Deinonychus!
Of course this got a lot more detailed and complicated than intended, and thus took a bit longer as well...
Very experimental messing around with different brushes and smudging tools, but I like how it turned out.
The general silhouette and the shape of wings & tail was completely improvised, my only proper reference was a skeleton.
Colouration is partially inspired by a common loon and swallow. (No reason for that other than it made a nice design...)
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