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Published: 2009-04-05 00:27:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 44698; Favourites: 1426; Downloads: 1047
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A bird wing tutorial in a slightly simplified, cartoonistic, but still realistic style.And yes, the mentioned book is any learning artist's bible.
Again, sorry if anything is illegible. This is my actual handwriting. ...
-edit- New and improved! Drawings are more accurate, and now includes a how-to and reference angles.
Edit! Improved art samples!
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this was so helpful!! feathered wings are very hard to draw!
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thank you soo much for this...it's really helpfull 
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very useful, especially the modified templates on the side
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Could you possibly do references for Owl or Raven wings? :3
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All bird wings are made up of the same basic layers, its just the proportions of the feathers and the bones themselves that create the different shapes. There are lots of good photographs here that show the details of owl and raven wings and the shape of each feather. Owl wings are usually smooth and rounded, while raven wings have pointed pinions like a hawk.
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Those are tricky to find reference material for, this is what I have found before: wild-soul.deviantart.com/art/F…
Their wings are fairly short, rounded, and very broad, good for quick bursts of flight and moving through trees.
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-whispers- I believe I can flyyyyyy....
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yes! -whispers- I believe I can touch the skyyyyy....
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Wonderful! Finally, something simple and easy to follow, but thorough and with great, realistic info! Thank you very much, I think I give birds another shot!
I wonder, could you possibly whip up a folded bird wing tutorial??
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Yeah, I know. Amen to that! As a matter of fact, I'm going to try again thanks to you. Maybe if I can get a scanner I'll even try to let you when I post it, Ok?
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You know something, I should have taken a look at this when I was trying to draw a Pegasus once.
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Its never too late to try again! I keep tons of old drawings just to try again.
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[link] used the wings here hope you dont mind im still learning wings and mine suck so i used these heh
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Hmm, I can't quite read what's on the sheet, not sure what they're on there for, but I don't mind! I think for better quality you should try tracing them on a new layer in photoshop. The same goes for your other sketches!
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I don't have ps I use gimp
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Oh dear... I've got nothing on Gimp. If there's something like the magic wand tool, you can turn up the tolerance so you get less white spots areond the linework.
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Sorry, I'm not sure how to help. If I knew more aobut the program I'm sure we could figure something out.
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I kno it does have a thing where i can use layers but im still learning how to do everything on the computer ^^'
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This is the best wing tutorial ever, it's simple and easy to follow. Thank you so much for making this.
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Aww, thanks! I'm even happier with it now that its got another makeover XD
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Hm....simple yet effective tutorial! Gotta fav this one^^
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You are AMAZINGGGGGG
This is fantastic and everything I was looking for :]] Best tutorial I have found. Thank you for breaking down the bird wings in the way that you did, I really see them differently now, and I can tell quite a bit easier when I am making mistakes. :] <3 Much love!
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Very nice work. A well broaden horizon is a good horizon, and this will help meh greatly!
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Well, I'm very glad this helped!
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All the different angles at the bottom are really helpful!
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A great reference tutorial ( this will help me a lot on planning for future Avian works -- still grasping, I need more effort on it 
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Wow, thanks! I really am glad people are getting good advise from this.
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Very helpful! 
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Good tutorial, it's great you mentioned the overlapping of feathers. Very important feature that artists often look over, even myself.
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