Bird

For my bird, I chose a Blue Jay. It has engaging shapes, patterns, and colors.

I used numerous individual gradients and shadows, particularly on the wings, to make them more engaging and add depth. This was the first time I got to use my Bamboo tablet a lot on an assignment and it helps by adding variety to the lines. In an earlier version of this, the eye and beak were both together in one frame, but I need another good focus point and so split the image and reversed the beak. I attempted to make a foot, but it turned out to be too difficult and blue jay feet are rather ugly looking. I think this is one of the best pieces of art I have created so far.