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[wip] Happy crows
🕑 Added 2025-06-02 04:09:23 +0000 UTCI drew a crow based on the poll results : Animal Drawing and Popularity Poll 2
I was only familiar with some crows in my local area and a few others, but as always, the diversity of the animals was amazing and there were always more crow species than I thought. Due to the limited space on the canvas, I couldn't draw all the crows, so I chose crows that had some characteristics. Many crows look similar - the all-black crows we usually know - and they are often distinguished by their calls, location, or size.
I watched some videos while doing my research, and I found the crows tilting their heads especially cute, so I tried to capture that part as much as possible. And the furs covering their nostrils π
These days, I enjoy drawing pictures with line drawings.. so I might draw another related doodle. I especially enjoyed watching the video of a crow stealing a spoon and the video of a crow catching a bug with a stick. I want to draw a lot of crows holding something on their mouth.
I had some trouble drawing the eyes.
Some crows have distinctive colored irises.
I thought white eyes might look a bit scary.
I asked my artist friends in the group chat for their opinions and decided.
In the last step, I changed the background color. From pink to blue.
Since crows have a negative image among the public, I wanted to express them in a cute and soft color. So I chose pastel pink. Hmm..still it would have been pretty even if it were pink. But blue looks easier on the eyes, so it was a good idea to change it like this.
![[wip] Happy crows](https://img10.patrefans.com/storage/11/ki/cl/563145-019e8c3a-3829-7e22-ac7a-d27a35679409.gif)
Comments
pikaole
Oh I've never seen that before, so I just looked it up and it's really cute! I wonder who is smarter, the crow or the octopus. I like the sky octopus and I really like the sea crow
pikaole
Hehehe, thank you for liking it! I'm thinking of drawing the crow again, this time with a line drawing version ππ
Katherine Allan
I love this color scheme! Also they look so good both with line art and without, you're so talented!
Bees of War!
I think everyone likes the videos of crows playfully sliding down snowy rooftops too π Corvids are often mentioned alongside octopuses because they are intelligent and use tools, so I like to call crows "sky octopuses" around people who love birds ππ€ π. Octopuses could be called "sea crows"
