FISH

There are seven patterns on this page.

A jelly. (Instructions for drawing it are on this page.)


The following four patterns are true fish–they have backbones.

Fish 01 – Butterfly

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 7 rows, 15 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 6 times, dot 6, hyphen [36] two times, X [1346], U [136].

Row 2: space 4 times, IN [35], C [14] three times, G [1245], X [1346] two times, K [13], space 2 times, hyphen [36].

Row 3: space 3 times, ST [34], space 6 times, dot 4, ED [1246], WAS [356], X [1346] two times.

Row 4: WAS [356], colon [25], I [24], space 1 time, G [1245], space 2 times, X [1346] two times, space 2 times, dot 6, I [24], C [14], X [1346].

Row 5: space 1 time, C [14] two times, colon [25], hyphen [36] two times, space 3 times, hyphen [36], THE [2346], X [1346] two times.

Row 6: space 6 times, TH [1456] two times, C [14].

Row 7: space 7 times, C [14].

End design.

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Fun facts:

There are at least 114 recorded species of saltwater butterflyfish, and they are some of the most beautiful and exotic colored fish known in the sea.


A grizzly bear.

Fish 02 – Angel

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 7 rows, 12 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 1 time, D [145], G [1245], X [1346], M [134], colon [25], hyphen [36].

Row 2: space 4 times, AR [345], space 2 times, dot 4, EN [26].

Row 3: space 3 times, ST [34], space 5 times, GH [126].

Row 4: dots 456, C [14], S [234], space 2 times, dot 6, WITH [23456], dots 235, space 2 times, WH [156], dots 23.

Row 5: space 1 time, L [123], Y [1356], space 2 times, C [14] two times, space 2 times, dot 6, A [1].

Row 6: dots 45, I [24], space 1 time, L [123], space 3 times, hyphen [36], I [24].

Row 7: space 2 times, WAS [356], U [136], dot 5, C [14].

End design.

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Fun Facts:

With distinctively compressed and disk-like bodies, angelfish stand out with contrasting bands of color which makes them attractive to aquarium keepers.



A beach ball with a floating balloon inside of the ball.


Fish 03 -Clown

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 4 rows, 14 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 2 times, hyphen [36], WAS [356], colon [25], G [1245], colon [25], HIS [236], WITH [23456], OF [12356], space 2 times, hyphen [36].

Row 2: dot 6, WITH [23456], space 2 times, dot 5, dots 256, space 3 times, dot 4, GG [2356], C [14], space 1 time, full cell.

Row 3: dot 4, ER [12456], hyphen [36], space 1 time, dot 5, J [245], space 3 times, hyphen [36], G [1245], hyphen [36], space 1 time, full cell.

Row 4: space 3 times, C [14], D [145], Q [12345], C [14], TH [1456], full cell, F [124], space 2 times, C [14].

End design.

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Fun facts:

Thirty species of clownfish are recognized. The largest can reach a length of 17 cm, (6.7 in), while the smallest barely achieve 7–8 cm (2.75 in).

Nemo, from the movie “Saving Nemo” is the most popular clownfish today.



A manta ray.


Fish 04 -Tang

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 5 rows, 14 cells.

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Begin design:

Row 1: space 4 times, WITH [23456], full cell 3 times, GG [2356] two times, hyphen [36] two times.

Row 2: full cell, OF [12356], dot 3, dots 456, F [124], space 3 times, dots 56, HIS [236], space 1 time, dots 456, WH [156].

Row 3: full cell 3 times, L [123], space 4 times, dots 456, full cell, dots 23, space 1 time, E [15], V [1236].

Row 4: full cell, Q [12345], A [1], WITH [23456], HIS [236], space 7 times, IN [35], C [14].

Row 5: space 3 times, dot 4, D [145], G [1245], C [14] two times, full cell, Q [12345], C [14], A [1].

End design.

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Fun facts:

The tang fish is well-adapted for its natural habitat in the coral reefs.

Tang fish prefer to travel and feed together in large schools, perhaps as a means of overwhelming other fish that jealously protect algae spots.

Some species have the ability to lie motionless and “play dead” until a predator passes.



Ocean waves.


The following three patterns are for jellies. We call them jellyfish, but they are not true fish as they are invertebrates.

