DSG 832: Surreal Scene: FISH SWIM THROUGH THE AIR, ATTRACTING INTEREST OF CATS

[William b. Hand]

I think this is nice...

fish are cool, swimming through air is fascinating, and cats being interested in those air-swimming fish is both amusing and truthful.

Surreal Scene: FISH SWIM THROUGH THE AIR, ATTRACTING INTEREST OF CATS

[sorry for late... so tired tonight... fell asleep unexpectedly...]
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[awoke from dream where I couldn't understand how it was that I'd just walked through the walls of my house, and Tom Cruise was there saying:"Exceptions! It's the exceptions that we usually ignore!" and I had to agree with him that this walking through walls recquired an acknowledgement that might unseat some fundamental suppositions I had about the universe.]
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[of course... now I understand it's just because I was dreaming...
... but he had me goin' there for a minute.]
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[...and, 'though I'm doubtful that the crazed ramblings of a goofy old sci-fi author have much to do with revealing some hitherto unknown history of human experience, I have to say there was something haunting about the dream.]
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[So, think of these air-swimming fish as just such an "exception".]
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[That way, this convenient (if slightly forced) tie-in to my bizarre nocturnal ramblings will make them seem almost pertinent.]
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[Danke]

[asbestoshazard]

http://www.asbestoshazard.com/daily/050807big.jpg

Real quick sketch in painter, felt like keeping it very simple and using all that implied garbage. The topic is a lovely concept, I will probably redoodle it again and again and again...

[Ads]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a296/SirAdam/CatDude.jpg

[Dookymobile 3000]

http://www.pihakwa.com/tempdump/borisandyirif.jpg
hee hee

Just goes to show: even being a talking kitty with a cool bell-hat and a best friend who's a flying/semi-mechanical whale-fish thing can get boring.
... say, isn't that an old Chinese Proberb? Well, it oughta be.

Good topic. On a side note, I hope I can keep up with this for more than a couple days this time..

William b. Hand> I wrote down your dream and posted it on my friedge (we're big into Tom Cruise anecdotes/jokes) X3
asbestoshazard> Beautiful! Gorgeous colors, and captivating shapes? Yes, please.
Ads> clever take on the topic

[asoir]

[@Dookymobile300]


That's kick ass :D

[Hamsta]

It's been 3 years since the aerial migration started, and people started getting used to the idea that every year fish will start flying through their streets from the ocean to their river breeding grounds.
The cats however, are still confused about the prospect and most prefer to watch from safety.
painter, 45ish I'm guessing, refs used
http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/8451/832flyingfish3pt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Tunguska]

My first DSG!

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/430/dsg8323ef.jpg
Watercolor, 20min.

[hellqvist]

Heres some fish. 30 min, wacom and PS
btw, Dooky love yours, awesome idea.

http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/7940/flyingfish5nx.jpg

[goran]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/smogyboy/sketchbook/cat.jpg

[charcoalArtist]

asbestosHazard. I really enjoy the simplicity in your watercolor painting. cool

Dooky: that's great..

[SirSushi]

Once in a thousand years, thou shalt do a dsg.
And there it is:
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/7806/dsg8322tr.jpg

For added surrealism, let the other side of your sketchbook page show through.

[DV8]

quick sketch... gonna try and get back here doing these every day...been painting alot, but haven't been sketching much lately...

http://www.mikephillips.ca/dsg/DSG_832_FISHAIRINTERESTCATS.jpg

[Nottingham]

my first dsg

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/6057/catfish6gw.jpg

quick sketch of my idea.

[Sunny]

cool topic. some nice sketches today. i spent a couple hrs on this. i think all my practice is paying off :D

i used some references.

http://www.bestofthebeast.com/dsg/tiger.jpg

[Kaylon]

Nice stuff folks...a quick one from me...trying to just use colour rather then lines for a change. I never really use this tech.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/892/flyingfish5fi.jpg

K.

[Sunny]

asbestoshazard ~ that is very interesting. i like it a lot. that would really look good put on canvas and on a wall.

Ads ~ Cool character you have there. Im not sure if i like it taken so literally. Those are still swimming fish, not flying ;)

Dookymobile 3000 ~ haha this is pretty sweet. i like how it really is a sketch. It looks quick like u need to get the idea down. the fish is really cool lookin.

Hamsta ~ good to see your still at it. Your getting better !! i can totally tell your practicing is paying off.

Tunguska ~ The fish are like air bombers! i like the curious cats.

hellqvist ~ using references is great, you get better. but you have so much detail on the 2 subjects but no background :x

goran ~ cat looks pissed!

SirSushi ~ Cool concept, this could so be used in a kids book.

DV8 ~ this made me think of wings. you should give the fish big ass wings.

Nottingham - neet style. is that illustrator?

