Mechanical birds

Here are some birds i have been drawing for a current project at uni.The project title is 'Power', we have been allowed to illustrate this word/theme in any way we want to , so I have chosen to draw these little birdies ( which are usually seen as being fragile/delicate) and give them a sense of power by making them all mechanically machine-like :) These illustrations are based on real types of birds...

Nightingale

Chaffinch

Wheatear

Carrion Crow

I googled images of steampunk and clockwork creations while i was drawing these for inspiration... I think Steampunk imagery is so beautiful :)  I may draw some more of these and go into more detail with the whereabouts of the mechanics ( hinges on the parts that would move etc.) i vaguely did this , giving each bird a little rib cage and hinges on the legs but i think it'd be cool if the mechanics could be more correspondant to the anatomy of the birds.

Old book doodles

A small post, thought i'd upload these doodles i did today on an old book I bought from a charity shop.I deliberatley chose a book with slightly yellow pages, I thought this might create an interesting background. I'm quite proud of how they've turned out... I did 2 of random female characters, and one of Travis Barker, my all time favourite drummer :)

Stunning sketchbooks...

So this isn't my artwork, but i really wish it was! This amazing sketchbook belongs to Russian artist and illustrator Irina Vinnik. These sketches are so amazingly done, they look more like a final piece of artwork rather than sketchbook work . I hope my doodles will look like this one day :)

I also love the fact that this artist photographs her work alongside cups of tea...