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[Drawing] Koi
🕑 Added 2025-02-18 17:44:57 +0000 UTC[poll/animal drawing ] Otter, Weasel, Koi
I had a chance to draw it once in 2022, but they lost the vote and drew a different animal ๐
Anyway, I recently realized that I haven't drawn fish in a long time... here are some drawings.
Unlike other fish, the koi is more famous when viewed from above than from the side. The type of pattern is also based on the view from above. I think It generally gives the public a luxurious, traditional, and somewhat mysterious oriental feeling.
Hmm... but that's the public image and anyway I like the front or side view of the fish better๐ Well, maybe because when looking from above is that there is no feeling of eye contact. For example, in terms of humans, many artists do not draw high-angle pictures of people with their heads down when drawing human portraits. Most artist prefer an angle that shows their facial expressions well.
And to me, koi/carp is like a friendly local fish. Because where I live, you can see them quite commonly.
Wild carp are everywhere and I often see koi in parks, schools, restaurants, etc. If there's an artificial pond somewhere, there's always carp there. People feed the carp a lot of snacks and every time they do, they come over and open their mouths wide.
I find that look so cute.
They are really cute, especially the little whiskers. Of course, I love all fish, but as a Corydoras lover, I love all fish with whiskers twice as much.
I may draw it with a little bit of the front + side + top view.
1. I can capture the cute appearance of opening the mouth
2. If there are some side and top views,I can express it in various ways.
Or I could draw it like a chart.
I've drawn some fish charts, but I've never drawn the top view of fish.
Drawing something new is always an artistic challenge ๐คฉ Conversely, since the top side of the koi is mostly famous, it might be fun to draw the less famous side as well.
Thank you!
![[Drawing] Koi](https://img5.patrefans.com/storage/3/qf/ij/563145-019e8c3a-5622-7c5f-a037-95456d28ad82.jpg)
Comments
pikaole
High Five From Korea I really like fish with whiskers
Emma-Jane Sadler
Totally agree about fish with whiskers being extra cute!
pikaole
Plus I love that they are so sturdy and live long!
Dethrane
oooo, Koi, googly eyed and fancy tailed goldfish are my favorite fishes.
pikaole
Hehe glad you like koi! They are such so nice freshwater fish..
Kiesa
Yay!!! Love all the fishes ๐งก ๐ ๐ and koi are in my top favorites ๐
pikaole
Thank you! actually fish are cute from every angle ๐ฅน
Waffles
Koi! These are so cute, I think itโs nice that we are seeing them from different angles.
pikaole
Thank you for liking my sketches! Haha I'm so glad you like what I like about them. You'll be able to see the finished drawings soon :)
pikaole
Thank you!
POTIN
๋ง์์!ใ ใ ์ด๋ฒ ๊ทธ๋ฆผ๋ ๊ธฐ๋ํ ๊ฒ์ฉ! ์ด๋ฒ์๋ ์งฑ ๊ท์ฌ์ธ ๊ฒ ๊ฐ์์ใ ใ
Seth K.
So cute!!!
JanticsAntics
KOI!!! I love them so much!! More love for their silly faces and open mouth expressions. Your sketches are wonderful as always. Thank you for sharing close ups, so cute!
pikaole
I think it's because they've been bred to look beautiful from above. Koi can grow to be very large when they're fully grown, so often kept in ponds rather than tanks, that's probably why their top view is famous. Somehow they always seem hungry and it's so cute how they eat so much.
pikaole
That's the most important thing.
pikaole
Thanks Steph! I'll try hard to finish it XD
JM
I always like your explanations. Like I didn't even realize that koi are usually depicted from above but you're right! That's some top view koi propaganda! We need more views! Koi have many sides! Let the other sides be known! We need to see how cute they are when hungry! Lol
Russell
fish is cute!!!!!!!!!!
Steph Baxter
Yay, love koi ๐ฅฐ so peaceful! Can't wait to see the results ๐
pikaole
Now that I think about it, that might look like a surprised face. To me, The fish with its mouth open always feels like a hungry face.๐คญ
pikaole
Thanks! I'm really excited to continue drawing fish for a while too ๐
pikaole
์ฐํํ ๊ฐ์ฌํฉ๋๋ค ํฌํด๋! ์ง์ง ๋ฐ๋ถ๊ฐ์๊ฒ ๋ ๊ท์ฌ์ด์ ์ด์์!
BLOOM SHINE EXTRA
I love how the koi you draw all look at least a little bit surprised.
Nickel
I am so excited to see more fish!
POTIN
๋ฒ์จ ๋๋ฌด ๋ฐ๋ณด๊ฐ๊ณ ๊ท์ฌ์์๐ฅนโค๏ธ
pikaole
All parts of a fish are cute, but like other animals, its face is particularly its most adorable part ๐
BlueChaos
Fishies! I love their little faces โค๏ธ
