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LuxDani β How to Paint on Feathers
Published: 2010-08-07 23:26:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 9247; Favourites: 275; Downloads: 143
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Finally got it done!Feather tutorial!
Everything is explained in the tutorial, but as always, if you have any questions feel free to ask!
Credits:
Eagle ref : [link]
Squirrel ref : A photo my little sister took for me
Heron ref : [link]
Wolf ref : [link]
And here are the deviations for the two pieces I used in this tut. [link] and [link]
Enjoy! And any feedback is appreciated!
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no problem this is truly amazing especially the detail!Β
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Thank you
I collect feathers, not sure why but I have over 150 now :/ mainly common bird feathers Β like pigeons and seagulls but anyway, I wonder what to do with them. I've known about feather painting for a while but figured it would be very difficult because it would separate and generally be more trouble than it might be worth XD but perhaps now I can give it a try.
(why didn't I think of fixative lol? XD What effect does it actually have by the way, other than making it impossible to close separations afterwards? Does it help hold it together by a decent amount or is it just so the paint stays better? Β Thanks)
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Definitely give it a try! Its pretty neat once you get the hang of it.
I would say some sort of fixative is an absolute must for feather paintings. It allows the paint to stick to the feathers much better, but it also (my favorite part) stiffens up the feather like mad, so it is a much better surface to work on. Has the same effect of putting way too much hair spray in your hair.
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Okay 
Unfortunately I don't use hair spray so I wouldn't know XP
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I think that fixative might work, give it a try.
I find that once the paint goes on the feathers, especially with a fixative, its pretty waterproof. I actually had one of my first painted feathers accidentally soaking in water earlier this year and its totally fine now. You should always give the final painting another coat of the fixative, just to seal it.
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Okey doke, I'll try it when I get a chance.
Righto, thank you very much for the help! Maybe if I get good at it I'll link you to it and see what you think then
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Definitely, I'd love to see!
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this tutorial is very useful. i think i will try it to.
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Awesome! Hope it can be helpful!
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it really was. i didn't painted the wolves but your tutorial was pretty helpful
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All of the feathers in this tutorial are domestic Indian Blue Peacock feathers.
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FINALLY! I found something on this now I don't have to put up with Expert village that don't explain anything
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Well that's great!
I hated searching and searching for tutorials or help pages, only to find places that are completely useless.
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unbelievable, i have to try it! thanks for linking this to me, you're very talented!
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No problem.
If you decide to test out a feather painting, make sure you send me a link so I can post it in the description of the tutorial.
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Wow, awesome tutorial, thank you so much! I tried this few times in the past, but never managed very well... DidnΒ΄t know that you could put fixative on it to prevent it breaking, though. Maybe IΒ΄ll try again sometime...
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Well send me a link if you ever get around to trying it, I'd love to see.
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Very cool! I'd love to paint feathers, but I can't paint in the first place, sooo...
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Ah well, maybe feathers will bring out awesome skills you didn't know of! xP
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Is that a wolf painting or a photograph?!!? 
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Haha, well truth be told, I haven't been painting on feathers long.
Thanks <3
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holy fudge this is amazing! thank you so so much for sharing this β₯
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I love this painting of feathers thing, so original and beautiful.. and the drafting table in the link looks awesome!
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I'm so excited for my drafting table. xD
Thanks! <3
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Very helpful! I was thinking about doing rainbow feathers, so this helps a lot. c: Thank you for this! (And you make such lovely feather paintings, by the way! O: )
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Ah, rainbow feathers! Those would be so neat! Definitely send me a link if you get around to doing some, I'd love to see those.
And thanks! <3
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this is VERY helpful! thank you, I really hope to use this in the near future!
about the fixative, I have: (as it says on the can) Workable Fixatif (no spelling error), protects pencil, pastel and chalk drawings; prevents smudging and wrinkling; allows easy rework; acid-free/archival-safe
do you think that would work the same?
thanks again!
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Well send me a link if you ever get around to doing some. I'd love to see.
Judging by what it says on the can, it should work fine. To some degree that's what's written on my can as well. If the spray makes the feather nice and stiff, then it should work perfectly fine.
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okay~ :3
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Thanks for making the tutorial! The chalk pencil is a good idea! I may have to try that!
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I've never heard of anyone else using chalk to sketch it out, but I thought it made more sense. I always screwed up my paint sketches.
No problem!
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Very cool! I will have to try this. 
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Wonderful! You'll have to send me a link if you ever get around to doing some, I'd love to see them.
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HI! Just finished it, here's the [link]
Feathers are very fiddley to paint on. 
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Sweet! I left a comment on your deviation.
Oh, and I added a link to it on my tutorial, so people can see it.
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wow i've never seen stuff like this before. this is so cool!!!
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