Jellyfish 01-Outline

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 23 rows, 30 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 9 times, hyphen [36] two times, GG [2356] two times, Q [12345], G [1245] two times, TH [12456], GG [2356] two times, hyphen [36] two times.

Row 2: space 6 times, WAS [356], G [1245] two times, C [14] two times, space 8 times, C [14] two times, G [1245] two times, HIS [236].

Row 3: space 5 times, T [2345], A [1], space 16 times, dot 4, OU [1256].

Row 4: space 3 times, dot 6, Q [12345], space 20 times, ER [12456], dot 3.

Row 5: space 3 times, WITH [23456], A [1], space 20 times, dot 4, OF [12356].

Row 6: space 2 times, WITH [23456], A [1], space 22 times, dot 4, OF [12356].

Row 7: dot 6, T [2345], A [1], space 24 times, dot 4, OU [1256], dot 3.

Row 8: full cell, space 28 times, full cell.

Row 9: TH [1456], dots 23, space 26 times, dots 56, P [1234].

Row 10: space 1 time, TH [1456], dots 23, space 2 times, dot 6, GG [2356] two times, dot 3, space 3 times, dot 6, GG [2356] four times, dot 3, space 3 times, dot 6, GG [2356] two times, dot 3, space 2 times, dots 56, P [1234].

Row 11: space 2 times, D [145], GG [2356] two times, F [124], dots 456, L [123], D [145], GG [2356] three times, F [124], space 4 times, D [145], GG [2356] three times, F [124], dots 456, L [123], D [145], GG [2356] two times, F [124].

Row 12: space 3 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 13: space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 4 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 14: space 2 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 6 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 15: space 1 time, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 6 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 16: space 1 time, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 8 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 17: dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 8 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 18: space 1 time, full cell, space 2 times, full cell, space 5 times, full cell, space 8 times, full cell, space 5 times, full cell, space 2 times, full cell.

Row 19: space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 5 times, L [123], dots 456, space 6 times, dots 456, L [123], space 5 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 20: space 4 times, full cell, space 6 times, full cell, space 6 times, full cell, space 6 times, full cell.

Row 21: space 11 times, dots 456, L [123], space 4 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 22: space 12 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell.

End design.

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Fun Facts:

Jellyfish stings are fairly common problems for people swimming, wading or diving in oceans.

An outline of a stingray.


Jellyfish 02-Well Fed

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 23 rows, 30 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 9 times, hyphen [36] two times, colon [25] two times, C [14] four times, colon [25] two times, hyphen [36] two times.

Row 2: space 6 times, IN [35], C [14] two times, IN [35] three times, AR [345] three times, dots 23 three times, EN [26] three times, C [14] two times, EN [26].

Row 3: space 5 times, I [24] three times, dots 3456 three times, dots 45 three times, WH [156], OF [12356] three times, AND [12346], J [245] three times, E [15] three times.

Row 4: space 3 times, dot 6, K [13] three times, P [1234] three times, F [124] three times, ER [12456] three times, U [136] three times, AND [12346], Q [12345] three times, dots 46 three times, dot 3.

Row 5: space 3 times, ST [34] three times, R [1235] three times, ING [346] three times, D [145] three times, OU [1256] three times, HIS [236] three times, OW [246] three times, CH [16] three times.

Row 6: space 2 times, ST [34], Y [13456] three times, dots 256 three times, V [1236] three times, WAS [356] three times, B [12] three times, ED [1246] three times, dot 3 three times, TH [1456] three times, CH [16].

Row 7: dot 6, I [24], dot 6 two times, Z [1356] three times, H [125] three times, GG [2356] three times, OF [12356] three times, O [135] three times, M [134] three times, dot 2 three times, X [1346] three times, E [15], dot 3.

Row 8: L [123] three times, W [2456] three times, G [1245] three times, T [2345] three times, SH [146] three times, WITH [23456] three times, A [1] three times, dots 235 three times, P [1234] three times, dots 456 three times.

Row 9: CH [16], N [1345] three times, dot 4 three times, GH [126] three times, dots 56 three times, WH [156] three times, A [1] three times, J [245], E [15], L [123] two times, Y [13456], F [124], I [24], S [234], H [125], hyphen [36], ST [34].

