#wing tutorial

Since it has been asked, I made a little breakdown on how to draw wings.

So, first thing to understand is wing anatomy. I used a swan wing as reference for my artwork. Divide the wing into blocks of feathers. There's sort of three layers to the feathers outlined in the second picture, and these divided along the top joint of the wing where it folds. See the second image. Make sure you bring in these nice, flowy shapes here!

Now that you have these big shapes, you can cut into them and make the individual shapes of the primary and secondary feathers (layer 3.) also make sure they overlap correctly depending on if you are drawing the wing from the front or the back. make sure you stick with a nice rythm and have the feathers get gradually bigger as you get closer to the tip. Like this:

when you go ahead and draw that layer 2 of coverts, make sure that every feather you drew for the bottom layer has (approximately) a feather overlapping it (so you have pretty much the same number of feathers in each layer) and that they line up nicely. But you can also make them a bit more ruffled. Like this:

Other than the flight feathers, the very top part of the wing is very smooth, with shorter, more rounded feathers (almost half-circles!). They can lie very flat or also look a lot more fluffy. think of them almost like overlapping scales. There is also the Alula at the top of the wing, a sort of extra feathery bit that sticks out over the primaries. also don't forget the scapulars which cover over the shoulder blade and are on top when the wing is folded. The Scapulars also have two layers of feathers. (see first graphic).

From there, it's only a matter of lineart and shading or however you want to finish your artwork. Hope this helps with the structure! Drawing wings folded together is a whole other story that I'm not going to get into here... lol.

TL:DR: understand the structure of wings and use references to get it right, work from big shapes to small shapes.

Is this. Him name is Monochrome.

Monochrome's so pretty!! <3

I'll try my best to explain how I draw wings, though it may be a bit messy ;w;

awww ;;; but hai yes ofc, i cant promise im the BEST at explaining? but imma try my best for u💪💖

i start out with a layout usually like this, kinda like a chicken wing, but if u need help gettin the shape right, u can break it down into shapes and then add those lines to connect them (dont mind the bird, hes just visiting)

THEN i use this layout to kinda shape the wing how i want it, so i do a shorter part ov the wing like this, i make sure to keep it extra short cuz ov the next part ov the wing being longer

FINALLY u add another layer per say to the bottom part ov the wing, which the feathers will be longer then the previous ones, even if ever so slightly LOL trust me it makes the difference

ANDDD thas bout it really :3 u can kinda put the traingle shapes in any position you want depending on how u want the wing to look, jus a few lil examples i did: (also feel free to add lil lines for "feathery look" idk LOL)