Painting shad is one of the hardest things I’ve worked on. It’s not about bold colors or sharp contrasts it’s all about really subtle transitions that are easy to miss but make a huge difference.
The tricky part is that shad don’t really have clean lines. Everything kind of blends into each other soft fades and slight color shifts. You’ll get hints of green, purple, blue depending on the light and angle and that’s incrdibly hard to replicate with pearl paints
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That is beautiful. I can’t help but feel the craftsmanship is for you rather than the fish, lol.
Awesome to see! I love the passion you put into your baits. I seen your baits on Instagram and purchased a shad color and crappie color. When I seen just the picture of this post at first I said “That has to be Zorba baits” and lo and behold it is!