#columbiformes

[life-on-our-planet]

eepy mourning dove cupping its wings under its belly for cushion ©Ella

[herpsandbirds]

Cloven-feathered Dove (Drepanoptila holosericea), family Columbidae, endemic to New Caledonia

photograph by Lev Frid

[snototter]

A wompoo fruit dove stretches its wings at Lake Baroon, Maleny, Australia

by Andrew Goodall

[tbalderdash-art-blog]

Went from "I need to draw a stock dove, I haven't got one yet" to "that collared dove photo looks so fluffy I can't not draw it" to "the sketch for the branches looks a bit like comic panel borders" to spending hours on the background. Saw some Pigeon Displays of Affection last Saturday at the market so I'm on a Dove is Dove kick.

This piece is focused on aspecs that love in different ways to societal norms, but please note that loveless people are an important part of the community and do not deserve to be ostracised and alienated. I just love bird puns. I may have a "Dove is dove: loveless edition" piece coming at some point

Note: if your microlabel flag isn't on here, that doesn't make you any less valid a member of the aspec community

[operating-potato]

Took a bit longer than expected but I got day 3 done!

Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera

[heymisterpigeon]

mmm a leaf. hwuaefgh!

[mwahahalima]

Apparently (guessing from the feedback), the public wants pigeons. I provide pigeons.

(2025/08/30)

Anyway, I’d like to give you some more context as well. The main inspiration for my drawings is a book I got as a gift around 2007, if I remember correctly. Its title translates to just, you guessed it, “Pigeons” x))

It describes tens of different breeds of domesticated pigeons/doves and contains a lot of photorealistic pictures. (The imprint mentions Alena Čepická as the illustrator. I can’t find any exact info about this lady, but it seems like she illustrated some other books about animals as well). Judging by the descriptions, which often note stuff like how close a particular bird is to its breed standard, these illustrations were based on actual photos. They make cool drawing references, don’t they? Especially when it comes to colors.

[birdblues]

Many-coloured Fruit Dove