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Koi Complete

January 17th, 2008

This is the completed koi fish cap I started back in october 07. So to start off the new year we finally finished it now that he is out of school. We finished off the swilrs and I included a close up of the top of the cap to show some blending.

I used three tones even though they look close in value right now they will all heal into different shades. I used a straight graywash out of the bottle, graywash in a number 12 cap with 5 drops black and then straight black for really dark bars. I like to make the scales more organic with varying sizes and over laps like a real fish and unless the customer wants it I don’t outline them in black but I am fond of the traditional style heads and fins.