#feather study

[clawsoutspotsoff]

y'ever be like "I'm going to draw a picture of a simply-designed character from a children's tv show" and then go into a fugue state and somehow a week later you've done a whole-ass biology research project

[punkedsolar]

Iridescence and feather study.

A lot of my cheats and tricks for feathers do not work with humming birds, because their feathers are quite large in comparison to the animal itself. So I had to spend a lot more time trying to work out what I was doing with underpainting. Might be a Mexican Violet-Ear. But more likely a Calliope Hummingbird where I got distracted and forgot to block in the right colours.

[filopay]

Just some quick texture studies

[sheepyhollows]

barloga studios

[lesillustrations]

Pheasant feather study, graphite

Fabriano Artistico Hot Press vs. Vellum Trace