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January 20, 2009
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My neighbors are hobby farmers, and I am insanely jealous. They have some 11 mini horses, 2 sheep, puppies, kitties, and two tiny chickens--Peter and Pam. Scale is obviously not so apparent in the picture, in fact the picture makes him look downright majestic...but he's a tiny rooster. Seriously, like a half the size of a regular chicken.

I love chickens so, one of my dreams is to have my own little brood of chickens. Eggs are, after all, the perfect food.

So this took me couple of days to finish, mostly because the feathers were irritating to do, but I desperately need the practice on textures like that.

Any critique would be much appreciated! There was a lot of detail to screw up here.

*Edit* Fixed the chicken's chest to be more feathery and completely changed the background .


Here's my original reference photo-->[link]

Materials:
Bristol Smooth Board
Woodless pencils of various softness and a mechanical pencil (something new to me, I'm not sure if the lead was ideal but I needed something to do tiny details. Is there a certain kind of mechanical pencil lead that works best?)
Smudgers and tissues

Part of my series of local creatures, the other ones are:





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I'm always open to commissions, if anyone's interested see more info here [link] or drop me a note ;)
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Mood: Amazed ~ArtSpansTime Feb 24, 2013  Student General Artist
woow so real
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Mood: Love *MLS-art Aug 30, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Superbly done, really great technique, I love the contrast.
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Mood: Love ~SymphonyTheHen May 4, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Wow! That's amazing!
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!Disodude Jul 24, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Fantastic!
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Mood: Love ~jamesgreen Oct 11, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
Spot on, I love this Sarah, I feel this is your best!
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*TubaQueen Oct 13, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
Wow, thanks! That means so much coming from someone of your artistic caliber!
This is one of my oldest pieces, I see so much wrong in it now, it makes me feel better to know someone still enjoys it!
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~Psyartista9 Jun 25, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
Sorry, my first comment didn't come out the way that I intended . . .
. . . what I meant to say was: :heart::iconchickenplz: !!!
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*TubaQueen Jun 27, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
Ha ha, thanks! That's awesome :D
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~Psyartista9 Jun 25, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
:iconrooster2plz:
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Mood: Wow! ~irisheyes66 Jun 20, 2010
brilliant
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