Drawing Fish 52 – 17_Mako
Drawing Fish 52 Mako shark. My favorite shark as a kid. Wanted to continue the feel of my old file-folder and construction-paper drawings forward with this piece. Has the feel I was after, even if all the construction paper was manufactured in Photoshop. As with some of my 2010 DF52 flies, this piece is a departure from my norm and an experiment in expression.
Notes: Wanted the feel of a kid’s painting (or even an old-school animation frame) on old, worn-out construction paper. 30 minutes wouldn’t have cut it in the traditional way (at least not with the effects I wanted), so I went old-school via software. A few minutes of adjustments of contrast, brightness, color and saturation, mixed with a filter to get the additional grain and noise.
Tech Info: Pencil on Academie paper, scanned into Photoshop and manipulated via layers and filters.
Really liking Jeff’s take on a mako. Just a cool piece every way that I look at it.
Interested in a shot at a Mako on a fly? Check out Bowman Bluewater.
JB-Really dig the old school look of this one! I think that both our old school folders probably had a similar look!
JK
Jeff—Thanks, my friend. I just wanted to re-live my shark-filled youth and this was the best way I could think of to do it for this project. Certainly isn’t framing material (well, maybe if I was still 7), but it hits the look I wanted pretty much right on.
Looking forward to your fish choice for this week…