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[WIP] Happy gars

Added 2025-05-05 17:27:06 +0000 UTC

I drew gar, who came in third place in the vote.

I love how this fish is round and long. At the same time, it has a really cute flat mouth. But the snout is also round. At the same time, their scales give an antique feel.

They are cute because the way their pectoral fins move when they swim is different from that of other small fish. What should I say, I think they could hug each other.

The idea came to me while I was writing this post, so I just drew a doodle of them hugging.

They are mostly olive or brown. For research, I looked at videos of Gar swimming in nature, and their habitat has a lot of aquatic plants. I thought they would naturally go well with a green background. It's also a really easy-on-the-eyes color.

I placed 7 gars. The alligator gar is the biggest one, so it's number 4. They grow up to 10 feet (3 m) long, but I've heard they're usually around 2 m. So I should have drawn them bigger, but for space reasons, they're a bit smaller.

Drawing faces was really fun 😁

Next up, my original plan was to draw some birds.. On the other hand, I had a lot of fun listening to your opinions through the poll I did a while ago. So I might make another poll soon. I always like to make and follow a plan, but somehow my mind has become more flexible these days. Drawing something unexpected is always challenging and fun :D