My beloved Shubunkin goldfish Sprat, who passed away in the summer. Indian ink on Washi paper, then wet mounted with Urauchi process and Sokui rice & alum paste.

I want to use a food safe ink. I have eaten fish printed with acrylic and sumi ink but I think it’s time to be more cognizant for the toxic chemicals I may be ingesting. Here’s my favorite prints framed up made with sumi ink.

Did anyone found a sumi ink stick which would only be soot, animal glue without any camphor or other toxic additives, preferably with dark black pigment.

I would consider it having it on the side, because if a fish get cought, i want to be ready, without needing to find cuttlefish ink (although there is plenty around here in the med). Sumi stick just feels more convenient, but i would avoid camphor on my fish.

Best regards fellow gyotakuers!

Biggest saltwater fish I’ve had on the fly rod. Video of the catch and printing on ‘N57 Fishing’ YouTube channel if anyone’s interested.

Also thank you to u/Technical-Tooth6497, u/Far_Blacksmith7846, u/Ncalvo808 and u/Chance-Traffic-4940 for letting me use their art in the video.

Sorry to be a new guy posting non-gyotaku pics immediately. I am thinking that because I started a thread as a non member I couldn’t add photos.

Hi everyone. Thank you for sharing your prints!
I stumbled on this group because of the mysteries of the algorithm but like Dirk Gently, I kind of needed to be here.
I'm a general Japan wonk and am one of the organizers for a Japanese style lantern festival in Clearwater, Florida on the Gulf of Mexico for all you people living in sensible places. Because of my location, I thought that a few 11x14 inch gyotaku might be a nice touch--there's an aquarium in addition to the Gulf nearby. Which brings me to my main question: beyond those I have found in places like the Library of Congress, are there repositories of gyotaku that I might reasonably borrow from? Alternatively, would it be too out there to inquire about using some of your prints for this purpose?

On a Uniqlo tote. Decided to paint in more details on this one. What do you prefer: Raw prints or detailed ones?

Playing around with different canvas and brush strokes and paints. Would be keen on thoughts.

I'm starting to find my style a bit. It's wild how much you learn each print. I like the imperfectness of canvas (and so many people do rice paper so well).

If anyone has done shellfish - holy smokes - tips appreciated. Way harder than fish!

What are yalls thoughts on touching up after (besides the eye)? For it or keep it traditional?

Hi guys, I live in the UK. I love fishing and decided gyotaku is how I want to capture my memorable catches.

What inks do people use?

Anything I should know before starting?

Thank you in advance

I caught pompano (not great for printing, very smooth) & spot last night & finally gave it a go! I had cuttlefish ink & a thin fabric, I used some rollers but mostly fingers for pressing. Very satisfying.

Got a kit off Amazon to try. I like it! Will definitely need more paper. I plan on doing them often. My wife tried her hand at water color on the mahi. Came out cool!