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Russockshitha — Amagumo in a Tree
Published: 2010-08-10 14:57:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 1083; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 5
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This is Amagumo my pet Budgie! His name means “Heavenly Cloud” (天雲). The tree he is sitting in is Acer rubrum, or the red maple. It is a tree native to the area in which I live. I thought actually drawing him in his cage would be too boring, which is why I drew him in a tree.Anyway, this is my entry for the Happy Budgie Home Contest ([link] ). I hope you enjoy it.
Edit: (September 28, 2010); Amagumo passed away, thus making this picture a memorial to him.
Materials: graphite pencil (4H and 6H), Micron pens (08, 05, 03, 02, 01, and 005), Crayola Supertip Washable Markers, Bristol board (9 in. x 12 in.)
Please Critique: composition, coloring, anatomy
Artwork is copyright to =Hayabusa-Itachi
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This is beautiful. The inks look great and the colours really bring it to life. One thing I would recommend about your colouring though is to slow it down a little, the strokes are really noticeable in some places though other parts look really smooth.
That's all I can really think to critique as I don't know much about bird anatomy and the colours you used look amazing together. The shadows look great as well.
Your bird must have been beautiful, I'm sorry he's gone. I think this is a good tribute to him (even though you did it before he died e.deviantart.net/emoticons/i/i… " width="19" height="19" alt="
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Thank you for the critique.
I suppose I could have done more to keep the streaking down. I usually try to blame the streaking all on the poor quality of the water-based markers I used. It is true that they do streak a lot, which is one of the reasons they are so inferior to alcohol-based ones, but I suppose I could have colored in a circular pattern more. It definitely would have minimized the streaking. I will remember your advice in the future.
Do not worry about not knowing bird anatomy to well. Anatomy can be a hard subject, and birds have a more bazaar body plan which makes theirs that much harder to learn.
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Congratulations, you have made it to the last round of voting!!! Now go vote again!!! You are more than welcome to promote your entry and ask anyone and everyone to vote, but please keep in mind that ~no-pants-tuesday and *Rora-chan7 will have the final say!!
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Thank you so much for your entry into 's ''Happy Budgie Home'' Contest!!! Currently there are three polls up (on my page ) so all entries can be voted on, your entry can be found in the 3rd poll: [link] Yes, you can ask anybody and everybody to vote for you, but please keep in mind that final choice is up too ~no-pants-tuesday and *Rora-chan7
Thank you!
Other two polls:
1st: [link]
2nd: [link]
Good Luck!!!
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Thank you. And thank you for the favorite, too.
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