Drawafish: Draw Your Fish and Watch It Come to Life
Create beautiful fish drawings with intuitive tools and watch them swim alongside millions of other fish in our global virtual tank. Drawafish combines AI validation with community creativity to bring your aquatic art to life.

What is Drawafish?
Drawafish is a AI-powered drawing platform that transforms your fish sketches into living, swimming creatures in a shared global tank. With real-time neural network validation, only authentic fish drawings make it into the community tank, ensuring a high-quality collaborative art experience.
The platform features intuitive drawing tools, instant AI feedback through background color changes, and a vibrant community where you can vote on fish creations, discover trending artwork, and watch your fish interact with others from artists around the world.
Created as a viral sensation that reached #1 on Hacker News in 2025, Drawafish represents the perfect blend of creative expression and artificial intelligence, making fish drawing accessible and engaging for artists of all skill levels.
Key Features of Drawafish
AI-Powered Drawing
Real-time AI validation with neural network feedback. Watch the background color change as the AI recognizes your fish drawing.
Global Fish Tank
Your validated fish join a shared virtual tank where they swim alongside creations from artists worldwide.
Community Interaction
Vote on fish drawings, discover trending art, and engage with a global community of fish artists and creators.
Real-Time Validation
Advanced CNN technology ensures only authentic fish drawings enter the community tank with 63% confidence scoring.
Intuitive Drawing Tools
Intuitive drawing tools with visual cues to help you create better fish artwork.
Live Classification
Watch in real-time as AI analyzes your drawing, providing instant feedback and drawing hints for better results.
How to Use Drawafish
1. Start Drawing
Use your finger or mouse to sketch your fish. Watch the background color change as the AI recognizes your creation.

2. Get AI Feedback
The neural network provides real-time validation and visual cues to help improve your fish drawing quality.

3. Join the Tank
Once validated, and click "make it swim", your fish automatically joins the global tank where it swims with other community creations.

4. Explore & Vote
Discover fish from artists worldwide, vote on your favorites, and see trending artwork in the community ranking.

5. Tank Interaction
Interact with your fish in the tank! Left-click on your fish to change its swimming trajectory and direction. Right-click anywhere in the tank to feed the fish and watch them react.

6. Fish Rankings
Check out the community leaderboard to see the most popular fish! View rankings by highest votes, trending fish, and community favorites to discover the best artwork.

Drawafish vs Wigglypaint: Different Creative Experiences
Wigglypaint
- ✓ Animated GIF creation with wiggly lines
- ✓ 8 unique brushes with sound effects
- ✓ Personal canvas for individual expression
- ✓ Instant export and sharing capabilities
Drawafish
- ✓ AI-powered fish validation and feedback
- ✓ Global community tank experience
- ✓ Real-time collaborative fish ecosystem
- ✓ Voting and ranking system for fish art
Related Creative Tools
Discover amazing drawing and pixel art tools to enhance your creativity

Wplace
Wplace is the ultimate collaborative pixel art platform where millions of users paint the world together. Join the wplace community and create stunning wplace pixel art on a 4 trillion pixel wplace canvas.
- •4 trillion pixel collaborative canvas
- •World map integration
- •30-second pixel placement
- •Virtual currency system

drawafish
Draw your own fish and watch it swim in a virtual tank with other players' creations. A delightful collaborative art experience where your drawings come to life.
- •AI-powered fish validation system
- •Global virtual tank experience
- •Community voting and rankings
- •Real-time drawing feedback

Wigglypaint
Create lively animated GIFs with playful wiggly lines and vibrant colors. The perfect tool for bringing your pixel art to life with unique animation effects.
- •8 unique animated brushes
- •Sound effects for each stroke
- •Export as animated GIFs
- •Free online drawing tool
Frequently Asked Questions About Drawafish
How does the AI validation work in Drawafish?
Drawafish uses a trained convolutional neural network (CNN) to validate fish drawings in real-time. The AI provides instant feedback through background color changes, and only drawings that achieve a 63% confidence score can join the global tank.
Can I see other people's fish in the global tank?
Yes! Once your fish is validated, it joins a shared virtual tank where you can see it swimming alongside fish created by artists from around the world. You can click on fish to learn about their creators.
What drawing tools does Drawafish provide?
Drawafish features intuitive drawing tools with real-time AI feedback. The platform provides visual cues and drawing hints to help you create better fish artwork, with the background color changing as the AI recognizes your fish.
How does the community voting system work?
Users can vote on and rank fish drawings from the community. You can discover trending fish art, sort by popularity, score, or date, and see which fish are most loved by the global Drawafish community.
Is Drawafish free to use?
Yes, Drawafish is free to use. You can draw fish, watch them in the global tank, vote on community creations, and participate in the collaborative fish ecosystem without any cost.
Can I create custom fish collections?
Yes! Drawafish allows you to create and manage custom fish tank collections, organize your favorite fish drawings, and share them with friends. You can also view your personal fish art statistics and community engagement.
Ready to Dive into Fish Art?
Join millions of artists in the world's most innovative fish drawing community. Create, share, and watch your aquatic art come to life.