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meihua — falcon in Ambiguicity, USA

Published: 2008-03-25 06:55:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 882; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 0
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Description I've been working on this for probably over a month by now. I drew it for =Birds-Club 's city birds contest. I'm still not satisfied with it but I cannot spare any more time for this, I have a lot of work to do and the contest deadline is... tomorrow.

Actually I am not at all happy with anything except the head of the falcon. I'm terrible at drawing feathers and buildings (especially in perspective) and the genius in me decided to draw something that combined the two.


The Peregrine Falcon is a bird of prey that can commonly be found in cities across the world. It is the fastest animal in the world, reaching purported speeds of 200 mph when diving for its prey. Increasingly, governments are purposefully introducing falcons to cities in hopes that they will safely and naturally lower pigeon populations.

This is dedicated to =BlackPeregrin , a fellow Pittsburgher who really likes Peregrine falcons

resources:
I looked up a million different falcon pictures on google, but no exact references. Same goes for the city skyline.
texture for the buildings: [link] by ~Sinister-Elegance

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I'll probably be fooling around with this in the future, so please feel free to leave critique
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Comments: 31

EdgedFeather [2013-07-10 14:29:22 +0000 UTC]

Wow, very nice job!!

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meihua In reply to EdgedFeather [2013-07-17 13:16:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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EdgedFeather In reply to meihua [2013-07-17 14:54:16 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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Ulliart [2013-07-10 12:41:53 +0000 UTC]

Great. I would dream of a falcon foto like this!

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meihua In reply to Ulliart [2013-07-17 13:17:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, you flatter me

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guitarjohnny [2009-03-18 15:09:51 +0000 UTC]

love the head, trully awesome

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meihua In reply to guitarjohnny [2009-03-18 20:14:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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In-the-picture [2008-05-25 07:13:51 +0000 UTC]

Very nice image Love the ambiance!

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meihua In reply to In-the-picture [2008-05-25 17:50:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Hopefully I will be able to work on it further this summer!

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Just-Plain-Crazy [2008-04-07 01:09:08 +0000 UTC]

not happy?
i'm sorry to hear that because I really like it!

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meihua In reply to Just-Plain-Crazy [2008-04-09 05:09:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Yeah, I'm not very pleased with this, I'm going to redo it later.

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Muarw [2008-04-01 05:15:53 +0000 UTC]

beautiful work on the head. i think if you kept up the same level of detail on the feathering this would be stunning work. his leg too is impeccable. very nice.

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meihua In reply to Muarw [2008-04-02 01:51:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the suggestion! I will definitely be doing that when I have time, his wing is so ugly

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InpuUpUaut [2008-04-01 04:38:21 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful!! ^_^

The buildings have not perspective... The texture is too much difuse but the texture of the mountains is sharp so the buildings must have a more sharpened texture ^_^

Anyway, great work ^_^

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meihua In reply to InpuUpUaut [2008-04-02 01:51:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the critique, it is very helpful! Yeah my perspective sucks, I think I may have to completely redo the background when I revisit this piece.

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InpuUpUaut In reply to meihua [2008-04-02 03:34:03 +0000 UTC]

It is a big pleasure ^_^

Try to use a reference! It help a lot! ^_^

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masked-racoon [2008-03-31 19:22:38 +0000 UTC]

not that is awesome!

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meihua In reply to masked-racoon [2008-03-31 19:34:07 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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masked-racoon In reply to meihua [2008-03-31 19:42:25 +0000 UTC]

i ment "now, that is awesome"
XD

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Sinister-Elegance [2008-03-26 07:04:18 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work!

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meihua In reply to Sinister-Elegance [2008-03-31 06:38:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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clarabear [2008-03-26 02:55:57 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is really good. Great detail, my favorite part is the beak

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meihua In reply to clarabear [2008-03-31 06:38:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I spent a long time on that part!

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1footonthedawn [2008-03-25 17:54:43 +0000 UTC]

I really like this piece and so I'll be featuring it in my upcoming feature journal. [link]

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meihua In reply to 1footonthedawn [2008-03-31 06:38:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, and thank you for the feature

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hiram67 [2008-03-25 17:38:22 +0000 UTC]

Really very beautiful. The expression and the beautiful black and white

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meihua In reply to hiram67 [2008-03-31 06:37:55 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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rhou [2008-03-25 14:13:02 +0000 UTC]

wow! at first glance i thought it was a photo. the detail is amazing! i can really tell that you spent a lot of time on this. hehe good luck in the contest

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meihua In reply to rhou [2008-03-31 06:37:20 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thank you! I don't think I'll win, the other entries are much better than mine!

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sonictheonlyhedgehog [2008-03-25 11:52:18 +0000 UTC]

Holy Shoot! THAT IS THE MOST FREAKIN' AWESOME THING I'VE EVER SEEN! I like the detail!

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meihua In reply to sonictheonlyhedgehog [2008-03-31 06:36:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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