How to Draw Sharks by Arkady Roytman
My rating: 5/5 cats
JANUARY PROJECT = COMPLETE!
FEVERISH JAWS-APPLAUSE!!
this is my january review-project, so it’s gonna resurface throughout the month as i work my way through the book
okay, so this is what has happened so far!!
first of all, i am using my shark pencils to draw sharks, because i’m told that is how famous artists do it.
then i enlisted the help of sean of the house because he is good at drawing and i have never used a drawing book before (because i am a natural!) and even though there were instructions at the beginning of the book (that suggest you begin by tracing the examples), i was confused by “why do i have to draw lines i’m just gonna erase and why do i have to jam a bunch of shapes together instead of just drawing a shape like a shark??”
and sean was all “plumb lines” and “negative space” and goya quotes and i’m like MMMM, FRIJOLES!! because like a shark i am impatient and bad at listening and hungry and needing to be on the move gnash gnash gnash.
so finally i just said DRAWING TIME NOW and i drew a really chubby shark.
Great White Shark
and then i drew a somewhat better shark.
and now it is time for shark number two!!
Great White Shark
i’m not sure i even like the way sharks look in this book – they seem to have too many extraneous lines. why so many chins, shark? but whatever, i drew it anyway:
and then i colored it in all fancy:
i have decided to do just one “take” for all these sharks. i figure if i can’t get it right on the first attempt, i don’t deserve to be a shark sketch artist. and from here on out, i’m not gonna give away any more farms. i’ll post the book’s finished sharks, but not the steps on how to get there. that way, you can judge my ability to follow directions, but still hafta buy the book yourself to show off how much better than me you are. at things.
Hammerhead Shark
can you even tell which is mine and which is from the book?? hint – i am a girl!!
Mako Shark
my mako shark is not the sharpest fin in the ocean, but he means well. derrrrrr…
Whale Shark
i don’t understand the mouth, i just draw it…
Basking Shark
let’s hope a basking shark never commits a crime, because it would totally get away with it if the shark police were relying on my drawings to apprehend the culprit.
Nurse Shark
my nurse shark is also a vampire! and a civil war enthusiast.
Thresher Shark
this shark is angry about the state of that modesty-fin by his genitals. “what have you done to me, karen??” he wails.
Tiger Shark
i’ve been taking some liberties with color. it wasn’t until after i’d finished this one that i realized i’d been channelling he-man’s cat cringer:
Zebra Shark
a pox on thee, zebra shark!!
Blue Shark
the blue shark is a terrible snob.
Crested Bullhead Shark
thank god there are other fish in the sea. because this fish sucks.
Bull Shark
i don’t think i am going to be able to fit all these sharks in the review space!! so many more to come!
Frilled Shark
a regrettable frankenshark. can’t win ’em all…
Goblin Shark
okay, this is the weirdest shark in the book. true, the goblin shark is already crazy-looking:
but this drawing looks more like riff raff than a goblin shark.
and i am now pleased to respond to a special request and present the goblin king shark:
which i am further pleased to note, fortuitously replicates the goblin king bulge.
Saw Shark
SAW SHARK SMASH!!
Wobbegong (Carpet) Shark
wobbeGONGGG!!!
Leopard Shark
so many triangles!
Megamouth Shark
i feel a certain kinship to this one. we are bellowing buddies.
Prickly Dogfish Shark
this shark lives in fear of being flushed down the toilet when he dies.
Bamboo Shark
now there’s your tim burton shark, erma! and there’s my chubby version of it. my sharks have always just come from a very satisfying meal.
Sawback Angel Shark
this one required me to draw a square!! NO ONE SAID THERE WOULD BE SQUARES!!!
Cookiecutter Shark
the cookiecutter shark wears lipstick to draw attention away from her freakish external vagina.
Blacktip Reef Shark
looks like SOME little shark got his fingies into the jam pot!
Sand Tiger Shark
poor sand tiger shark has clearly been dropped on the floor and glued back together all wrong.
Copper Shark
am i just being shark-racist or are all these sharks starting to look the same?
Velvet Belly Lantern Shark
what is it with this guy and shark crotch-bulge?
Porbeagle Shark
phew – photobucket is back up again! (knock wood) was that worth waiting for? i feel like maybe it wasn’t. i’m supposed to be getting better at this, not worse! maybe photobucket was doing me a favor being down all day…
Spinner Shark
wheeee!! the dance of the penultimate shark!! tomorrow’s the last day, guys!! snif.
Australian Ghost Shark
oh no, a ghost shark!! with – yes – a weird bulge going on back there. the perfect FINale to my journey.
so, that’s the end of the january project, folks!! i have drawn all the sharks there are in the world! feel free to praise/mock/rank my sharks OR get them tattooed on your body.
just not on your bulge.
MY VERY OWN OCEAN
of course, before i was able to photograph this colorful school of sharks, the most apex predator of them all wandered into frame
made herself comfortable
and ate a few sharks. r.i.p., bull shark!!
see you in february!
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thank you, netgalley!! now i am going to be able to draw ALL KINDS of sharks!
this is how i draw sharks now, before reading the book:
stay tuned to see if my skills improve.
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