My Art ( in the real world)

[bokisaurus]

Wee, I thought I would share some of my artwork. Yes, I am an artist. I am gearing up for next year, so I am slowly getting myself motivated to do some work so that I can try and get a show next year. I have done 3 previous shows, one solo the other two groups. So far, so good, I actually made some $$. Well, the art that I do is called Gyotaku. It simply translate to fish prints. Yes, I use real fish ;D The challenge is finding cool looking ones to print. I go fishing here, but I'm not so good at catching the cool fish I did catch the squid that I printed.
Most of the pieces range in size from 16"x20" - 24"x36". I would like to do more big ones, but the cost of framing is prohibitive and really increase the selling price ( makes it more difficult to sell). Sorry, not dinosaur related at all just wanted to share Hope you guys like them.
Big octopus! One of the hardest to print! 24x36
[img src="http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p323/Bokichops/DSCN1403.jpg"
School of squid. I went fishing at nigh and got some, really fun!
[img src="http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p323/Bokichops/DSCN1414.jpg"
Parrot fish and Octopus. Really big guys! 24x36
[img src="http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p323/Bokichops/partfish.jpg"
Lookdown fish. They are really cool looking.
[img src="http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p323/Bokichops/DSCN1400.jpg"

Well there you have it. Unfortunately I don't have my site up, I have had some problems. I am hoping I can get it up and running next year.

[Tyrannax]

Oh my, those are really good.

[[][][]cordylus[][][]]

Cool fishies!

[Tyrannax]

Those are obviously koalas, Cordylus. ;D

[Ajax]

You have made me HUNGRY, Calamari for lunch today.
Nice Work!

[crazycrowman]

Very neat work!

[tomhet]

As always boki you surprise me ;D

Nice, and I'm glad you shared that with us

[Meso-Cenozoic]

Hey, Boki, these are amazing! (Sorry, can't see the middle two.)

I am also an artist -- mostly painting and drawing. But, I've never heard of Gyotaku/Fish Prints. Can you elaborate more on how it's done? Thanks.

Good job, again!
~ Chuck

[dinonikes]

Real cool! I could only see the last one, very nice. How do you keep the eye from printing, it looks like you add the eyes later? Probably a trade secret, huh?
I love fish art, or anything aquatic. I just sculpted a flounder, and a small antarctic squid for a project at my job, for an aquarium client. It looks like i am going to sculpt a full size 28 foot overall length colossal squid for a project my boss is negotiating to get right now, keeping my fingers crossed on that one.
I really like your prints, although i have only seen the one, maybe we could trade for one of my prehistoric models?