It should also come as no surprise that in the ‘off season’ I spend a lot of time thinking about which costume I shall wear next and what I need to make it. This year I chose to make a griffin costume… enter mass quantities of fur, feathers and assorted yarn, lots and lots of…
I decided to change the bird’s coloring and head slightly so that it looked more realistic. I love peacocks and have quite a few photos that I’ve used as reference. Still, I took some artistic license with the crown of feathers on the head as I liked the longer more flowing version I had already…
I’ve finally started to work a bit more toward the finished coloring on the clouds and I’ve now added in the rough shape of the bird itself.
For step 3, I focused on fleshing out the background and really making it look like clouds. I also decided to change my plans for the opening in the clouds from a town to an island. After all what self respecting fire bird would prefer a city to an island paradise?
If the title doesn’t give you an indication, this piece was inspired by the quickie contest entry I showed in my last post. I’ve decided to help keep myself motivated by showing this work in progression. I’ve always enjoyed seeing the steps involved in an artwork and I’m hoping you will too. Without further ado,…
I stumbled upon an art contest that called for the artist to portray what a phoenix would like like if it were crossed with a peacock. As I love both of these birds, I couldn’t help but create a quick doodle. I hope to develop this into a larger scale more complex work at some…
