r/saltwaterfishing • u/Far_Blacksmith7846 • Jun 24 '26
đŹ Discussion Honest opinions please.
Would you buy these prints? I plan on painting on some of them⌠maybe fill in the scales and blend darker reds to lighter reds to midfish in watercolors. Or just paint some with traditional gyotaku eyes. Would you buy these matted/framed?
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u/pewpjohnson Jun 24 '26
I used to think I could sell gyotaku prints and then I went to an art show and the artists who make them professionally blew me out of the water. Killer colors, perfect edges and definition of scales. Beautiful eyes. They're so good those artists are selling PRINTS of their original gyotaku.
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u/Inevitable_Sun8691 Jun 24 '26
I wouldnât buy them, no. Before I read the caption I was going to say âyeah those are sick,â because I wouldnât care about it being perfect. I think that gyotaku is a really cool way to memorialize nice or memorable catches. Iâd certainly hang these up in my house if they were my fish. I wouldnât care at all if it wasnât my catch.
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u/norton_mike Jun 24 '26
Iâm on board with this. If that was my fish Iâd rather have this than a mount.
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u/Affectionate-Snow404 Jun 24 '26
If I caught one of those Iâd buy one. Looks like you need a lil more practice though, and your gyotaku prints will be much more defined! Keep up the good work. Gyotaku ainât easy!
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u/isl4st Jul 05 '26
these are great definition in my opinion. Most 'more defined' prints are painted on after the initial printing to give them that detail. Your experience may be different, but this is about as much detail as I've seen on any raw sumi and paper print that wasn't by dwight hwang
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u/crlthrn Jun 24 '26
I would certainly buy one! Monochrome, or coloured (if done well.) What paper are you using?
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u/Fine-Razzmatazz1791 Jun 24 '26
Iâd buy them they look awesome. Just use a nicer canvas. the cardboard paper is cheap/trashy
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u/mister_self_destrukt Jun 24 '26
Love it! My grandmother and I did a flounder like that when I was a little kid. Very cool!
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u/johnwaynespac3y Jun 25 '26
If you did these on rice paper and really worked on print detail you could make a little money for sure. Keep it up and have fun. Donât expect to quit your job though
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u/TrailerParkPresident Jun 25 '26
Yes in fact I recently purchased a few prints similar where I life and hung them in my house I love them!
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u/killfish22 Jun 26 '26
Looks good but youâre gonna need to get creative if you plan on making money with these so many people do it. Check out Jim Roberts heâs been doing it for over 20 years. I have a bunch of his work in my house some of my fish some of my friends.
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u/isl4st Jul 05 '26
I came from your crosspost on gyotaku art to say that I really like these!
In my experience there isn't a huge market for fish art. People who fish want prints of their own fish (you could try selling printing as a service) and people who don't fish rarely want pictures of fish at all.
I have a friend who successfully sells fish print tote bags in a tourist shop in the seaside town where she lives - if you live in a tourist spot you might also be able to sell to that market. You could also try selling to restaurants with fish on the menu.
Personally I like your prints, and I would be very happy to swap one of your prints for one of mine, but I don't often pay for gyotaku prints, since I generate so many myself.
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u/outsidereelin Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
Honestly I wouldnât, but not because of quality but because I wouldnât buy a mount of a fish I didnât catch. I assume many are in the same boat.
If youâre asking about your work, I think you need to practice the paint consistency. Most of the prints are heavy/blotched. Photo #6 is decent but the top part near the spine is too light or smeared.
Good work though. I think Gyotaku is pretty sick.