Straitjacket Fish

sjem, 4 months ago

jaques cousteau ?

sorry – couldn’t resist.

shanghaiwu, 4 months ago

you are BRILLIANT and AMAZING

I want to meet this badly behaved creature!

LostBoy, 4 months ago

i love this, the details and the splatter are fantastic.

AffectMachine, 4 months ago

wonderful

Sarah Moore, 4 months ago

Love it! He’s a naughty little boy!

Firedrake in reply to sjem’s comment, 4 months ago

HA! He would suit a beret, actually.

Firedrake in reply to shanghaiwu’s comment, 4 months ago

Meet him? Are you sure? He could be a biter.

Michael Alesich, 4 months ago

Love the piece, I can’t wait to see the whole world.

CateTownsend, 4 months ago

And I thought that my fish was freaky, you win hands down in the freakiness stakes, complete madness love your mind

BLYTHART, 4 months ago

It’s like you can’t put a foot wrong these days … everything you do is brilliant. What an imagination!

KellyThomas, 4 months ago

oh he’s cool. i feel sorry for him though. I mean, he looks so innocent and all hehe.

Peter Coleman, 4 months ago

hooray….
he has more then a 10 second short term memory
wunderbar

Paul Compton, 4 months ago

Oh wow! Superb. Such a clever and well-executed work. Well done!

Jessica Heidi ..., 4 months ago

spooky clever amazing eerie wonderful…

Lisadee, 4 months ago

You just get better and better – mighty fierce and cool.

braidy, 4 months ago

luv this firedrake=)

Brian Towers, 4 months ago

This looks so much like those monster deep sea creatures one wouldn’t like to meet. I think you’ve created a new species Firedrake – maybe an ideal character for a story book.

kipishiux, 4 months ago

gorgeous!

Helen Bascom, 4 months ago

Ha! An insane hagfish! LOLOL

This is an excellent drawing. Your attention to detail (as demonstrated by the close ups) is amazing.

Cornelia Togea, 4 months ago

lol, great imagination and work!

bahgoesthesheep, 4 months ago

wow, mad cool. i like the coloring
and the texture. lol crazy idea, love it!

Jo Hoden, 4 months ago

I think he is lovely,in a wierd way….:)

gerabop, 4 months ago

oo es una creatura realmente
fantastica muy buen trabajo =D

Paul Louis Vil..., 4 months ago

This fella has got some real ‘tude!
Your color technique is fantastic and ads real depth to the characters.
Love your work!! :D

MaKayla Songer, 4 months ago

Have I told you how awesome you are? XD

kafka, 4 months ago

Move over Bosch – Kaitlin’s here!!! – You just keep getting better, this is fabulous and….....dark ! – the detail and precision is flawless, your imagination…..out there!!!

marlaakajake, 4 months ago

EEKS!!!
Polluted lake perhaps?
Love your little characters!

Marie Magnusson, 4 months ago

totally awesome, with those teeth he might need a muzzle as well…
I love your imagination and your incredible ability to make your ideas and wonderful (and freaky!) creatures come alive

SnowDog, 4 months ago

Great imagination and Great work!!

Donna Huntriss, 4 months ago

Brilliant! Just Brilliant!

chelsgus, 4 months ago

Oh, that’s great!
You’re good!!

Firedrake in reply to CateTownsend’s comment, 4 months ago

Haha, thanks! It has been a fish-fest lately…

Firedrake in reply to Helen Bascom’s comment, 4 months ago

Maybe that’s what they’ll call me in a few years…hopefully! Insane hagfish..hehe :D

Firedrake in reply to Brian Towers’s comment, 4 months ago

Yes, you never know what lurks in the dark. Until it gets uploaded to Red Bubble :)

sjem, 4 months ago

Beached Whale

(You can delete this if you don’t want it under your lovely work.)

Danny, 4 months ago

I must apologize for taking so long to have a look around your fantastic artwork and your brilliant web site.
You are truly a talented person
wonderful just wonderful

Chris White, 4 months ago

uxcellent bro!

Firedrake in reply to kafka’s comment, 4 months ago

I haven’t yet tried a ‘hellscape’ but there’s a good idea!

Firedrake in reply to Marie Magnusson’s comment, 4 months ago

A muzzle – fantastic idea!!

Firedrake in reply to sjem’s comment, 4 months ago

Can’t chew, bro.
That vid has swept through the kiwi mafia (I mean Fitzroy)
Is it even funny to non-kiwis??

hanARGH, 4 months ago

this is awesome, love it.