Kaylon - no that isnt something you see everyday :D cool pic

[magma]

I'm way too sleepy to be drawing...pencil, about 1 hr 15 min while watching TV, started to dose off once I got to the cat.

http://www.conceptart.org/gallery/files/2/6/5/5/5/fishy.jpg

Props to everybody...Dooky, yours kicks majorly!

[joemomma95]

Well, 2 days in a row isn't bad is it...here's my try...

http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/4116/fish8lu.jpg


asbestoshazard- I love the look of this, everything is flowing very nice in my eyes..
Hamsta-I've always liked reading your little stories about your drawings and find that it makes the drawing more interesting to me...this one is no exception..
SirSushi-Very cool idea, personally I'd like to see this one finished...

[runtosaurus]

http://www.kaceenavarro.com/sketches/s050807-01.jpg
3 difference kitty reactions... first one: the cat jumps to attack the fishies, the second one: the cats just kind of watch wondering what on earth is going on, and the third: a cat got in way over his head trying to attack a fish and ended up going on a scary ride through town!

I really like your idea sirsushi, wish I would've thought of that! That's definitely what cat pirates would go after! ;)

[Mirage]

Hey, first post. Really needed to practice some, the DSG seems like a perfect chance to do that, not to mention be inspired by everyone elses great work. Hope I can contribute.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8955/dailysketchflyingfish1b2copy9o.jpg

[Dan1989]

great entries so far! I did this one very quick
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/2162/blah2465lx.gif

[trey]

http://web.utk.edu/~cwagner1/dsg1.gif

[Fal$eProfit]

http://www.picaroni.com/cat-batting-at-Smoke-Fis2.jpg
I posted for the wrong day before this >:{ Oh, well good practice I guess. There are some really good post out there. Good work guys.

[Dookymobile 3000]

hehe - thanks everybody. And great work! This forum never ceases to impress.

[hellqvist]

Sunny - Just wanted to say that I think that the masscrit-thing you do is great. Everyone really appreciates getting something said about their images, especially us rather new members of the DSG. So please keep that up! =)

As for my image I want to blame it on my teachers, I study informative illustration.. they have pounded the emphasis of focusing on the important elements in an image =). Actally considered using a background but couldnt come up with anything good.. any ideas?

[Hamsta]

joemomma95 This looks like you used magic wand to color a pencil sketch - not something you'd want. Looks like you only used ref for the goldfish lineart, but slacked on the colors. At least you didn't use a gradient fill on the bg ;)
The cat to our left looks more like a big cat (tiger, lion) as opposed to the house cat on our right.

I also started with two days in a row :D this topic makes 333 days in a row (minus 2-3 days when I had no net, but I made up for it)
I still have the horrors of those days to look back to, you will to if you keep going.

Sunny Very nice, lot's of style to this one (and a little cheese :) )
I looks familiar in a way, style wise, most likely it can be traced back to your influence, but don't let me worry you about that.
Tiger looks a little too skinny to me, the tiger's tail looks like a leash for the cat, I'd move it and the "mustaches" on the fish bother me.
I think the pink highlights on the tiger are too much, composition works well enough, and I'm sorry that my crits are so scattered :P

[Pesmerga]

Here's my shot at it:

http://xs41.xs.to/pics/05321/sLuckyDay.jpg
That cat is going to sleep well tonight :confident

[joemomma95]

Hamsta, let me start out by saying thanks for the crit, my first one and it will be remembered. I don't quite know what you mean by used the magic wand to color? I sketched it out, scanned it and used the airbrush(in PS) to color in the lines...although I didn't look at the reference pic in order to color, I just went with what looks right, and now that I look at it again, the colors don't look right, to dark and bland.

And yes I used reference on the cats too but I see what you mean on the size difference.....I guess I'll start my learning here and keep trying. I really do want to keep up with these it'll get me back into the practice that I so desperately need, I'm gonna try to quit smoking today and I think this is a great alternative to when I start getting those cravings, so look foward to more from me, hopefully every day.

Thanks again for the crit!!

[Phaethon]

Dookymobile 3000, that is an amazing pic. I can't stop laughing, to be honest. This is the stuff that dreams are made of...

[Raul Arellano]

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hee hee

Just goes to show: even being a talking kitty with a cool bell-hat and a best friend who's a flying/semi-mechanical whale-fish thing can get boring.
... say, isn't that an old Chinese Proberb? Well, it oughta be.

Good topic. On a side note, I hope I can keep up with this for more than a couple days this time..

William b. Hand> I wrote down your dream and posted it on my friedge (we're big into Tom Cruise anecdotes/jokes) X3
asbestoshazard> Beautiful! Gorgeous colors, and captivating shapes? Yes, please.
Ads> clever take on the topic
The cat feels cold.. I wish the flying fish has cockpit.