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[wip] Snow petrel
🕑 Added 2024-12-03 06:33:03 +0000 UTCRelated post : [wallpaper] Snow petrel
Recently, where I live, we had a huge snowfall. It became winter in an instant.
Last year, I did a " Animal Drawing and Popularity Vote "It was winter then too, and I sketched a snow petrel. When I woke up and saw the outside covered in white snow, I immediately thought of that bird.
Snow petrel is a bird that lives in Antarctica. It is somehow less well known than penguins. You can easily see it if you go to Antarctica, but it's not easy for most of us to go to Antarctica lol. I've never seen it, but I could easily imagine it when wiki said it was the size of a pigeon.
Usually I sketch first and then color, but this time I had an exact color and image in mind, so I completed the color thumbnail first and then sketched on top of it.
The darker the background color, the clearer the bird will appear. I like the blue background, but I think it feels more like summer than winter. I decided on the jade color that came to mind first.
One of their special features is stomach oil, which they use for defense. I saw a video on YouTube... I was especially impressed by the way they wiped their bodies on the snow. I thought about expressing this in a picture, but I didn't draw it because I thought it would not good the peaceful atmosphere 😅 - But if I were to add something animated to the bird sticker pack later, I think it would be fun to express this.
[ Youtube link : Snow petrel - Antarctica ]
It's been completed like this. I paid some attention to the expression of the eyes and beak.
Thank you!
![[wip] Snow petrel](https://img5.patrefans.com/storage/3/ks/ka/563145-019e8c3a-69a9-741d-8fa3-8ee65b97d2e9.gif)
Comments
pikaole
Haha yeah that's so funny. I want to make a GIF of it someday!
Ash
These are so cute! I love the color palette - and omg the vomitting stomach oil?? That's wild!
pikaole
Thanks Udina!
Udina
So soft!
pikaole
Oh, that's really cool! I also watched the video in the article and the courtship dance is really cool. My 18 year old corydoras fish laid eggs in my tank a while ago. It reminded me of her.
pikaole
When I saw the parents holding that fluffy gray baby, I just wanted to draw them together 🥹
pikaole
Yeah lol The orange color really stands out in this picture, Maybe if I had drawn it with a more lively concept, the orange oil would have gone well lol
HyenaFanatic
Since you shared about the Snow Petrel I thought I would share a fun story about another sea bird I found interesting.
HyenaFanatic
https://www.iflscience.com/wisdom-the-worlds-oldest-bird-lays-egg-at-74-years-old-after-finding-new-mate-77074
Katherine Allan
Omg the parents with the little baby! So cute ;_;
Rax
the oil spitting picture is really funny but I can see why you didn't use it, there's not quite the same vibes!
Seth K.
I also really like how blobby they are in the first few drafts. ❤️
pikaole
Yeah, they look really fluffy so I really wanted to draw them.
Seth K.
So cute!! I really love the baby ones!
pikaole
Oh no, I've never drawn one. As soon as I saw it, I thought of a pheasant. They're from the same family. Beautiful birds!
halifaxia
This is so cute. Have you draw Rock Ptarmigans before? They are one of my favorite snowy birds.