Joanne Conlon, 4 months ago

brilliant! :)

aphoto4you, 4 months ago

very cool and very artistic…my fav

Jan Piller, 4 months ago

Wow – how weird and wonderful is this!

migaloomagic, 4 months ago

fantastic

yenkuang, 4 months ago

cool man

pbworks, 4 months ago

great illustration !!!

frozenfa, 4 months ago

WHOOOOOHOOOO!!! i love him!!! love him love this!! love your style!! =D

spiderflux, 4 months ago

love it

ToastedGhost, 4 months ago

Very cool image
Might get a straitjacket for my escapology routine

Damian, 4 months ago

Haha, love it! Makes me think of Lecter, “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti”, LOL!

pentangled, 4 months ago

absolutely briliant – love the detail & expression on his face – instant fave! :o)

khosie, 4 months ago

It looks like what I reckon would happen if a patagonian toothfish smoked crack for a week on end :O) hehehe

Great shot!

saniismail, 4 months ago

wow! love it. impressive.

Firedrake in reply to frozenfa’s comment, 4 months ago

Haha, thanks so much!

Firedrake in reply to ToastedGhost’s comment, 4 months ago

For an escapology routine, I’d maybe suggest a less complicated one! At least for starters…

Firedrake in reply to Damian’s comment, 4 months ago

Awesome movie…this guy does look like a discerning eater!

Firedrake in reply to khosie’s comment, 4 months ago

No wonder they are endangered!!

Gaagii, 4 months ago

real groovy, I adore this form of rendering.

EggsandScissors, 4 months ago

Yeah, now this is what I’m talking about1 This is great!

Lauren Marr, 3 months ago

hahahahahah how awesome!!!!!!!!!

Conrad Stryker, 3 months ago

I swear I hooked one of those once when I was 12. At least, it had the same smile.

Great work, as always.

Firedrake in reply to Conrad Stryker’s comment, 3 months ago

Did you throw it back by any chance?

Steve Leadbeater, 3 months ago

awesome image

WENDY BANDURSK..., 3 months ago

He is a naughty looking fella….... i am enjoying the world you create… new reality!

Firedrake in reply to WENDY BANDURSKI-MILLER’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks Wendy!

Rick Yost, 3 months ago

I really like this. Your mastery of detail and shading is wonderful.

glenmac, 3 months ago

Awesome! Love your creative creatures.

Firedrake in reply to Rick Yost’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks!

salhunter, 3 months ago

Hehehe … a great character!

Anne Evans, 3 months ago

Love your work – these creatures live under my pillow

Firedrake in reply to Anne Evans’s comment, 3 months ago

Yikes! Hope they are well behaved.

jacobea, 3 months ago

Wonderful detail, and pretty unique, i think. I’m sure i’ve never seen another straight-jacketed fish!

Steven Sandner, 3 months ago

LOL!!! looks like the fish needs it, ...definitely unique! great work mate!

Firedrake in reply to Steven Sandner’s comment, 3 months ago

Hehe..that’s what I thought, so out came the straightjacket :)

Herkissable, 2 months ago

FANTASTIC!

crawlspace, 2 months ago

aww man damn your work is sick
this one is awesome

Firedrake in reply to crawlspace’s comment, 2 months ago

Thanks!

MuscularTeeth, 2 months ago

wicked work dude.

Birgitta, 2 months ago

Ha…........HA!
This is outrageous stuff. You deserve a trophy.

!

Firedrake in reply to Birgitta’s comment, 2 months ago

A trophy of beastliness :)

dimsim, about 1 month ago

noone has said this yet .. “like a fish out of straightjacket?”

love your work, so bold!

Wanda Edwards, about 1 month ago

Incredible detail!

Carmen Cilliers, about 1 month ago

Two on home page is just bloody greedy!

Lynsye Lowy, about 1 month ago

Hey hey! This guys on the home page today! :)

LostGod, about 1 month ago

beasty girl, homepage diva :P

Mechellerene, about 1 month ago

Love this guy!!!

headless, about 1 month ago

yuppi the home page ! :D

zomboy, about 1 month ago

truely bizaar and freaky – captured my interest strait away – well done!

Dayonda, about 1 month ago

Congratulations on having this scary guy Featured on RB’s Home Page! 02 Oct 2008

Firedrake in reply to Carmen Cilliers’s comment, about 1 month ago

HAHA…it had absolutely NOTHING to do with the truckload of chocolate I sent to rb headquarters.

Firedrake in reply to zomboy’s comment, about 1 month ago

Thanks! He is a curious one.

Olavius, about 1 month ago

Love this one! Great job! /Olav

barrynation, about 1 month ago

I love the concept and execution. I wish I had thought of this! You have inspired me as I am too a weird-fish kinda guy.

Firedrake in reply to barrynation’s comment, about 1 month ago

Thanks! Fish are infinitely inspirational :)

Derek Stewart, 17 days ago

Amazing creature design and attention to detail. You do great work.