Horned Owl

Added a branch for the owl to sit on, changed the background color.  Also found some excellent hip hop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzbK_iEzF5Y

Camo Cardinal

Another w.i.p.  I only need to add a few finishing touches, then prints will be available. 

I can't find a link to listen to this song, but check out "Sincerity" by Eastern Sunz.  Hip hop is 90% fun, 10% honesty.  I love it.

Street Owl

This is a street owl.  I'm going to mess around with it a little more, eventually hoping to have it ready to print and frame.  Also I didn't feel like adding any background so to be more acurate I should say that it is an akwardly floating street owl.

I feel like lately I've been rolling along, so here's this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPKauUocLrc

Crested Titmouse #2

Second in a series of three.

I'm still trying to figure out how I want this to look.  It's getting closer.

Crested Titmouse

Short Eared Owl

This is an owl.

This happened yesterday, and this is what I'm listening to right now, as I contemplate how wonderful it is to be an artist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_prDWsKXSI

Oriole

This bird is from the street.

Spot Breasted Oriole, quite accurately named as you can clearly see the spots on his breast.  I'm having too much fun making birds in this way, it feels very freeing to rely less on a photo reference and more on how I think/want things to look.  The next step is to work bigger and add in more of my own detail.

I'm going to listen to secret agent while I make this happen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDsfiBzmLiY

Street Art

Street Art

I made some street art last night. It is based of a real bird, the Pyrrhuloxia.  Having established a rough outline, I departed from my reference and included my own bold colors and patterns.  Also, notice the peel here line because this is indeed a sticker.  Get ready, Roseville.

Also, I think the drawing looks better if you look at while listening to Guru's "Life Saver."  He starts to flow in French for about the last minute, it's beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QB74T4YGgo