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Option 2
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Hey Stella!

How did the tank end up looking??? Keep us posted!

Many are photos, u just get rid of the background and resize them to be proportional to the illustration, others are illustrations i made of the plants (hand made), it's not as difficult for me since that's my job

k i figured it was photoshop... but where did u get the plant templates and what not

Do you mean, what program i used to do it? It's Adobe Photoshop, and well i just illustrate all the elements and play around with them, till i get the look that i'm looking for. Rocks are made in Illustrator which are quite easy to do, just 3 over imposed colors, plants are also illustrations or cropped fotos. and gravel is a texturizing filter that comes with photoshop

The main idea for this one was to leave as much swiming area as possible to make the fish confortable and still go with that oriental look, the colors are worked to make the colors of the fish stand out.

[span class="edited"][Edited by Falstaf 2004-07-14 23:27][/span]

falsaf can u tell me how u did that

Option 3 is HOT! lol seriously, it looks amazing!

Oh i forgot the plant list LOL small detail

Left to right
Crinum Calamistratum
Java Fern (on top of the wood piece)
Lilaeopsis Novae-zelandiae (In the bottom behing but showing of the wood piece)
Anubias nana var.petit

on the right side
Nymphaea lotus Tiger lotus and red tiger lotus (these get very big and send floating leaves, and become really lush
Anubias nana var. petit (on the base of the rocks)

Banners on the background are 8x20in and you can buy them online at:
http://www.exploitz.com/Chinese-Panel-2-picture.php
http://www.exploitz.com/Chinese-Panel-1-picture.php

OMG - they are lovely!!!!!! I love them all! Don't know how I'm going to decide which one to go with.
Stella

Option 3
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Hi all!!

I was wondering if you guys could help me come up with an aquscape for a 55 gallon goldie tank?? I'm not very artisticly(sp) inclined. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!!!!
Thank you in advance,
Stella

P.S. The tank has 1 Red Capped Oranda and 1 Ryukin

Hi!
Ok i have to confess i couldn't made up my mind, so here are 3 versions, the only thing that changes is the background or the substrate. let me know if you like it or if you want something else and i can work around any idea

Op1
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Oreintal sounds pretty cool - I'm up for anything -

Thanks again,
Stella

Always welcome i'm already working on it i may have it ready later tonight

I was thinking maybe an oriental themed are you up for it, or just planted?

[span class="edited"][Edited by Falstaf 2004-07-14 17:52][/span]

Falstaf - the dimensions of the tank are:
48 inches in length
18 inches in height
15 inches in width
Thank you so much for your offer of the mock up! I appreciate it!!

Keithgh - The websites would be very helpful
Thank you again,
Stella

If you provide me with the tank messurements i can do something as a mock up if you like, you have to be careful with goldfish tanks, they tend to eat the plants!

Stella.
If you are interested I have several good www sites that could assist you. Or just do a simple Google search you would be supprised where that can lead you to.

Keith

Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do.
I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT?
VOTE NOW VOTE NOW

LOL trust me, they will anyway

But anyway, you should check out the photo galleries at
http://www.goldfishparadise.com/

Some BEAUTIFUL goldie tanks in there!

the goldfish should do their own aquascaping