Digital art_2020. Tropical bird

Hi friends!

It was be my old sketch too.
One time I looked in Internet this photo of bird called "Paradise Bird".
It inspired me to create this picture with tropical landscape, a palms and amazing flowers.

Starting sketch (with Paint Tool SAI 2 too)

I made it, but forgot about it, being distracted by new, more urgent projects

After a while, I still decided to return to the sketch and finish drawing it.

In first step I made a correction of bird's base form with my favorite brushes Oil Brist 2

Then I drew a plan with Pencil where will be a back landscape and foreground (on new layer).

At the same time, I created the base for the beautiful shiny feathers on the bird's chest.

Drawing colorful evening sky and a palms on a background.
As well as the reflection of feathers on a chest of the bird.

I paint the texture of the legs with  Ink Pen

Now I decorate the foreground with a variety of tropical flowers.
I don't know what flowers grow in the tropics, I just fantasize, inventing fantastic shapes - after all, this is an unreal landscape!
At the same step, I add waves near the coast, drop shadows from palm trees and reflections of the sunset in their crowns.

And finally color correction for colorful view of warm tropical evening.
Than not a heavenly place?

Have a nice and creative day my friends!

With Love...