what was the medium??? paint? colored pencil? Enhanced on computer?

I'm assuming that people that think the lips are too big have not used a fisheye/ wide angle lens before...

Exaggerated perspective photos are always more interesting compositionally than a sideways shot... as well as diagonals...

Design 101

I think the size of the lips is fine, a big fish has big lips. If I was to be picky I might want the tone made a little more neutral.

-spence

Mike,
I like it but if your looking for constructive criticism, she looks like she is posing for the camera, not a natural shot.

First impression was that I thought the color was too yellow/brown like after a fish has been in the cooler. Looked at some of your website videos and thought they were a nice silver/blue.

Like proportions and everything else.

As soon as my other computer comes back on line I'll share the "head shot" that was taken of a live fish, in somewhat more bronze colored water than perhaps we're use to in RI (it was close to the CT river) which accounts for the golden hue. I was using a Nikon 12 - 24 mm wide angle lens. The photo was corrected for any lens distortion (minimal on that fantastic piece of glass) so any barrel distortion was completely removed. I think you'll find the painting, which was done as oil on masonite, is extremely realistic given the forced perspective of the fish to the viewer and that was done for impact -- after all there is a bit of artistic freedom that is used in any fish painting, illustration or cartoon. From a marketing perspective I wanted my trademark 'Fish_Eye' view to stop traffic and grab attention.

Believe me I'm/we are very interested in the feedback and we thank you for it.

I'm investing heavily in some terrific new technology that will allow me to take both photos and HD video in extremely low light. I promise you images of stripers the likes of which the world has never seen and I'm dead set on turning them into prints and t-shirts...oh, and mind blowing DVDs.

Mike

Print.
 

I would buy a print.