This past October, a close friend of mine caught his personal best from the surf... a 33 pounder. He was so excited, and wanted to get it mounted, but just didn't have the cash, and figured he'd wait until he someday got a bigger fish... That got my brain going, so when he wasnt looking I traced the fish onto newspaper and tucked it away...
So for Christmas I decided to make a plywood cutout of the traced fish and sketch out some details, and there you have it... Poor-man's taxidermy... Took me about an hour and a half to draw the details,(black and white pencil) but now I wish I put more effort into it... The next one I try will be full color with acrylic and brush, and will take more time... try to make it look wet.
Oh yeah... I also took the photo which he's been waiting for, so i gave him the framed photo shown in the pic, along with the fish...
He loved the gift... the least I could do for such a good friend and fishing partner!!!
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