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Why not? We don't know Birdo's background (Especially after they retconned it so Birdo was actually a girl). For all we know she was a princess herself... Or maybe she's just jealous at the attention the other princesses are getting. Or maybe just caught raiding Peach's wardrobe.Honestly, we actually don't know much about Birdo. Is she a singular dino, a race like Yoshi? Hell, is Birdo a female of Yoshi's race?? (Like that's too weird?? After all Yoshi is a guy but lays eggs). I mean given how limited our knowledge is of femmes in the SMB universe... The only ones who appear outside of the Paper Mario games are Peach and Daisy (Both humans, unlike EVERYONE else), Birdo, and Toadette (Who for some reason reminds me of Smurfette. I mean seriously, short, the only female in a bunch of males with a male patriarch. You'd think she'd be running the show or something. The only examples we have of such extreme sex imbalances are in insect life, where the one female is the "queen" and essentially sits around all day making babies and every whim catered to by working males.... Oy, I'm really overthinking this now, aren't I?). If you add in Paper Mario, you get a femme of every species it seems. From Ms. Mouz to Bombette to Gombette to even female koopas. Makes me wonder if the SMB world females are just so much less aggressive then the males, or if Bowser is just sexist in his recruiting tactics or something...
Wait, what was I talking about? Oh, the picture. Sorry. Either way, I added some shiny effect to try and give it a satiny look, as well as added some egg symbols to reflect her "aspect" (Daisy and Peach both have a flower-like broach on their chest. I expanded on that a little). But overall I tried to keep it close to Daisy and Peach's "princess" gowns. Tho technically her gloves should be white for that....
- Polecat
Lessons Learned: That head angle was actually harder to get then one would expect. So were the hands. Overall tho this picture came together very quickly and I'm extremely happy with it.
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TCPolecat7 In reply to ??? [2014-08-25 23:02:11 +0000 UTC]
*chuckles* Glad you like her.
- Polecat
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Syndicaidramon In reply to ??? [2014-05-25 15:57:06 +0000 UTC]
Birdo is about as geneticly female as Vivian is...
A.k.a. NOT.
She totally owns that dress, though.
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TCPolecat7 In reply to Syndicaidramon [2014-05-25 20:05:14 +0000 UTC]
Don't care, for the sake of my pictures, she is.
- Polecat
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Rathnik In reply to ??? [2013-01-09 16:33:04 +0000 UTC]
Love it Birdo is without a doubt my favorite video game charachter.
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TCPolecat7 In reply to Rathnik [2013-01-09 23:10:10 +0000 UTC]
Heh, thanks. I always thought she had potential as a character...
- Polecat
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Shailsnic In reply to ??? [2011-12-05 00:52:08 +0000 UTC]
I never thought I'd say this but... Birdo looks good in a dress.
Anyway onto the drawing itself, shading and outlines are good. I like the style too.
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TCPolecat7 In reply to Shailsnic [2011-12-05 11:34:37 +0000 UTC]
I thought she did too (and yeah, for my purposes in art, Birdo's a girl).
I'm glad you enjoyed it, and the shading and such was an interesting experiment for me.
- Polecat
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Shailsnic In reply to TCPolecat7 [2011-12-05 21:50:16 +0000 UTC]
The results of the experiment were successful then!
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TCPolecat7 In reply to ConnallRobotnik8 [2011-07-08 20:31:06 +0000 UTC]
Thank you.
- Polecat
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ConnallRobotnik8 In reply to TCPolecat7 [2011-07-08 21:15:29 +0000 UTC]
No prob.
- Connall Robotnik
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Daisy-Max1196 In reply to ??? [2011-07-06 03:06:19 +0000 UTC]
This looks so awesome!The pose,facial expression,detailing,and shading are all excellently done!
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TCPolecat7 In reply to Daisy-Max1196 [2011-07-06 03:08:29 +0000 UTC]
Thank you. This was one of my favorites with my experiments into drawing her.
- Polecat
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Daisy-Max1196 In reply to TCPolecat7 [2011-07-06 03:31:45 +0000 UTC]
You're welcome.It shows you liked drawing it very much.
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MexicanYoshiFriend [2011-04-15 02:01:38 +0000 UTC]
New fan of yours! I've seen some of your other drawings(will comment on them when I have time) and I must say that I love your drawing style! She looks perfect in her dress and the shading and details are astounding...
*super faves*
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TCPolecat7 In reply to MexicanYoshiFriend [2011-04-15 02:37:35 +0000 UTC]
*chuckle* Thank you. I had a lot of fun with this picture, and it struck me that we really don't know much about the species as a whole, y'know? Tho the reason Birdo is done up in a princess gown is a good question, ne? Is she in hiding? Maybe she just snuck into Peach's closet? Who knows, but I had fun drawing it.
- Polecat
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MexicanYoshiFriend In reply to TCPolecat7 [2011-04-15 02:43:00 +0000 UTC]
Your welcome!
