rare-basement:

itsvondell:

sometimes birds lie about their necks

and their wheels

helpyoudraw:

A really good gif that shows wing movement for characters like angels.

kinspirational:

bird wing references

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avencri:

Just wanted to share a tutorial i made for making wings.

xenozombiemorph:

supaslim:

because it is the bane of my existence to see artists who don’t even TRY to get bird anatomy right, when they’ll gladly put forth the effort to learn mammalian anatomy

BIRDS ARE SO EASY TO DRAW

THERE ARE NOT MANY MOVING PARTS ON THEIR FACE

NOT LIKE US SQUISHY MAMMALS

still debating if I should make my own HOW TO DRAW WINGZ ref or just link to some good ones I’ve seen, since there are a plethora of both good and god-awful tutorials out there for wings already. I’ll probs make my own because other guides neglect to mention that GASP DIFFERENT BIRDS HAVE DIFFERENT SHAPED WINGS BECAUSE THEY FLY DIFFERENTLY

THIS IS AWESOME BUT JUST ONE NOTE

Almost all birds are capable of moving their upper beak, aka prokinesis, it’s just that parrots have the most obvious degree of it.  prokinesis is the movement of the beak at the point at which it is hinged to the skull of the bird.

There’s like a million different types of kinesis to do with the beak/rhamphotheca/whatever but yeah, parrots aren’t the only ones :D

I can’t find any good pictures to demonstrate but yeah, it’s present in almost all birds.  Loons and ducks are good birds to look at c:

eyecager:

Animating birds in flight by Brendan Body who has worked on Spiderman, Legend of the Guardians, Harry Potter and many more. Given to me by my friend Ju Li Khaw who is an badass animator.

arsanatomica:

While looking at the little screech owl, I took a series of photographs and made this gif to illustrate the of the automatic grasping action of the talons.

The structure of bird feet is set up so that the foot automatically grasps when the ankle joint is bent.

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misterseathing:

iambillpardy:

misha-bawlins:

jared-swagalecki:

limpcobra:

wing parts

I don’t know about wing parts

all I know is that touching them will get an angel off

necessary information in my life

Art refs ftw

I remember drawing wings that were just… abominational masses of feathers and sorrow. FINALLY I WILL DRAW THEM AND KNOW WTF I AM DOING.

ooh yes this is good

magicalnaturetour:

Black-Capped Chickadee, Poecile Atricapilla by Blobber :)