#feather tutorial

[tinylongwing]

Feather illustration for non-biologists! It occurred to me that some of you might find this useful. It starts with a necessary biology lesson, because I find that understanding the structure and function of feathers will greatly improve accurate rendering of those feathers.

A lot of this is general - obviously you can find all kinds of exceptions in the  natural world (penguins, ratites, I’m looking at you guys). But it should cover the bulk of the illustration needs if you’re not comfortable drawing feathers and want some ideas on how to improve.

For photo references, I highly recommend birdpixel (a very generous online art reference created by Leena and Vivek Khanzode), Cornell’s Macaulay Library, and Piranga, which is mostly aimed at North American bird banders but shows excellent close-ups of a variety of species.

[art-tnt]

Wing and feather tutorials by Brenda Lyons.

[tianakoopa]

Tried this tutorial https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Tutorial-How-to-draw-a-feather-with-BeckyKidus-1315798186

Tutorial: How to draw a feather with BeckyKidus by Team on DeviantArt

Tutorial: How to draw a feather with BeckyKidus — a journal by Team on DeviantArt. Published: 2026-05-04 · Likes: 601 · Views: 36438 · Comme

[kyptanuy]

Plumas fáciles con "Illustrator"

Plumas fáciles con “Illustrator”

  Tutorial de Maria Gronlund Creo que nunca acabaré de descubrir todas las posibilidades que “Illustrator nos ofrece… ¡No deja de sorprenderme! En este sentido, me alegra enormemente que haya tanta gente “por aquí” que no dudan en compartir sus conocimientos y habilidades. Artistas y profesionales nos muestran sus pequeños secretos en un acto de auténtico altruismo. En esta ocasión os presento a…

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[dxku]

here yo u go baby!!! have fun!!

[thepandoraresourcebox]

Source: pocketmole

A step by step walk-through of how I made the feather shown below. I had some problems with photoshop crashing so I had to redo several steps. That resulted in it not looking quite as good as the original. Oh well, you get the point. :) This is actually my first attempt at drawing a simple feather so bear with me.

Step 1 - Draw the "spine" of the feather to determine which way it will lie:  Step 2 - With a general base color, block in the shape of your feather. Depending on the feather, pieces will clump together and separate in different areas:  Step 3 - With a fairly large, soft-edged brush go in a develope basic shadows and highlights:  Step 4 - With a finer brush, start to develop some of the individual "hairs" on the feather:  Step 5 - Continue to bring out the texture of the feather. Again, depending on the feather, this could look really different. For some feathers the "hairs" are very visible and for others (like this one) they appear much more like one piece:  Step 6 - With a large brush over the top, bring out the shadows and highlights a little bit more:  Step 7 - Obviously not necessary but I added a shadow :D