Picturesque summer kimono, depicting a garden with regal pine (held up by bamboo, like those pines in Rikugien gardens) running over a pond full of adorable golfishes
The whole group looking fat and happy during a water change yesterday. The two bottom fish are supposed to be my only males but I haven’t gotten a spawn out of this group, so we’ll see!
I've just noticed that this illustration comes with a description. Uhm. Ouch.
Here's the whole text you get access to if you buy the illustration. It's a hopeful epilogue to the latest arc meant to explain how the world adapted to, well, mass amnesia basically:
blue hair + waves on blue ocean + waves = bad idea. I am in pain
that being said, sp kingyo <3
also, I figured out how the new(ish) timelapse feature on krita works. very cool. I tried a few new things this time around, mainly starting with grayscale and then adding color
Chic kingyo (goldfish) themed antique summer outfit, with a sleek black-based kimono with ryuusui (running water) ground, and refreshing kaede (green maple leaves) over a pond obi
If anyone has other social media accounts, I’m on IG and TikTok as @goldfishgalaxy. My IG is old and I could use some new folks to follow, my TikTok is brand new! I’d love to see some of you guys over there!
I’m trying to keep this blog content focused but the other accounts will mostly be just photos and video.
Kazuya Takaoka and Sachiko Kuru with a novella by Kanoko Okamoto
Kodansha International 2004
Beautifully and dynamically designed, this book contains hundreds of stunning photos of goldfish as well as goldfish images as they appear on prints, ceramics, kimonos, toys, and textiles. It even includes a novella titled “A Riot of Goldfish” from the 1930s. Just lovely.