Flight (digital drawing)

Digital drawing of a bird in flight.

Media:  Illustrator

Tools used in software (this information is required for some groups I submit my vector art to):
pen; mask; gradient mesh (for parts of sky in background, on some of the main body parts); illustrator tortoise shell pattern (blurred slightly, to add texture to parts of wings); eye dropper; pathfinder: divide; gaussian blur

Reference image

I wanted to add more detail but as the drawing grew more complex and the file size larger, the software became sluggish, screen re-draw came to a crawl (turning off some of the layers only helped a little), and the software also threatened to quit. I might (a very big might) add more detail in the future and if so, upload a newer (more detailed) version in place of this one.

Close Ups of Drawing

  Please do not use this drawing without asking me first. Thank you.  

Some of my other animal art: