Tippy Tap

Tippy tap

{Barn Owls in The Oak} by {Mike Rae}

honestly I think the #1 issue I see when people try to draw birds is the mouths. a lot of people and designs in cartoons will end the beak at the featherline like this:

but the featherline isn’t where most birds’ lips actually end, it’s usually a bit past that 

there’s some exceptions (waterfowl like ducks and geese for example) but in general most birds have lips that end somewhere within the feathers between the eye and beak

Kestrel-dad not sure how to dad but he’s trying his best.

My new favorite genre of picture is a very special thing that most animals (and humans!) do: face nuzzling as an act of greeting/comfort/intimacy. thank God that this is happening all over the world right now

Isn’t it wonderful?!