Step 2: Create another arc to finish the fish body.

Step 1: Draw the arc of the fish body.

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Now take a lighter color and let’s make some shadows!Īdd shadow to the belly of the fish, and in the areas of the tail that look to you like they’re folded inwards.įinally, two small gills a bit behind the eye and we have our cute little fish! Step 10: Add highlights to eyeĪdd some highlights to the eyes! Step 11: Add shadows to fish To do this add a small round line on the outside of the body shape’s front end. Step 9: Fill in the fish eye and add mouthįill in that iris and give our fish some lips! They should curve following the direction towards the body. Step 8: Add details to the fish fin and tailĪdd another curved line on the inside of the eye to map out where the iris is.Īdd some lines to all the fins but make sure they’re not straight! Now on top of the fish, we’ll create the dorsal fin!Įxtending from above the eye, we’ll make a squiggly line that gets smaller towards the back where it connects with the body just in front of the tail.Īlmost like a rooster crown! Step 7: Erase overlapping linesĮrase the overlapping lines on the fin. Step 5: Draw the fish tailīack at the disconnected end we’re going to make the tail by creating a sideways mustache shape. Now at the connected end of the oval draw a large circle. Step 3: Draw the fish finĪ little past half way through the oval make a soft triangle shape as if you were starting to draw a banana. Now from one end of the top curved line, we’ll make a second curved line to make an oval leaving the other end disconnected. Step 2: Create another arc to finish the fish body Message us.Let’s start by making a curved line. Post not showing up? The vile spambot has probably gobbled it up. Inspiration for artists struggling with sloppy/early work If you like this subreddit, you might also like Spam will be removed, including posts of the same art content across many subreddits without a reasonable attempt at engaging with the /r/learnart community. This includes videos and pages lacking clear instruction, speedpaints, timelapses, and anything with significant amounts of misinformation. Extremely long personal posts, questions requiring medical expertise, or anything that cannot be reasonably addressed by art learners about making art will be removed.

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Fish eye sketch