Walking your Fish-Ashley Burbano
During quarantine I’ve been spending a lot of time, observing my fish. I’ve had this fish for some time now, and I don’t feel as emotionally attached to it, as I do with my dog. And honestly besides the moments that I feed it, I usually forget it’s there. And that makes me kinda sad. It’s stuck in a fish tank, aimlessly swimming around, and its existence sometimes is not even valued or appreciated. I was trying to think of different reasons why I don’t feel as attached the fish as I do my dog.
differing reasons
- fish is stuck in the tank, you have to make the effort to notice it, while dogs follow you around, and demand to be noticed.
- dog’s have more personality, meaning their behavior is noticeably unique to them
- dogs are cuter, in my opinion, than fish
The main difference that sticks out to me is the fact that my fish is limited to a space that is disconnected from the space I tend to take up. I decided to add the legs of a dog to the fish, in order to give it the mobility necessary to connect it more to its owner. My companion now has the ability to walk around and demand attention from its owner.
These were the templates I used. I decided to keep the companion small because it felt cuter and more true to the actual size of the size.
Color choices: The colors I wanted to use were yellow and blue because I liked how these looked next to each other. I also included a yellow-orange and dark blue to complement the primary color choices. I made the legs a different color to create a contrast between the parts that were fish and the parts that were dog.
I then realized I did not like the separation between the blues. So I then added stitching to soften this transition. This also began to resemble scales and added a nice texture to the simple fish.
This is the final walkable fish. I liked how it turned out and will probably add more detailing around the body.
