The Bird Beast

Birdbeasts from Virginia Greene (main blog = virginiagreene.tumblr.com). Currently on a hiatus.

[virginiagreene]

Hey guys!

I’ve got a ton going on this week, and one of those things is preparing to go to PAX East in Boston!! Longtime followers know in addition to birds, I love nerdy stuff and have had my eyeball on concept design (especially creatures) for a long time. I got the chance to do some design work for a coworker at the CLO who is programming his own games, and he gave me a ticket!!

I’m just going as a random person, but I’ll have fistfuls of business cards (like this one, minus the drawing of me being excited) to throw at fellow artists and game developers and anyone who makes eye contact with me for more than 0.73 seconds. 

If you’re by any chance going to be there, look for a tall redhead with broken glasses in a (sadly not hand-made) Star Trek: TNG science officer costume and say hi! If you mention you saw this, I’ll draw you a quick little beast on the back of the business card I give you. Chances are I will run into absolutely no one who saw this, but I like adding the thrill of possibility.

It’s my first time at a video game conference and I am PUMPED. And will I be at the panel entitled “Clucks and Clicks: Archaeology & Ethics of Chickens in Games” on Saturday at 11? You bet your tailfeathers I will be.

[virginiagreene]

“Take care not to wander into their lands, lest you meet their Keepers…” Hey guys! I made a Patreon. If you would like to support me, and see process, concepts, and other fun stuff related to Fantasy Birbs (better name under development), along with just other things I’m working on, head on over to the link below! :)

https://www.patreon.com/virginiagreene

Thanks so much!!!!

[dailybirdbeast]

FYI, folks--birdy art stuff going on over at the main blog! 

[virginiagreene]

#decembird #decembird2016 #beast #birdbeast #art #illustration #coloredpencils #catchup

[dailybirdbeast]

It relevant

[virginiagreene]

Hey everyone! I’m excited to share with you a bird art project: Decembird!

Justine (the other Bartels Intern and astoundingly great bird/wildlife artist–website here) and I were discussing developing a little birdy challenge for ourselves in December, since Inktober was so much fun. It morphed into the challenge you see above, and we realized other bird-inclined artists (or people who want to get better at birds!) might enjoy it, too. You can use the prompt list if you like, but the important thing is to have 31 drawings of birds by the time 2017 rolls around.

Inspired by Jake Parker’s fantastic Inktober challenge, Decembird invites you have fun making birdy art and to grow as an artist. Tag your Decembirds with #Decembird and #decembird2016 if you want to take part!

I look forward to getting better at birds with you! :)

[dailybirdbeast]

Big stuff going on over at main blog. #28 may be of particular interest... join in, fellow artists and bird-lovers!

[virginiagreene]

Hello, folks! Big ol’ Inktober Post in honor of Cyber Monday! Society6 is having a Cyber Monday sale, in which everything is 20% off EVERYTHING and has FREE SHIPPING until midnight tonight (Nov. 28)! No special code or link necessary! I also just added a bunch of Inktober 2016 pieces. Great gifts for art loving, bird-loving friends or family members (especially ones who like magic-wielding birds)!

Click below to go to my shop (or any of the amazing shops on Society6) to check out this awesome sale! https://society6.com/virginiagreene

[dailybirdbeast]

I have a ton of birdbeast prints on here--get 'em for cheap and free shipping until midnight!

[virginiagreene]

“When the snow falls and the sunlight fades, then shall we all become scavengers.”

#inktober #inktober2016 #ink #bluejay #macabre #blood #birdeatbirdworld #fantasybirds #birds #dark #desperation #illustration #art #backtothedippen

[dailybirdbeast]

Reblarbs from main.

[virginiagreene]

“It was not the first time the vintner’s son-in-law had ended up there, and local passersby suspected it would not be the last.”

Yesterday’s inktober. I screwed up in about fifteen different ways and decided to just mess around with it a bit. The color is there to distract both myself and you from the mistakes.

Interestingly enough, wine is also responsible for how late this has been posted.

#inktober #inktober2016 #art #ink #bird #illustration #birdart #cedarwaxwing #drunk

[dailybirdbeast]

Still catching up on reblarbs of these.

[virginiagreene]

“They had been best friends for as long as they could remember. They had been business partners for about 20 minutes–just long enough to buy the outfits.”

#inktober #inktober2016 #sumiink #ink #brushpen #birds #fantasybirds #storytelling #illustration #yikesimlate

[dailybirdbeast]

This is from like a week ago--been too distracted to reblargh. Follow at main blog for up-to-date, non-necessarily bird-beast (but usually bird) related art!

[virginiagreene]

“Deedle was only a few weeks old, but his mother could tell he was destined for greatness. He was a very special boy.”

#inktober #inktober2016 #ink #brushpen #sketch #doodle #art #birds #fantasybirds

[dailybirdbeast]

Been slow at reblogging due to business. Here’s the inktober from a few days ago!

[virginiagreene]

“No one is sure when those two old hens decided to hate each other. The prevailing rumor is that a particularly enticing grub was encountered simultaneously from opposite directions.”

