Draw Anything: Hen Looking Down

When I look at the hen in the reference photo, her pose makes me think 

she is checking under her foot as if to have stepped in something. 

That is what I name this illustration, "Hen: Did I Step In Something?"

This illustration posed a different challenge due to the feather pattern, 

feather sections, and breakdown of pose. 

I did not know how filling the body space with feathers 

would look at the end, except the results surprised 

me of how well everything came together.

Since I could not outline the body, all of that extra space to give feathers

definition over the body was something I had to account for to 

put the finishing touches together well.

1st Stage: Light Sketch Figure Guidelines 

2nd Stage: Light Sketch Of Figure's Structure, Feather Section Guidelines  

3rd Stage: Erase Previous Sketch Guidelines, Leave Feather Guideline Layout, Some Refining Of Figure's Body Guidelines/Shape

4th Stage: Defining Figure's Structure, Refining Figure's Features

5th Stage (Final): Much Refining Of Figure's Features, Using Color Pencils To Create Feather Patterns & Direction Position, Adding Leg & Feet Scaling With Color Pencil, Erasing Leftover Feather Guidelines, White Color Pencil Used For White Feather Pattern Area & Blend Motion Effect With Black Feather Pattern, Blender Stump Used To Create More Feather Blur Effect & Increase Overall Smoothness Of All Areas Colored, Cellphone Edit For Quality

Cellphone Photo Without Quality Editing

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