So a few days ago I uploaded a new illustration of 8 emojis on creative fabrica. This is the third emoji illustration that I will be putting up for sale on. Not only that it is the first animal emoji that I will be placing there. It is not the first illustration of animals I have. I have already made several animal illustrations.
The reason why I place a bird is I think that I will be easy to draw different expressions on a bird compared to other animals. But this was not true at all. What made it hard was the beak I thought that the beak would make drawing the different expressions easier but no. The beak is not like a mouth, letting the lips show an expression. The beak can't move like lips. So had to show expression through the eyes or through body gestures.
The way I made this bird emoji is to first make a character illustration. Then use this character sheet as a base to create the expressions for the character.
To color the bird I was thinking of cockatiel. But decided to make it a canary. The red spot near the eye of the cockatiel was not working for me. So I just decided to make the bird to a canary with a cool hair stile.
The expressions that I used were mostly the same as the emoji that I did of a pink hair girl. I just changed drinking to irritated. To tell you the truth the reason I did this is I was not sure on how to make a bird look like it is drinking from a straw.
I am really enjoying making different expressions of different characters. And I want to do more. But not that good yet I still have to look at references and do several drafts until I am satisfied with doing the final line art. What I wish is I will be able to create different expressions quickly and not to have to make several drafts until I make the line art.
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