A Self Portrait I Did Recently. Process Video Included

A self portrait I did recently. Process video included

Blue’s Feathers and Wings Compendium: Standard Wing Shapes

Wings Part 1 [Standard ]| Wings Part 2 [Atypical] | Feather Markings | Tail Feathers [Part 1] | Tail Feathers [Part2]

I have expanded the traditional 4 types; Highspeed, Elliptical, Low Aspect and High Aspect ratio, because they were very narrow and vague categories for the most part, adding High Energy, Thermal Soaring, Night Glider, and Passerine wings. I feel that these extra types make it easier to understand and visualize the differences and similarities between wing shapes.

I’ve renamed Low Aspect to Powered Soaring, and High Aspect to Dynamic Soaring for the purposes of the fact that names made it hard to understand purpose and were easily confusable. 

A lot of these wing types are also affected by tailfeather shape and size, and that will change their agility and energy expenditure as the tail also generates lift.

Disclaimer: This is in no way intended to be an academic dissertation or proposal, do not treat it as such. It is purely for art and writing references for others, to aid description and inspiration.

I can barely contain myself right now

holy shit

HOLY SHIT

So last night I may have confused a story my partner told me with a tumblr post. Goldfish brain moment

is 5 too young for the dark crystal? i don’t want to scare my sister but i want to show her

I want to share this video with other artists on here. Just came across it in my recommended Youtube videos, and it makes so much sense to me. It teaches you how to think about the anatomy of a ribcage, and how to make it easier to draw. I feel like this is the next step up, or maybe a step below, the bean tutorial Proko has done. 

You think you know things about your body, especially when you draw a humanoid figure, until someone’s like ‘Your shoulders move independently from your ribcage.’ and of course they do, but lul my art certainly didn’t reflect that.