Feed Me!
This longhorn cow fish named Moo is based off of a real fish. When I had new colors to test out I asked my husband what cute animal he’d like me to create. He excitedly replied, “I have the perfect animal, it’s adorable!” Then he shows me a photo of longhorn cow fish and I just laughed out loud. The story of Moo is as follows… In Auckland, he worked at an aquarium shop while at University. In the large salt water aquarium there was a cheeky longhorn cow fish that would stick its horns out of the water when it was ready to eat. So this is how our friend Moo was created! I never thought he’d be one of my favorites, but he has fished his way into my heart.
Moo the longhorn cowfish was born on Halloween 2020! Yes, those are bunny ears I’m wearing in the photo. He was created in pencil, ink, colored in Copic markers, and highlights were added using Golden iridescent acrylic paint. This fine-art print is 5x5 inches and on 100% cotton, true baryta (barium sulfate) fiber paper that offers the density of a traditional darkroom FB-type paper to hold detail in the deep blacks of the shadow regions, while producing natural white highlights that’s enhanced with a slight fiber glossy surface texture.
Why are longhorn cowfish so awesome? “Their unique method of swimming, called ostraciiform swimming, causes them to look as if they are hovering. They have no pelvic skeleton, so they lack pelvic fins. They are such slow swimmers cowfish are easily caught by hand, making a grunting noise when captured.” -aquarium.org
This longhorn cow fish named Moo is based off of a real fish. When I had new colors to test out I asked my husband what cute animal he’d like me to create. He excitedly replied, “I have the perfect animal, it’s adorable!” Then he shows me a photo of longhorn cow fish and I just laughed out loud. The story of Moo is as follows… In Auckland, he worked at an aquarium shop while at University. In the large salt water aquarium there was a cheeky longhorn cow fish that would stick its horns out of the water when it was ready to eat. So this is how our friend Moo was created! I never thought he’d be one of my favorites, but he has fished his way into my heart.
Moo the longhorn cowfish was born on Halloween 2020! Yes, those are bunny ears I’m wearing in the photo. He was created in pencil, ink, colored in Copic markers, and highlights were added using Golden iridescent acrylic paint. This fine-art print is 5x5 inches and on 100% cotton, true baryta (barium sulfate) fiber paper that offers the density of a traditional darkroom FB-type paper to hold detail in the deep blacks of the shadow regions, while producing natural white highlights that’s enhanced with a slight fiber glossy surface texture.
Why are longhorn cowfish so awesome? “Their unique method of swimming, called ostraciiform swimming, causes them to look as if they are hovering. They have no pelvic skeleton, so they lack pelvic fins. They are such slow swimmers cowfish are easily caught by hand, making a grunting noise when captured.” -aquarium.org
This longhorn cow fish named Moo is based off of a real fish. When I had new colors to test out I asked my husband what cute animal he’d like me to create. He excitedly replied, “I have the perfect animal, it’s adorable!” Then he shows me a photo of longhorn cow fish and I just laughed out loud. The story of Moo is as follows… In Auckland, he worked at an aquarium shop while at University. In the large salt water aquarium there was a cheeky longhorn cow fish that would stick its horns out of the water when it was ready to eat. So this is how our friend Moo was created! I never thought he’d be one of my favorites, but he has fished his way into my heart.
Moo the longhorn cowfish was born on Halloween 2020! Yes, those are bunny ears I’m wearing in the photo. He was created in pencil, ink, colored in Copic markers, and highlights were added using Golden iridescent acrylic paint. This fine-art print is 5x5 inches and on 100% cotton, true baryta (barium sulfate) fiber paper that offers the density of a traditional darkroom FB-type paper to hold detail in the deep blacks of the shadow regions, while producing natural white highlights that’s enhanced with a slight fiber glossy surface texture.
Why are longhorn cowfish so awesome? “Their unique method of swimming, called ostraciiform swimming, causes them to look as if they are hovering. They have no pelvic skeleton, so they lack pelvic fins. They are such slow swimmers cowfish are easily caught by hand, making a grunting noise when captured.” -aquarium.org