Awkward birds (occasionally)

Hi! I'm Zyz - I doodle, I like birds, I want to get better at doodling birds.

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^ for the amazingly skilled @ains-art

Something a little different- I have been drawing a lot again, mostly for artfight haha. Hoping to get back to birds after July, there's so many interesting species I would love to share!

in the mean time, I thought I'd drop some of my artfight attacks here. Been experimenting with scenes and environments!

It's been YEARS since I last participated! Here's my profile I would love to doodle any fun creatures you have.

Can you believe I have no bird characters yet (will soon tho if I ever draw my Kenku from D&D)

Bird #93 - Regent honeyeater (CR)

In the wild, regent honeyeaters are so rare that young birds are struggling to learn the song of their own species; the complexity of their song has decreased across generations, and some honeyeaters now sing the calls of other birds. This gradual loss of identity could impact their ability to find a mate.

Bird #92 - Guadelupe caracara (EX)

Back to my roots with extinct birds... The Guadelupe caracara, also known as the calalie or quelili, was considered common in 1876. Within a mere 30 years, the combination of active hunting from farmers and habitat destruction brought them to extinction. The last confirmed sighting was in 1900.

Full (and not flickering) image, plus some ramblings from me:

Me if I was a duck with my beautiful duck wife, and fish swimming in the sky for some reason.

Bird #91 - Microraptor gui (EX)

Based on this incredible fossil. I return from the dead to bring you: my favourite dinosaur!!! Did you know powered flight/bird-like creatures likely evolved multiple times?? Modern birds are the only lineage that still persists, but many other pseudo-birds co-existed with them in the Jurassic and Cretaceous.

Nightmare? Day stallion? Good dream gelding?

This was meant to be a little colour study and now I like it a lot, but the dimensions are too small :,)

Also tried altering the hues, as usual I can't pick one favourite

Here's also a little wip of a superb lyrebird, suggested by @slightylightly - they've been on my mental to-draw list for AGES, i'll try to finish it some day! Hopefully i'll return some time this year!

Bird #90 - Blue-footed booby (LC)

Bird #89 - leucistic Bohemian waxwing! (LC)

Largest of the waxwings, these divas are found all throughout the northern hemisphere. The 'wax' tips on their wings are actually just extensions of their flight feathers, coloured by carotenoids from the berries they eat!

I've been fighting some art block but finally managed to make something I actually like :D painting white or black things is so fun

Bird #88 - Schalow's turaco (LC) Requested by anon

"Ah yeah, no one knows what to do with those things now. One day the concrete will pave over their little patch, too, and maybe we'll just forget about them."

Ramblings and alternative colour version: