Honestly I Think The #1 Issue I See When People Try To Draw Birds Is The Mouths. A Lot Of People And

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

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

me: hmmm i wonder which shape has two equal sides and angles…

the magnificent isosceles triangle:

No better feeling in the world than when your pet comes to hang out with you 💙