Birds =)

Birds

4th Apr - An Atlantic puffin, my fave birds =) This was my first proper picture on the computer, so it's a bit basic! I drew it using Ulead photo express.

Ref pic from a 2003 Cedco wildlife calendar

5th Apr - An eagle from an advert for Nova Scotia - its eye was so cool to draw! Used Ulead photo express again

7th Apr - This is an oriole from Birder's World magazine, drawn at oekakicentral.com

10th Apr - Barred owl drawn at oekakicentral.com, ref pic from Birder's World magazine. It's one of my fave pics, tho I need to put more detail into the
body feathers

19 Jul - Penguins drawn at oekakicentral, was testing if I could draw offline (ref from naturepl.com)

19 Jul - a male red-knobbed hornbill, I'm quite proud of this, apart from the background =S Drew it in the mirror room at oekakicentral, ref pic from International Wildlife magazine.

22 Jul - Barn owl, I decided to choose a picture with a detailed background for once, took longer than the owl! Drawn at oekakicentral (mirror room), ref pic from naturepl as ever

21 Aug - a peacock, it was quite painstaking to do all the tail feathers. Did this in Paint Shop Pro, was a request by Oli absolutely ages ago ;)

4 Jan - My favourite realism so far, a Ural owl chick (ref pic from naturepl.com). Yep, took a while to do ;)