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Hawk head different angles ref
Published: 2010-10-25 01:48:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 54355; Favourites: 1765; Downloads: 1804
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Raptor/hawk head at different angles. These are all the same Red-tailed Hawk, but he molted from juvenile to adult plumage while I was collecting these pictures so there is color variation to the feathers; the lighting also changed day-to-day. This bird is not a falconry bird, but rather a permanent resident at a raptor rehabilitation center. He came in from the wild with a badly-healed coracoid break and cannot fly very well. His upper beak is over-long, so keep that in mind if you're trying to draw a realistic, natural raptor. I hope this makes a decent reference for people drawing birds of prey, gryphons, etc. Feel free to download for personal use. Not for photo-manipulation. If anyone is interested in a similar thing with owls, kestrels, another species of hawk, raptor feet, etc let me know.Great-horned Owl: [link]
Barn Owl: [link]
Turkey Vulture: [link]
Golden Eagle: [link]
American Kestrel: [link]
Burrowing Owl: [link]
Icterid (Brewer's Blackbird): [link]
Raptor feet: [link]
10/26: Wow, the daily deviation was a surprise! I'm glad this is turning out useful for so many people. My gallery has a lot of other bird of prey photos that I usually allow people to use for reference if they ask first and credit back to the original, so feel free to take a look.
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My friend actually got a Red Tailed Hawk a couple of weeks ago. I met it this weekend. They're truly incredible birds!
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Cool. Did they just get a falconer's license?
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She did. She's been studying and training since before I first met her.
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this is amazingly helpful! Thanks for posting it!
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Wonderful!! I don't do many things with birds, but this ref sheet is so thorough about the different angles, it almost makes me want to try to draw something . . .
A wonderful addition to the deviantArt community!!
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Draw a bird! They're awesome!
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Woah... That is so cool. THis will be really handy for me. You're getting added to my watch list
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This is something very intriguing to me, if i ever get to drawing griffins and such, this would be a must have.
(gratz on the D&D)
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I love hawks. Except when they land in the tree just outside of my backyard and the cat is out there.
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Such lovely shots and angles! It's always great to have a group of reference photos that are really useful in perspective of that creature. Very nice!
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(Row 5, Pic 4) Is that?
(R1,P2) Really?
(R2, P6) OMG IT IS!
(R1, P4) GIMME THAT MOUSE PLEASE!
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Wow. Nice job. This would be amazing for all sorts of drawings! Kudos!
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I wish someone would do this for all the animals OF THE WORLD!!!
So useful!
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Lol, me too. I want one for a giraffe.
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Totally awesome
One of my favorites animals hehe
Really nice shots 
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Oh em jee, this is perfect! Thank you sooo much for making this!
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FFFF..... this is fantastic! I'll definately be using this! I'm designing a character based on an Archeopteryx (guess you can't snap one of those, hehe XD), this'll be very helpful. Thankyou so much!
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damn should be hard to take all those pics with such animal
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HOLY CRAP!! 
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Thanks! I was pretty surprised, actually. I'm glad this ref is turning out useful for so many people.
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oh ma all your photos are amazing! raptors always have fascinated me. I've been drawing perigrine falcons a lot latley, it would be awesome if you could make one of these for a perigrine. What an amazing opporitunity to be able to photograph these animals up close, birds are so hard to get into a picture, even the ones just in my backyard!
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I won't be able to make one for a peregrine, though I would also love to have one for my own use. The peregrines at the center are too high-strung to tolerate cameras being held at all angles around their face. I wouldn't want to cause them any anxiety/stress. If you can find just a few good references of peregrines and compare how their heads are different to the hawk, you could be able to use this reference as a loose base for a peregrine head. I will also be doing an American Kestrel later, and that might work well for a general falcon head ref.
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I can imagine how anxious they could be, being so fast and all. Ohh a kestrel would be awesome! would it also be possible to do one for a a horned owl or an osprey?
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Not an osprey (also surprisingly high-stress in captivity, poor guys--and fortunately, our rehab ospreys have all been released; none were permanently disabled), but Great Horned Owl, Burrowing Owl, and Turkey Vulture are the three I'm collecting pictures for right now.
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aww oh well it was worth asking. I am so excited to see the pictures! what an awesome opporitunity C:
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Great-horned owl ref is finished: [link]
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a lot of these, like 2, 3, 4, and 6 off the top row should have funny text added, the expressions are priceless. XD
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wow. this will definitely be needed in some future art project of mine. thanks alot for this, i'll note you if I use it.
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This is wonderful, and I very rarely favorite or comment on stock/reference photos. It makes me want to paint gryphons and various bird-headed beings.
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Aweeee he's beautiful! Does he belong to you?
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No, he "belongs" to a raptor rehabilitation center at the university I attend. But he's still an ex-wild bird, so I guess I would say he resides there.
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Great job putting these together; they could be extremely useful to a lot of people
xxxx
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