Row 10: space 1 time, CH [16], dot 5 four times, hyphen [36] two times, S [234] three times, THE [2346] three times, R [1235], I [24], C [14], H [125], A [1], R [1235], D [145], AND [12356], hyphen [36] two times, L [123], E [15], N [1345], A [1], ST [34].

Row 11: space 2 times, E [15], hyphen [36] two times, I [24], space 1 time, dots 456, E [15], hyphen [36] three times, I [24], C [14] four times, E [15], hyphen [36] three times, I [24], L [123], space 1 time, E [15], hyphen [36] two times, I [24].

Row 12: space 3 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 13: space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 4 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 14: space 2 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 6 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 15: space 1 time, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 6 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 16: space 1 time, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 8 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 17: dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 8 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 18: space 1 time, full cell, space 2 times, full cell, space 5 times, full cell, space 8 times, full cell, space 5 times, full cell, space 2 times, full cell.

Row 19: space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 5 times, L [123], dots 456, space 6 times, dots 456, L [123], space 5 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 20: space 4 times, full cell, space 6 times, full cell, space 6 times, full cell, space 6 times, full cell.

Row 21: space 11 times, dots 456, L [123], space 4 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 22: space 12 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell.

End design.

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Playful Braille:

Our jellyfish ate so much braille that he had to spend the night hiding in the library. He gobbled up the alphabet, all of the single-cell contractions, many of the punctuation marks, and a few extra dots for dessert!

What do you think the jellyfish did next?

How many words or names can you find in his belly?

A swan swimming in a lake. The swan and the cloud in the sky are reflected in the water.


Jellyfish 03-Mirrored

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 23 rows, 30 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 9 times, hyphen [36] two times, GG [2356] two times, Q [12345], G [1245] two times, TH [12456], GG [2356] two times, hyphen [36] two times.

Row 2: space 6 times, WAS [356], G [1245] two times, C [14] two times, space 8 times, C [14] two times, G [1245] two times, HIS [236].

Row 3: space 5 times, T [2345], A [1], space 4 times, S [234], M [134], G [1245], A [1], dot 4, G [1245], SH [146], WH [156], space 4 times, dot 4, OU [1256].

Row 4: space 3 times, dot 6, Q [12345], space 1 time, WAS [356], OW [246], hyphen [36], EN [26], Z [1356], T [2345], N [1345], H [125], B [12], dots 45, J [245], ED [1246], OU [1256], THE [2346], IN [35], hyphen [36], O [135], HIS [236], space 1 time, TH [12456], dot 3.

Row 5: space 3 times, WITH [23456], A [1], space 1 time, WH [156], SH [146], IN [35], ER [12456], AND [12346], U [136], O [135], I [24], C [14] two times, E [15], OW [246], ING [346], Y [13456], Q [12345], EN [26], M [134], S [234], space 1 time, dot 4, WITH [12356].

Row 6: space 2 times, WITH [23456], A [1], space 1 time, dot 4, WITH [23456], ST [34], ING [346], full cell, AR [345], V [1236], P [1234], OW [245], D [145], F [124], H [125], TH [1456], dots 3456, GH [126], full cell, U [136], CH [16], OF [12356], A [1], space 1 time, dot 4, OF [12356].

Row 7: dot 6, T [2345], A [1], space 1 time, dots 45, dot 5, dot 2, TH [1456], OF [12356], GG [2356], CH [16], W [2456], Q [12345], K [13], E [15], I [24], dots 46, OF [12456], R [1235], ST [34], GG [2356], WITH [23456], P [1234], dot 5, dot 2, B [12], space 1 time, dot 4, OU [1256], dot 3.

Row 8: full cell, space 1 time, dots 456, dots 235, dots 46, dot 6, dot 3, THE [2346], OU [1256], GH [126], colon [25], X [1346], R [1235], L [123], F [124], D [145], dots 456, W [2456], X [1346], colon 25, AR [345], T [2345], Z [1356], dot 6, dot 3, K [13], WAS [256], L [123], space 1 time, full cell.

Row 9: TH [1456], dots 23, space 1 time, dots 256, dots 56, dots 23, space 3 times, HIS [236], ED [1246], Y [13456], space 6 times, AND [12346], N [1345], WAS [356], space 3 times, dots 56, dots 23, dots 235, space 1 time, dots 56, P [1234].

