Monday
Feb082010
Tye's Outdoor Impressions
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 12:01AM 
A collection of colored pencil and graphite illustrations by artist Tye Krueger, whose work is dedicated to those that love to fish and be outside. LINK
tagged fish art, fly fishing art, tye krueger in Art
fish art, fly fishing art, tye krueger in Art
Reader Comments (9)
nice work.
Meh. His best stuff is rather strikingly similar to Joe Tomelleri's work; other illustrations supposedly done at the same time look almost cartoonish. Check out the tarpon and striped bass on his inshore saltwater page-- if you take the time to get the brookie so lovingly anatomically correct, how do you draw a striper with like ~130 lateral line scales (they should have 55-70 or so)!
that is sweet! the other pictures are awesome. Very awesome
Tye is an awesome guy, and a great friend to fly fishing. So glad to see his work on the site.
Good job Tye.
Hey FishGeek...It's ART, not taxidermy!
Hey guys... thanks for recognizing my art on your site. FishGeek's comments were well received... and he's got some good points. There's actually an error on my site, regarding the actual date on the Striper and Tarpon illustrations.... those drawings were done almost 6 years prior to the brookie (my most recent work). I've come a long way in those 6 years and am proud of where I'm at now. Hey FishGeek, I'm flattered that you compare my work to that of Tomelleri. He and I work in the same medium, and I pretty much regard him as the "Mac-Daddy" of fish illustration... particularly the really scientifically exact stuff that I favor most. He's pretty much been my idol for years, and I've often tried to emulate his style and technique.
I'm going to my site right now and changing the "date" on the striper and tarpon pieces to reflect the actual year they were created... 2004. Forgive the oversight... and I'll be more careful next time.
Again, thanks again to everyone for checking out my work. Let me know if there's anything I can do for anyone.
Out.
-Tye
Tye great work-- fish geek you are a bit odd me thinks
Tye, if that progression represents six years of learning to draw fish, hats off to you! I'm still just a little concerned that some of your salmonid images look REALLY similar to Joe's (copyrighted) work, like beyond emulation. Knowing how many hours Joe puts in the field catching fish, taking 1000s of macro photos of fish parts for reference, illustrating the fish and then marketing his work, that bugs me a bit...
If you can back up your illustrations with the pics of the fish that you used as a reference (say, for example, your steelhead), I'll eat crow and apologize, both personally and on here.
FishGeek,
95% of my steelheading (11 years worth) has been relegated to the Great Lakes (bowing to my West Coast Brethren). Here's my email (tyeflyfish@aol.com) ... drop me a note... and I'll forward you as many "grip-n-grins" as you'd like.
No need to educate me on Tomelleri's work, style, research, etc... I'm quite familiar with it. Although I can generally complete an illustration with 1 well executed photograph... I prefer and advise clients to provide atleast 3 (one head closeup, one full body profile, one tail closeup, + as many other detail shots i.e. unique fins, etc. as possible). Truth be told, a client is usually only able to supply one decent photo. But what do you expect? These folks are generally on fishing trips, eager to get the fish back in the water, and then off to catch more. Most of my illustrations are done as commissioned pieces for customers wanting to memorialize a particular catch. If I am working on a piece for which I am able to go out in the field and collect specimen photographs myself, then yes, I capture as many pics as possible without compromising the health of the fish.
I have been illustrating all of my life (literally 1000's of sketches/drawings)... which is the type of background work that brings an artist to where he/she currently resides (all stuff that most folks never get to see). My website features only those images that I feel best represent my work and capability. As I am commissioned (or otherwise have need) to redraw a particular species, I will remove and replace any existing work on the site with the "Best of". I am aware that the tarpon and the striper you mentioned in your earlier post aren't representative of my current capability... nevertheless... they aren't illustrations I haven't had time to redo. I am unfortunately not one of the few folks lucky enough to pursue my passion for illustration, full-time. That being said... "I get to it, when I get to it".
No need to eat crow, Bro... You think Joe's the only guy that can get on the water and fish? One of the few things I've been doing longer than drawing, is FISHING... and have invested countless hours and days to chasing anything with fins.
Another way I consider myself fortunate, is to belong to a sport where anglers are so eager to share their successes online! If I wanted to, say, draw a peacock bass... I've no more been closer to holding a peacock bass than an eskimo north of the arctic circle haha (yet). However, I have viewed countless magazine pics and even more photo posts online of some pretty spectacular specimens... trust me, if I needed reference material to draw a peacock... photos of that fish (as any species) are out there.
My spawning male steelhead illustration is of a fish landed and released in the Niagara River (American side) by one of my best friends. I have plenty of pics of it and a replica mount that hangs in his "man room". He is unfortunately almost exclusively a "center-pin" fisherman now, but did nevertheless catch an amazing fish. Email me, and I'll share those pics... and as many more that you'd like, of me holding enough steelhead to bore you to tears.
I enjoy and respect the dialog... and look forward to hearing from you.
Best,
Tye