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A tribute to my budgie, Sky, a year after his passing.

I started this a few weeks after Sky died intending it to be a tribute to the eleven years he was in my life, but looking through all the photos was making me too emotional. I always intended to pick the project up again, and now that it's been a year, I felt like I could handle things a bit better. It was still a bit rough at times...

So here is Sky, with a picture for every year of his life (including extras). All the drawings are based on photos I took of Sky during each year. The first drawing is from the day I took him home.
Sky was a great budgie. He was pretty mellow most of the time, but had a brave adventurous side too. It was nice having a bird that wanted to spend some time with me and some time on his own. He loved to mimic the sounds of other animals, the blue jay being his favorite. Sky always wanted to have some of what I was eating (so I would try not to eat in front of him, in case it wasn't a food I could share), or check out what I was looking at (he loved to peck at textbooks, comics, and homework when I let him). He was pretty bonded to me, and trusted me more than anyone else, though he wasn't antagonistic toward others. I still miss him a lot, but I am thankful I got to look after him for those 11 years

Description
A tribute to my budgie, Sky, a year after his passing.

I started this a few weeks after Sky died intending it to be a tribute to the eleven years he was in my life, but looking through all the photos was making me too emotional. I always intended to pick the project up again, and now that it's been a year, I felt like I could handle things a bit better. It was still a bit rough at times...

So here is Sky, with a picture for every year of his life (including extras). All the drawings are based on photos I took of Sky during each year. The first drawing is from the day I took him home.
Sky was a great budgie. He was pretty mellow most of the time, but had a brave adventurous side too. It was nice having a bird that wanted to spend some time with me and some time on his own. He loved to mimic the sounds of other animals, the blue jay being his favorite. Sky always wanted to have some of what I was eating (so I would try not to eat in front of him, in case it wasn't a food I could share), or check out what I was looking at (he loved to peck at textbooks, comics, and homework when I let him). He was pretty bonded to me, and trusted me more than anyone else, though he wasn't antagonistic toward others. I still miss him a lot, but I am thankful I got to look after him for those 11 years