Still thinking of the idea for a parrot guide, I remembered an idea I originally had around the text for the Red List project when working on Babel; using images of feathers to create text (found in this post).
This could work quite well for this idea too, so I spent a little time making some samples of the text. If I were to actually use this idea, I would take my own photos for use, and also spend more time thinking about an experimenting with which fonts to use, but for now this gives a good idea of whats in my head.
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| Experimentation with text and feather imagery |
I have also started doing a couple of water colours of the parrots, thinking of Matt Sewell's simplistic style with the blocks of colour to highlight the birds characteristic qualities.
(My pages got stuck together..)
(My pages got stuck together..)
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| Sketchbook experimentation - Catalina Macaw |
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| Sketchbook experimentation - Ecelectus & Blue and Gold Macaw I need to practice more... my first macaw looks ok...the ecelectus looks horrible, but i'm not sure why. They have a really funny simple face, when simplified even more apparently it goes to hell...but, overall the blocks of colour work! its just my drawing ability that needs working on. Also I need to take my time, and let the individual blocks dry before adding the next section. I think I just need to do more and practice..and do something about the feet too.
I'm working on cockatiel at the moment that, so far, looks lovely, I'll add this later.
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