Finished my first lake trout mount

[keep6matt]

Good morning everyone, just wanted some straight up, honest opinions on the first lake trout mount I just finished. Thanks...have a great day!

[Kevwood]

Looks good....Nice Job!!

[BeeGuy]

Can you post some close-ups of the head and side?

Do you have a higher res image of that shot?

Kinda hard to make out the details...

Definitely looks like a laker though!

Great job for a first try.

Did you airbrush the pattern on the side of the body?

[BeeGuy]

Again, it's kinda hard to tell from the pic quality but as far as criticism, I think the dorsal and anal fin, and tail are far too dark compared to the overall colour scheme and tone.

I really like the pectoral, and pelvic fins and overall colour scheme.

Adipose fin is awesome.:sHa_shakeshout:

[keep6matt]

Again, it's kinda hard to tell from the pic quality but as far as criticism, I think the dorsal and anal fin, and tail are far too dark compared to the overall colour scheme and tone.

I really like the pectoral, and pelvic fins and overall colour scheme.

Adipose fin is awesome.:sHa_shakeshout:

Thanks for the critiques BeeGuy, now looking at it with reviewing many other laker pics from the web, I do need to yellow them up and will definitely take some closer pics with a good camera. Thanks again for your valued opinion. Next few projects is a 15.5 inch arctic grayling I got last season, a 22lb northern pike for a good friend. Next post is a northern I did for myself (18 lber). Oh btw I did freehand pattern with an airbrush, no stencils as it looks more natural that way.

[keep6matt]

This is my 18 lber Northern I did for myself, first one (thought I`d snap a few pics with my camera phone as its hanging in my office at work) This was definitely a tricky paint job to get that pattern right. Took a few hours :)

[Ken07AOVette]

Very nice!

[keep6matt]

Here are some other fish mounts I have done in the past...two perch on my office wall (yes yuchy camera phone pic lol) and a walleye I did for a friend that was 12.5 lbs.

[score]

I think they are all very nice!! Being that you are just learning, doesn't make any difference as I'm sure that you will be your own best critic. I think they are awesome. Very good work. Congrats! :) score.

[keep6matt]

Thanks score, appreciate the compliment...its a learning process as I took it up long ago while growing up on a farm making some side cash doing fish mounts for the local farmers but been revisiting that hobby the past couple of years and practicing to hone my skills. Actually can`t wait to do my big rainbow (7 lber) and that arctic grayling but sure would love to catch a big brown and tackle that color scheme. Thanks again for all the input as all critiques will make me a better artist. Cheers!