[Sangreaal]

I've been working on art tonight and was going through old photos and new to play with. Running across a couple of Gentle revealed some pleasant changes that I haven't noticed since I see her all the time. Here's one that was done when I got her, and another from just the other day. She's sure coming along well. Too bad we're not having a Tancho growout competition.


Skinny little waif back in January with a lot of blue under the skin and not a whole lot of sumi developed...


Today her shiroji is getting thicker, just like her body, and her sumi is coming up in some nice places. And she's not a frail waif anymore! I had been a little concerned about that puckery little mouth of her's and her laid back nature being indicative of a fish that might not grow so big, I think I'm wrong....

I know, I know, you'd probably rather see the original photographs. Bummer for you that you've got to put up with an eccentric. *L*

I'm working on a few of Mikado for comparison. Mikado isn't the easiest to get good pics of in the pond, so it's been real tedium getting anything of any telling value to show her development so far. Must be male--she doesn't have a nice easy sashay like Gentle does, but is more dynamic and fast. My camera focuses so slow I miss the good shots, and you'd swear you're listening to a person with a bad case of Tourette's Syndrome if you were eavesdropping by the pond. In fact, if I didn't have it strapped around my neck, that camera would have gone swimming by now, that's how frustrating it is!