Chinese Fire-Bellied Newt New Aquascape

[Vinss]

I’ve been told about Takashi Amano by a co-worker and Googled it; needless to say, I was stunned by the great visuals he achieves in aquascaping. I’ve been very passionate about decorating my future reptile’s vivarium and it’s awakened a passion in me for decorating vivariums and aquariums; after seeing Amano’s work, I wanted to do something similar in my Chinese fire-bellied newt’s aquarium. I had some ideas and sketched a little something in Photoshop last night, today I went to the dollar store and bought some nice-looking fake grass I had seen last week.

The end result is satisfying; it’s far from Amano’s work, but I like the way it looks and am sort of proud of this start. I’ll be going back to my mother’s for Easter and will be getting some nice rocks and branches which I’ll clean out good and probably will be adding to this very soon (the turtle dock just seems out of place in this cleaner scenery.

‘Hope you like. Critique and comments would be appreciated. (For those getting worried, she's got a top, it was removed for the pictures but put back on right after, I know all about the escapist mastery newts have).



Quick digital painting of what I hoped the grass would look like



The end result



Lots of air bubbles forming around the grass, don't know why



Top view



Speedy contemplating herself in the nice clean glass



Happy as she could be.

[Melinda]

very very beautiful!!!

[Dog Dancer]

Very nice. Job well done!

[BenMax]

Very very interesting and beautiful

[Vinss]

Thank you very much.