#by steps

@ilovegt , wouldn't you mind me to try?

Maybe I'll color it once...

Comic ref on Polly:

ref part 6.1 8 25

Real owl ref:

And just for wings:

Pose ref:

Oh, and this one photo from movie "The Legends of Night Guardians" (Легенды ночных стражей). Ever seen? Try it, it's old and mostly unknown, but still cool. Ehh, i wish there would be part 2...

Here's main refs:

Bonus:

No, it's not. This is my character made by 3 pencils (actually 5: HB 2H 4B purple and black)

Here:

This is glasses holder, my new year present for family member:

It made of plastic form, printed by 3D printer and covered with artificial leather on the outside and fleece on the inside. I found the fabric in the photo with the markings on an old bag that was about to be thrown away.

Some parts of "how it's done":

I made some kind of stuff for the first time, so I made several mistakes... But final version good enough. I should say sorry for blur, 'cause I always have a creative chaos on my table...

Step 1. First consider very simple forms and some examples.   Lets try to draw a circle, it can be wrong, then the triangle. Then the leaf and an elongated oval top