Aquatic Life was drawn by freehand, highlighting a naive expression of sea animals. This could be traced back to Bada Shanren, but not a copy to his style. Ding extracted the humble representations of Bada as its base, and reinvented the vibracy through the depiction of ink and lines. The antennae of the shrimps dance in the air, while the outlines of the fish were smooth and gentle. The gradient of ink was highlighted by the concentrated dry ink of the crab and the joints of the legs in the strokes of seal scripts. A fish with a wide-open mouth has a loosely sketched belly. Its fins, eyes, gill and tail were lightly coloured, and thus an excellent and creative work was completed.