We challenge you to:

Draw a Fish

If you are new to Inkscape, feel free to keep it simple.

Multiple entries are welcome, and please do stick around for the chat!

All abilities are invited to get involved. The complexity of your entry is down to you.

Please post your finished artwork below. 

IMPORTANT: If you would like to know what you could do to improve your artwork, add the phrase to your comment: "Brutal Feedback" --- only for those with nerves of steel! (Please include a brief description of your process, difficulties you have experienced and your desired outcome).

Because of limited resources, moderators may not always be able to give feedback. However, other participants may be able to offer advice.

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Please see CHALLENGE RULES before submitting your artwork

Instructions/Information

• To submit your artwork, scroll to the bottom of the page and while logged in, click the paperclip (bottom-left) to upload your image, add a description in the text box (optional) and click "Submit Reply".
• If you'd like to post work-in-progress artwork, create a thread in the "Work in Progress" section of the forum, and post your images there, with the title "[Month] [Year] [Challenge Title] WIP - [your artwork title]" (you are welcome to ask for help there if you get stuck). When finished, post the final graphic to this thread.
• There are no winners (HOWEVER, WE MAY SHARE ARTWORK WHICH STANDS OUT WITH THE INKSCAPE COMMUNITY). These challenges are intended to inspire, to encourage you to share your work and to build a supportive community.
• If you post your artwork here, you agree for us to share your artwork and use your artwork to create a banner for social media - to opt out, add "Please don't share" to your post.
• Please don't post artwork containing AI generated graphics or 3rd party images. as it can be hard to see what you (the artist) has produced using Inkscape.
• You're encouraged to discuss and offer feedback/constructive criticism to others, but please be respectful.
• Most importantly, be creative, give your best, and have fun!

We look forward to seeing your entries!

Challenge entries (so far)

This is my fish for the challenge, apparently I was in the mood for making it today. 

@Gaillycool That was quick! Nice fish! :)

@pacer thank you, I actually really like both drawing fish and making underwater environments in Inkscape, this is the first successful fish I have made

@pacer thank you, I actually really like both drawing fish and making underwater environments in Inkscape, this is the first successful fish I have made

I’ve gone for a front on deep sea fish with an attitude :-) 

@Paperacrobat looks great, fun idea

@Gaillycool Thank ypu 

coy koi

poisson bleu

Sea_Monster_1

Sea_Monster_2

Hello, everyone!

This is my entry for the challenge. It is a tribute to a character from a Brazilian TV show from the 1990s. You can see the original opening here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B_vPD9Mo0o

I did not trace it, btw. I made it from scratch using Inkscape and Krita for a quick sketch. 

Brutal Feedback I guess? :P

Cat Fish!

Not quite a fish, but dead Cthulhu who sleeps in R'lyeh and has arisen.

This was a bit of a play around as an homage to H.P. Lovecraft. Thought some might appreciate it.

@hergo007

its a nice graphic but you really need to submit a fish 🐠:-) 

Another Anglerfish

This is my fish, I hope you like it, I hope to continue improving

Hello all!

Addicted to fish now.

I think the lionfish was the obvious choice for me. It was harder than I thought, but I think it was worth the effort. I photographed the original a few years ago in an aquarium in Croatia.

psycho-delic fish

Icecube Fish

There’s some really great submissions for this months challenge.

Great to see everyones take on this subject.

Well done everybody:-) 

Traffish Jam? Not sure why, but this one makes me dizzy.

Creamy Five Layer Fish Cake!

@razr beautiful work

@jobot so many cool fish!

Okay, this is my actual entry for this month. Angler fish are so much fun to draw.

@Gaillycool Thank You!

No comment

^^^ 🐈

(Drat.. Forum software won't let me create a parade of cat emojis.)

Camofish

Discus Fish (sort of)

Fishy Bus

Fizzy Fish Beverage

Paradise Fish

I did the famous Jesus Fish logo with color.

Fish Soap

Haha, I love the creativity going on in all these entries, well done, you all! ^__^

Starfish (not starfish)

@Jobot I love this one !

I see you've got inspiration for this challenge ! Among them, what would be your personal top 3 ?

personal top 3 of mine?

Fish Pub

Top 3 of mine: discus fish, camo fish, Fishi beverage

Top 3 others: glubglub7, pez2, Anglerfish

Your neon signs are interesting @jobot
How did you make them?