Row 10: space 1 time, TH [1456], dots 23, space 2 times, dot 6, GG [2356] two times, dot 3, space 1 time, dots 3456, space 1 time, dot 6, GG [2356] four times, dot 3, space 1 time, V [1236], space 1 time, dot 6, GG [2356] two times, dot 3, space 2 times, dots 56, P [1234].

Row 12: space 3 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 13: space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 4 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 14: space 2 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 6 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 15: space 1 time, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 6 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 16: space 1 time, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 8 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell.

Row 17: dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 8 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 18: space 1 time, full cell, space 2 times, full cell, space 5 times, full cell, space 8 times, full cell, space 5 times, full cell, space 2 times, full cell.

Row 19: space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 5 times, L [123], dots 456, space 6 times, dots 456, L [123], space 5 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 20: space 4 times, full cell, space 6 times, full cell, space 6 times, full cell, space 6 times, full cell.

Row 21: space 11 times, dots 456, L [123], space 4 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 22: space 12 times, full cell, space 4 times, full cell.

End design.

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Drawing Note:

The jellyfish can be divided in half between cells fifteen and sixteen. What you see and touch on the left side is mirrored on his right side.

If you fold the jellyfish in half vertically, so that the left half forms a ninety degree angle, it is like looking in a mirror and seeing the reflection.

The reflection is the reverse image.

If you cut the page in half vertically and lay the pages on top of each other so that the dots touch, that’s like looking straight into a mirror–the images are reversed.

The top of a jet plane.

Like jellies, rays are not true fish.

Stingray

By: Richard Hinkle

Design is 20 rows, 23 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 10 times, dot 6, GG [2356], dot 3.

Row 2: space 6 times, dot 6, WAS [356], WITH [23456], Q [12345], A [1], space 1 time, dot 4, ER [12456], OF [12356], HIS [236], dot 3.

Row 3: space 3 times, dot 6, GG [2356], F [124], C [14] two times, space 7 times, C [14] two times, G [1245], GG [2356], dot 3.

Row 4: space 1 time, dot 6, Q [12345], C [14], space 15 times, C [14], OU [1256], dot 3.

Row 5: WITH [23456], A [1], space 19 times, dot 4, OF [12356].

Row 6: ER [12456], dot 3, space 19 times, dot 6, Q [12345].

Row 7: space 1 time, ER [12456], dot 3, space 17 times, dot 6, Q [12345].

Row 8: space 2 times, ER [12456], dot 3, space 15 times, dot 6, Q [12345].

Row 9: space 3 times, ER [12456], dot 3, space 13 times, dot 6, Q [12345].

Row 10: space 4 times, D [145], OF [12356], HIS [236], space 9 times, WAS [356], WITH [23456], F [124].

Row 11: space 6 times, D [145], OF [12356], dot 3, space 5 times, dot 6, WITH [23456], F [124].

Row 12: space 8 times, full cell, space 5 times, full cell.

Row 13: space 8 times, D [145], GG [2356] five times, F [124].

Row 14: space 11 times, full cell, dot 3.

Row 15: space 12 times, full cell, dot 3.

Row 16: space 12 times, dot 4, full cell.

Row 17: space 11 times, dot 6, full cell, A [1].

Row 18: space 10 times, dot 4, full cell.

Row 19: space 10 times, full cell, dot 3.

Row 20: space 11 times, D [145], dot 3.

End design.

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Drawing Notes:

The ray is swimming toward the top of the page. The tail is curved as it swims away from the bottom of the page. Stingrays have long, whip-like tails with barbs or stings for defense.

Fun Facts:

Stingrays are present in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors as there are 220 species of this animal. The stingray’s body can be diamond shaped with more prominent pectoral fins. There are also round rays like the Atlantic stingray. Their eyes are on top of their body, and their mouths are on the undersides of their bodies.

Depending on the species of stingray, they can be small, like the ten-inch, five-pound Atlantic stingray, or quite big, like giant freshwater rays, which can get up to 800 pounds and reach a width of eight feet. The longtail stingray is noted because the whip-like tail measures more than twice as long as the body.

A ghost.

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