimages/4.jpg

[stereomandan]

Here are a couple of maroon clown pics with my anemone.
Hope this helps
http://members.toast.net/stereomandan/pics/clown.jpg
http://members.toast.net/stereomandan/pics/clown2.jpg


Dan