FishyPaint

iOS App

Your own artwork comes alive and swims in FishyPaint! Watch hand painted fish swim among the coral in this beautiful underwater world.

Add your own fish by photographing any drawing, painting, or anything you want to use as a fish. See it come alive and swim inside the app.

You can even add yourself as a diver! Swim together with your artwork in this beautiful underwater world.

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Features

Animated Fish

Animated fish swim, hide in the coral, and respond to screen touch in this painterly underwater scene.

Create Your Own Fish

Add anything as your own custom fish – a drawing you made, a toy, a photo of a real fish, or even a person. Use your imagination!

Flexible Fish Shape

Guideline of fish shape offers a starting point for custom fish, but you can also paint the shape of the fish yourself.

Be the Diver!

Take a photo of yourself and be the diver inside the scene. Watch yourself swimming alongside your own animated creations!

Record Video & Audio

Our new Record button lets you record the animated scene, and your own voice as well. You can tell a story about your fish, and a video with your narration will be saved to your Photo Library.

Support

How do I insert my own designs?

Tap the Fish button in the bottom right corner, then tap the Camera button to photograph a fish or the Import Image button to choose an already saved image.

What if I'm not creative? What if I can't draw?

Listen, anyone can draw and everyone has creativity; we just have to connect with it.

Not sure where to start? Check out some books about fish or a local aquarium for inspiration. Search online for beautiful photos of fish. (If you’re a kid – make sure you have your parents’ permission to surf the web, or ask for their help.) Use paints or even stickers and glitter to do whatever you’re inspired to do.

Or create something completely abstract – scribbles and paint splotches are fine. Within the app, you can use the suggested fish shape to get a fish cutout of your abstract creation. Although we highly recommend that you use your fingers to try to make your own fish shape. It doesn’t have to be perfect. It’s art!

What if I make something that isn't a fish?

Sure! You’re free to put whatever you want into the app. Use your imagination.

How can I share a screen grab?

To save a screen grab of your underwater scene:

Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on the top or side of your device.
Immediately press and release the Home button.
To find your screenshot, go to the Photos app > Albums and tap Camera Roll or Photo Library. You can then share it on the Shmonster Facebook Page or anywhere else you want. (If you’re a kid – make sure you have your parents’ permission or ask them to do it for you.)

How do I save a video of this?

Tap the Record button at the top right. It will flash to indicate that everything is now being recorded. Audio from the mic is also recorded, so you can talk or sing, tell a story about your fish or talk in their voices.
Tap the Record button again to stop. To find your screenshot, go to the Photos app > Albums and tap Camera Roll or Photo Library. You can then share it on the Shmonster Facebook Page or anywhere else you want. (If you’re a kid – make sure you have your parents’ permission or ask them to do it for you.) If you play it, you’ll notice the underwater sounds of the app are still there, in addition to your voice, while the animation plays.
Such a video could also make a great screensaver for your computer!