Yeah, wish I knew a bit more too...but what I do know that Birdo is stunning as a female, especially when you draw her
Great question actually, although I do not know the answer
Glad you had fun drawing this, cause that's what counts...This makes me want to draw Birdos as well! (I need to practice more though)
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TCPolecat7 In reply to MexicanYoshiFriend [2011-04-15 03:45:12 +0000 UTC]
Birdo had an odd shape. Took me some work to get her down too (And yes, in my mind, Birdo is a femme). And I appreciate the compliment, and glad you enjoyed it.
- Polecat
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MexicanYoshiFriend In reply to TCPolecat7 [2011-04-15 11:14:04 +0000 UTC]
lol, definitely...
Anytime!
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reijisakamoto In reply to ??? [2010-11-12 21:31:47 +0000 UTC]
Male or female doesn't matter,the most important it's a preety draw!
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TCPolecat7 In reply to reijisakamoto [2010-11-12 22:30:56 +0000 UTC]
Chalk it up to too much time to think about such things.
- Polecat
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Raveingshewolf In reply to ??? [2010-10-29 04:24:48 +0000 UTC]
Birdo is male when i found out my face was O_____O
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that's where i found out
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TCPolecat7 In reply to Raveingshewolf [2010-10-29 12:39:29 +0000 UTC]
I know. but for my pics, I chose to make Birdo a femme.
- Polecat
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Pimmy In reply to ??? [2010-07-14 00:12:17 +0000 UTC]
Oh this is very cute! I love how you did the lines on her face especially
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TCPolecat7 In reply to Pimmy [2010-07-14 00:13:39 +0000 UTC]
Thank you. Tho I meant as only a reference. I did ha handful of Birdo pics in there... She's a fun character, tho I worried about drawing a copywritten character so much, so made up my own race (with similar proportions) so I wouldn't run afoul of that.
- Polecat
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Pimmy In reply to TCPolecat7 [2010-07-14 00:20:56 +0000 UTC]
Oh that's cool!
Birdo's proportions are so cute anyway, more characters should have them!
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TCPolecat7 In reply to Pimmy [2010-07-14 00:49:35 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, she has a bit of a heavier feminine curve to her then the common "supermodel skinny" proportions out there. Bordering on Zaftig, without actually being overweight.
- Polecat
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Pimmy In reply to TCPolecat7 [2010-07-14 04:03:27 +0000 UTC]
Nice! Healthy curves are a great thing. It really fits with her pudgy lil Mario Kart model.
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TCPolecat7 In reply to Pimmy [2010-07-14 04:09:21 +0000 UTC]
I use her a lot on my MK Wii... tho amusingly I tend to use the one Dolphin bike... doing a wheelie always gives me the weird optical illusion that she's got a fish tail, like a mermaid, instead of her normal legs.
- polecat
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wayc In reply to ??? [2010-05-10 06:56:40 +0000 UTC]
Ahhh, oh my gosh. This is even better than French Maid Birdo... she looks soooo beautiful as a princess. ;_; I wanna be her prince. XD
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TCPolecat7 In reply to wayc [2010-05-10 10:40:08 +0000 UTC]
*chuckle* This was my favorite of the series of Birdo pics I did honestly.
- Polecat
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AmyWeaving [2010-01-04 07:03:02 +0000 UTC]
Heres my opinion! She's intersexed! yes both genders......and you drew her so well here!
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TCPolecat7 In reply to AmyWeaving [2010-01-04 11:29:12 +0000 UTC]
I'm glad you like the pic. Not so sure on the theory tho... O.o
- Polecat
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TCPolecat7 In reply to BnGJessie [2009-12-05 11:45:00 +0000 UTC]
One of those things I couldn't believe no one else thought of first!!
- Polecat
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BnGJessie In reply to TCPolecat7 [2009-12-06 07:17:55 +0000 UTC]
You definitely think outside the box.
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Luigi--Mario In reply to ??? [2009-12-04 05:32:20 +0000 UTC]
Birdo is Catherine in Japan. Problem solved.
OMG Peach to Birdo TF
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TCPolecat7 In reply to Luigi--Mario [2009-12-04 07:32:34 +0000 UTC]
*LOL* I think I've seen one somewhere....
- Polecat
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FK-Central [2009-12-02 05:46:27 +0000 UTC]
She's looks cute. I know Birdo is a guy, but i always think his race is cute like that.
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TCPolecat7 In reply to FK-Central [2009-12-02 12:01:40 +0000 UTC]
It varies depending on the source material. For my money, this specific Birdo (presuming there is a race represented, like Yoshi) is female.
- Polecat
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char97 [2009-10-28 00:34:32 +0000 UTC]
LOL Birdo is a boy XP
he just wears a pink bow in every game he is in
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TCPolecat7 In reply to char97 [2009-10-28 01:00:32 +0000 UTC]
He/She has been retconned a few different ways. Personally I view Birdo as a femme... cause I wanna!
- Polecat
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char97 In reply to TCPolecat7 [2009-10-28 01:03:16 +0000 UTC]
Well it could be a boy and a girl at the same time XD
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