#bird reference

[sunwheelred]

[viewsofthecamera]

egret photo reference for artist

[purple-pigeon-art]

This might just be a nitpicky thing but i see a lot of pigeons drawn with budgie noses. They dont have budgie noses! They look so weird to me drawn with their nostrils on top of the cere (white part of the nose)

Their nostrils are right above their mouths under the little fold. I always recommend looking at references for the species that youre drawing. Personally I doodle without a reference pretty often and i have a decent idea of what a pigeon looks like in my minds eye but ill always do better with references. I usually just look up pigeons on google and leave the image search results open while i draw.

Pictured are Tarot and Cloud, my homing pigeons.

[freeing-the-man]

Basic bird wing physics up on ye (with visuals!)

-Nala

This was just drawn out for a friend so lemme know if you want an explanation

For the arrows it shows whether it's an upstroke or downstroke

[art-tnt]

Wing and feather tutorials by Brenda Lyons.

[anilatac-inspiration]

[artistencyclopedia]

Last time we took a close look at wings, their anatomy, and details. But wings are not a separate entity—they’re attached to some animal, and today we’re going to learn about such animal. Birds are fascinating, completely unique creatures, and they require a slightly different approach in drawing than the animals we have tackled before. Why? Because they’re dinosaurs!

[purple-pigeon-art]

pigeons doing stuff. if anyone wants art references