then i would paint the pelvic fins and also the fin on the underside, and then i would pour another layer of transparent resin and then wait for two days. the technique requires incredible patience. it can take two months to complete even a small design. translator: after it hardens, i would paint the body. when that hardens, i paint another layer. this time of scales. i would pour transparent resin, wait for two days, and i would repeat that process until i m satisfied. until it becomes three-dimensional. i would keep adding layers. the result blurs the line between what is real and what is perception. his fish look so true to life they are frequently mistaken for the real thing. translator: i have been described as a trick artist, but i don t consider trick art to be my main work. i do definitely utilize illusion.
then i would paint the pelvic fins and also the fin on the underside, and then i would pour another layer of transparent resin and then wait for two days. the technique requires incredible patience. it can take two months to complete even a small design. translator: after it hardens, i would paint the body. when that hardens, i paint another layer. this time of scales. i would pour transparent resin, wait for two days, and i would repeat that process until i m satisfied. until it becomes three-dimensional. i would keep adding layers. the result blurs the line between what is real and what is perception. his fish look so true to life they are frequently mistaken for the real thing. translator: i have been described as a trick artist, but i don t consider trick art to be my main work. i do definitely utilize
you see? a fish about to swim away? you can see every detail, each fin and scale. look again. it s an astonishing trick of the eye. a masterful approach to painting developed by this japanese artist. for more than a decade, goldfish have been his unlikely muses. he can observe them for hours at a time. translator: that s how they really get engraved in my mind. on the surface, goldfish are only red and white, but if you look very closely, you can see the rainbow colors inside. a clear resin acts as his canvas. translator: first i pour a thin layer of resin into a container. then i would paint the pelvic fins and also the fin on the underside, and then i would pour another layer of transparent resin and then wait for two days. the technique requires incredible patience. it can take two months to complete even a small design. translator: after it hardens, i would paint the body. when that hardens, i paint another layer. this time of scales. i would pour transparent resin, wait
underside, and then i would pour another layer of transparent resin and then wait for two days. the technique requires incredible patience. it can take two months to complete even a small design. translator: after it hardens, i would paint the body. when that hardens, i paint another layer. this time of scales. i would pour transparent resin, wait for two days, and i would repeat that process until i m satisfied. until it becomes three-dimensional. i would keep adding layers. the result blurs the line between what is real and what is perception. his fish look so true to life they are frequently mistaken for the real thing. translator: i have been described as a trick artist, but i don t consider trick art to be my main work. i do definitely utilize illusion. your brain takes what you see on the surface of the water and
fins and also the fin on the underside, and then i would pour another layer of transparent resin and then wait for two days. the technique requires incredible patience. it can take two months to complete even a small design. translator: after it hardens, i would paint the body. when that hardens, i paint another layer. this time of scales. i would pour transparent resin, wait for two days, and i would repeat that process until i m satisfied. until it becomes three-dimensional. i would keep adding layers. the result blurs the line between what is real and what is perception. his fish look so true to life they are frequently mistaken for the real thing. translator: i have been described as a trick artist, but i don t consider trick art to be my main work. i do definitely utilize illusion.