@pacer Neon.  I'd like to know how you did the perspective on the honey comb pattern on the basketball you uploaded.

I should have added the gaps as well and the anode cathode points.

@jobot

I utilized a technique similar to the method I used in this video.

https://office.inkscape.org/nextcloud/index.php/s/eskqNCH9FBZkNSi

I started by creating the interlocking shapes, converted the positive shapes to negative shapes (bound to a square) and used the Lattice Deformation Live Path Effect to warp the shapes.
Following this, I flattened the outcome, converted back to positive shapes, combined the shapes and clipped them to a circle. 

You can see the outcome of the design from the video in the 2021 Christmas challenge banner:

https://inkscape.org/forums/competitions/inkscape-challenge-1-december-2021-31-december-2021/

@pacer Wow, brutal. Inkscape needs a map to sphere or cylinder feature.  Thanks.  I'll need to work at it more but doable. Now I'll be obsessed with spheres.

Bubble Fish. Blah.

Fishy Text

The Fish Portal. Need a new challenge ...  losing my mind!

Goldfish

Here is my submission for this month's challenge. I do enjoy creating images/art/graphics that I would otherwise never work on or design.

It also allows me to understand how Inkscape works and it's work-arounds.

Hippie Fish

Fish Overdose

@jobot now I understand what you're taking. 😉

@Gabor now I need tranquilizers to help me make it to the next challenge

First attempt at actually drawing a picture with Inkscape

@jobot Great work… you do know you only have to submit one entry :-) 

@Papercrobat I know, but I don't think it's a contest and I'm a bit bored and a bit obsessed.

At the beach.

The Fish Dance

Fish Blowing Bubbles

aimed at children illustration style 😊

@AnnaG What did you use to create the surface of the water effect?

I used the calligraphy tool, played with settings (width, thinning, tremor), drew a few messy lines of squiggles. Then, I blurred and stretched everything. (I also used the same calligraphy tool to make the squiggly lines on the fish, different settings though and no blurring).

So many amazing entries, and some newcomers in da mix -welcome aboard!😃
My submission: White Spotted Pufferfish - Stained Glass effect
Filters > Overlays > Cross Noise (tweaked Fractal Noise)
Image that I 've used: https://beyondblue.fandom.com/wiki/White_Spotted_Pufferfish

I love the stained glass effect 👏

So many amazing fishes and creativity to draw inspiration from. (No pun intended!) Here's my little guy! 

Be nice to see how you created that!  @Spwiggles

@Spwiggles  F A B U L O U S !

Hello, you lovely people! Here's my weird entry, I knew it would be a lot of work but (as always) I still underestimated it ^__^

I'm almost late! 

This is Jack the weird pike, he's a bit naughty :)

@jlow That is an interesting design. Did the fish swim out of the phone?

@Eevee Good to have you back in the challenge! I like your illustration style!!

The fish challenge was a lot of fun. Such a diverse spectrum of creativity. 

@pacer Thank you! Fish is one of my favorite creatures to draw, could not miss this one! 😊

@pacer (let's see if that's enough to @ people, I'm always unsure): Yeah, I think so! This is one of the illustrations that just came to me. I have so many different thoughts about smartphones, they play such a huge role in my life, are such a heinous way of spying on and (with „social“ media) manipulating people but they also have so many positives. Anyway, with this one I kinda liked how the koi inside and above (free and not free?) are kinda a mirror of each other but not really? It's always weird and interesting at the same time to interpret your own works, not sure what this one is about, tbh ^__^

@jobot - I know I'm late in answering, I've been ill for the past week. 

I broke the image of a seahorse down into three parts; The head, the body and the tail/back fins. With each section, I used mesh gradients to achieve the colours. Then I worked each section with finer elements of shading within each section (Yes, I did draw and shade the individual lines for the fins). I added other elements such as highlights and shadows to achieve dimension to my guy. It's a bit of a long process and I'll admit, takes longer than it should, but that's always been my art style. I've added a picture of the lines and brief layer outline (brief because the numbers of paths and effects are way to long for a simple screen grab. I hope that it helps somewhat to explain the detail and process I go through to create a more realistic (or as real as I can get) result.

 @Spwiggles. Thank you. It helps to know there wasn't some easy way to do it. Lot work but it's beautiful.

@Spwiggles  Oh wow, fairly complex!😲

@Spwiggles I would pass out attempting something that complex

@jobot  re:@Spwiggles  same here :-)