How To Draw Dolphins/Minnows (Proven Tips!)

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Most people are focused on Whales, But one tactic is to be focused on those Dolphins and minnows, They certainly add up!

I start by looking up photos on Google, And I do a rough sketch of what I want my creatures to look like.
Look carefully at the shape of the animal. Look at is as a whole, Then look at the individual shapes

I don't want my Dolphins to look exactly like the picture, But I want it to be clearly a dolphin. So I did my rough sketch

And now a Minnow. My Minnows are going to be much larger than they actually are in the wild, just because drawing terribly small can be really difficult

Start cleaning up your sketch. Remove outer lines that you don't want, but keep any sketch lines on the inside intact

Once you outline your dolphins, Start to shade the inside.

Shade your other Dolphin

Now if you look carefully you can see that near the minnows on the second dolphin, I darkened the shade quite a bit. Do this that way the dolphin is more emphasized. The dolphin is "In front of the minnows."

Shade your minnows,

Now I'm adding a little shading in the back for the water!

Then sign your name :)