Artist's Reference Closet

supaslim:

here, have wings.

Good Resources:

Puget Sound Wing and Tail Collection (where all the wing images I used came from)

Origin of Flight in Birds

Animating Bird Flight (great resource for ALL artists)

Faces

broadway-aradia:

8ree:

3poc:

found a dead crow in the back yard

I felt a little bad picking it up but it happened literally today so I got some reference shots while I could

put him in a shoebox and gave him a sad little crow burial

these are so grimly and eerily beautiful wow

this is gorgeous so gorgeous

i swear i thought OP would be a dave rper or something hehe

fat-birds:

Wine-throated hummingbird by Jose Yee. (x)

fat-birds:

Wine-throated hummingbird by Jose Yee. (x)

fairy-wren:

cream-colored woodpecker
(photo by wim de groot)

fairy-wren:

cream-colored woodpecker

(photo by wim de groot)

taikoneesan:

Birds in order:

  • Allen’s Hummingbird, f
  • Arctic Tern, m
  • Atlantic Puffin, m
  • Bald Eagle, m
  • Bank Swallow, f
  • Barn Owl, f
  • Common Raven, m
  • Great Blue Heron, m
  • Tundra Swan, m

thedailyfeed:

These amazing photos of an osprey seizing his prey were taken by Miguel Lasa, a doctor who spent four summers in Finland capturing wildlife scenes.

phototoartguy:

Crane and Eagle - Hokkaido, Japan @500px.com

phototoartguy:

Crane and Eagle - Hokkaido, Japan @500px.com

hmking6762:

고맙습니다 잘 가질께요 ㅠ

hmking6762:

고맙습니다 잘 가질께요 ㅠ

dailyparrots:

A black cockatoo shows off her glorious patterns!
Species: Red-tailed Black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
By heathth on Flickr(Source)

dailyparrots:

A black cockatoo shows off her glorious patterns!

Species: Red-tailed Black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)

By heathth on Flickr
(Source)