Fish Mounts

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Originally Posted by EastLosYaker

Not quite the same as a fish mount, but has anyone experimented with Gyotaku? This is a Japanese technique where one rubs ink on the fish, and takes an impression of it on a certain type of paper. Looks awesome in a frame. There are some youtube videos out there, but has anyone on BWE tried it?

I dabbled in it and in the beginning a halibut or a bass are easy to gyotaku. Spiny fish and thick shaped fish such as a sculpin or a ling cod are much more challenging. Some guys combine traditional gyotaku with air brushing for an interesting effect. Instead of paper I used cloth and it make for nice effects and was for me a little easier to work with than paper.

It is fun to do gyotaku but to get good takes a ton of practice like anything else.