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Keeping Watch

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Colored pencil on black paper, 7"x11.5"
~10 hours of work

This was drawn for the contest being run by *Bokkaku [link]
I was away from my scanner all weekend, so I drew this instead of working on my commission.

I'd been thinking about drawing some sort of bird anthro for a while, but hadn't gotten around to it. I decided that this was a good excuse, and gave me a subject to try drawing in full color on black paper. I wasn't quite sure if colors other than white would show up as clearly, but I think it turned out decent.

I didn't use any direct references for any of this image, even the wing. I think it turned out all right anyway, but it's far from perfect.

I'm not sure if I am done with this drawing. I'm considering adding more setting/background, but I'm not sure what or how. If you have any ideas, or think I should stop here, I am interested in hearing other people's opinions.
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RavensHiddenSoul's avatar
I like what you have here already. :} If you add in too much background, it might take away some of the focus form the bird and the lamp, and having only them and the post gives it almost a feeling of intimacy, and definitely makes it more thought-provoking.