#inktober #inktober2016 #ink #birds #birders #browncreeper #whitebreastednuthatch #fantasy #fantasybirds #fantasyillustration #art #illustration

[virginiagreeneart]

This one, as always, took way longer than anticipated! The joke for non-birdy people is that both species of bird glean tree trunks for insects, but white-breasted nuthatches move down the tree and brown creepers move up the tree.

[dailybirdbeast]

Angry old lady birbs

[virginiagreene]

“They say she tamed it by feeding it her own eggs.”

#inktober #inktober2016 #ink #monster #chipmunk #goldencrownedkinglet #bird #birdart #fantasy #fantasybirds

[virginiagreeneart]

This one was really fun!! I had not really seen many chipmunks before moving north, and this place is just lousy with them. They’re cute, but they’re still mammals who like to eat birds when they can… 

[dailybirdbeast]

I’ve been coming up with a visual I like, and then coming up with the little story. Sometimes they occur to me simultaneously, but this drawing definitely came before the story. Coming up with the captions has been (almost) as much fun as the ink drawing itself.

[virginiagreene]

“‘Fear not, madame–this bomb will absolutely strike the right target. You hired a gull for the job. We are renowned for our aim.’”

#inktober2016 #inktober #ink #gull #laughinggull #art #fantasy #fantasybirds

[virginiagreeneart]

Yesterday’s inktober. Had to do this one quickly, still learned quite a bit though! Maybe I’ll try some new materials…

[dailybirdbeast]

Blirb in clobes, reblirb from main blirb

[virginiagreene]

“Rikriiki clenched her bill as the tailor’s wife tutted, picked out the last row of stitches, and began them again. If the young knight had known what going to get a hole patched would involve, she would have just learned to sew herself.

She noticed the tailor scrutinizing her left Talon. The artificial claws gleamed in the faint daylight. They hadn’t seen battle yet, but by God’s feathers, they soon would. Her heart raced at the thought.

‘The stitching on these bracers is uneven,’ the tailor announced.

She’d had enough. ‘The stitching doesn’t need to be even!’ she cried, raising her crest. “The blades need only be sharp, to spill the blood of our enemies!’

The tailor sniffed and picked up a needle. 'And that’s why you’re a soldier, not a seamstress. Hold still.’”

#inktober #inktober2016 #inktoberday4 #day4 #bird #fantasy #americanrobin #rubythroatedhummingbird #birdart #ink #fantasybirds #worldbuilding #storytelling

[virginiagreeneart]

Reblargh to side blargh for relevance

[dailybirdbeast]

Reblogged from main blog! Yesterday’s Inktober. This one was a little more complex and I definitely learned a lot... not quite what I envisioned either but that’s the game when you work with traditional materials.

[virginiagreene]

“‘Who was that?’ ‘He was once the Queen’s right wing. He would predict the future by listening to that snail shell of his.’ 'What happened?’ 'He started being wrong.’”

#inktober #inktober2016 #inktoberday3 #day3 #birdart #housesparrow #bird #ink #hasbeen #senility #prophet #worldbuilding

[virginiagreeneart]

I’m enjoying this Inktober a lot so far…

[dailybirdbeast]

Reblog from main blog. I feel like a total derp for forgetting how much I love ink.

[virginiagreene]

“Kridi took the flame spell from the mage’s bill and leapt from the platform without a word. She did not need to tell him to be careful with it.

The chickadee clan knew a thing or two about war.”

#inktober #inktober2016 #ink #art #illustration #chickadee #fantasy #fantasyillustration #bird #birdrogue #worldbuilding

[virginiagreeneart]

As before, posted to main blog first! :) But relevant to concept art…

[dailybirdbeast]

Reblogged from my main art blog--if you want to see the birdy (probably but not necessarily beasty) stuff I am working on right now, follow there! I’m doing a fantasy bird series for Inktober!

[virginiagreene]

Inktober Day 1… I maaaaaaay have gone overboard. Watch the rest of the month be ballpoint scribbles.

I’ve always thought it was really cool that female cardinals also sing. This one sings and also seems to be casting a spell. Part of yet another personal project I’d love to do…

#inktober #inktober2016 #bird #birdart #ink #art #illustration

[virginiagreeneart]

Hey folks, I’ll be posting things to my main blog and then later reblogging them here, if relevant to concept art or creature design. (I’m attempting to streamline my social media process.) Follow at the main blog to see them immediately! :)

[dailybirdbeast]

This may be germane to your interests as birdish creature.

[virginiagreeneart]

Hey guys! It’s time to follow up my last self-plug with another one!!! Thanks for your timing, Society6!

Right now there’s FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING on ALL PRODUCTS, plus 10% off Art prints! I’ve added the three pieces above for your perusal, AND!!!!

…I’ve made the zebra finch Pokemon available as a tank or T-shirt! Woah! With the option for a dark background!!! Double woah! I totally didn’t time this with Pokemon Go madness on purpose. if you’re interested in any of these, or 10% off the Summer and Winter Birds prints, click the link below!

https://society6.com/virginiagreene?promo=7VTXP6NTF97H

Thank you, friends!