Birdly Drawn

"Birds will give you a window, if you allow them. They will show you secrets from another world - fresh vision that, though it is avian, can accompany you home and alter your life. They will do this for you even if you don't know their names - though such knowing is a thoughtful gesture. They will do this for you if you watch them." ~ Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Lammergeier: Gypaetus barbatus

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Another vulture, a cousin of the Egyptian vulture, only this one eats bone instead of carrion. How awesome is that? The Lammergeier is an o...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Lappet-faced Vulture: Torgos tracheliotos

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If yesterday's vulture was the wizened elf of the vulture world, this guy is its fierce giant. Lappet-faced vultures are large, roughly ...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Egyptian Vulture: Neophron percnopterus

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I'm way into vultures at the moment. They're ugly, sure, but they fill a unique ecological niche that's kinda cool... they eat d...
Monday, June 13, 2011

Ballpoint Pens are Evil... but Fun

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My habit, of late, has been to find a wildlife photo and try to draw its subject... using a ballpoint pen. The other trick? I can't spen...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

More Doodles

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Doodling with a pen is a different experience for me than doodling in something less permanent. I tend to start with the eyes and then draw ...
Friday, May 6, 2011

BBC Wildlife

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A couple of years ago I pulled BBC Wildlife magazine off the shelf at my local Barnes & Noble. I've been shelling out the $7.99 to ...
Friday, April 29, 2011

Delinquent

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Believe it or not, I'm drawing more than I ever have... and a lot more in pen... but most of it's crazy prep drawings that aren'...
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Spokane, WA
Somehow I missed the dinosaur phase as a kid, so I'm making up for it with a bird phase as an adult... close enough, right? Having so much fun doodling birds that I enrolled in the University of Washington's Natural Science Illustration program to learn to make better doodles.
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