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Date: 04/24/06 Size: 800x533, 82kb Rating: 4.83 (6 votes) Hardware: Mouse Software: Paint Shop Pro
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African Bird (Animals) digital artwork by Barb Kermis
 
Artist's Comment
For lack of a better title, this is a bird I started as a wip months ago and then got too busy to finish. I decided Jean has the best advise. Enjoy when you paint. So I worked on this on and off for the past week and took a break from my "newfound job".

I used a photo reference with permission from Graham Dean ( www.gndean.com ) . I found this SO beautiful I HAD to try to paint it. Course along with being a cat lover I (ironically) love birds too. This was for me extremely difficult to paint with all the feather details but I learned a lot!
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Graham Hockaday
Bitmap Bumpkin
5.00 Rating 08/26/06 - 09:17 AM (CDT) [ Report Abuse ]
You sure have talent, amazing
Frogster
Artwork Addict
5.00 Rating 05/20/06 - 12:30 PM (CDT) [ Report Abuse ]
outstanding
Midnight Blue
JPEG Jedi
5.00 Rating 05/17/06 - 06:47 PM (CDT) [ Report Abuse ]
Beautiful piece of work! Love the blurry background which really lifts out that gorgeous bird!
Jerrica R
JPEG Jedi
04/27/06 - 06:26 PM (CDT) [ Report Abuse ]
I know you wanted to capture the bird more thanthe tree limb, but the way you painted it, it distracts more from the bird with all of the bright speckles in the bark.
Barb Kermis
04/27/06 - 06:19 PM (CDT) [ Report Abuse ]
Thanks Jerrica for your comment. Here is a link to the photo I used as a reference. http://www.pbase.com/grays/image/50714602

My intent was to try and capture the bird ... not the tree limb. Thanks for looking though.
Jerrica R
JPEG Jedi
4.50 Rating 04/27/06 - 06:01 PM (CDT) [ Report Abuse ]
Nice work! I think the tree branch could use a bit more work though.
waheednasir
JPEG Jedi
4.50 Rating 04/26/06 - 03:23 PM (CDT) [ Report Abuse ]
oops .. forgot.
waheednasir
JPEG Jedi
04/26/06 - 03:21 PM (CDT) [ Report Abuse ]
hey babs...so good to see u with such a nice work here. i really like this one. nice palette and good work on those feathers.
Barb Kermis
04/25/06 - 06:10 PM (CDT) [ Report Abuse ]
Thank you whitehawk ... I appreciate your comments and your appreciation of my work :)
Whitehawk
Bitmap Bumpkin
5.00 Rating 04/25/06 - 09:55 AM (CDT) [ Report Abuse ]
Wow, this is so realistic! You did a beautiful job.

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