fish heads filled with dimes

my beloved princeton no.1 brush bit the dust as i was finishing this drawing. i lost all the fine detail out of the bottom, like i was inking with one of those basting brushes. i struggled to pull it together, riding on a strand or two but...no. it's kind of a mess down there. also, what was i thinking with that odd shape? i should have just squared it off.

my first instinct was to just throw this away. but i probably should stop doing that.

drawings started in 2011: 692
drawings finished in 2011: um, 5?