Category Archives: Bird

#345 It’s a bird!

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Paul Debraski

This was also done a few weeks ago.  No idea what I was going for here.

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#213 Blue Bird (ala Charley Harper)

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Paul Debraski

Charley Harper makes amazing prints of animals (birds mostly).  His lines are clean and his prints are humorous, stylized and very cool.  This is a (very poor) attempt at emulation.

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#187 Seabird

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Paul Debraski

I was walking past Sarah’s computer which was cycling through screen saver photos.  Out of the corner of my eye I saw what looked like a long-billed bird. I have no idea what it was, but I drew this.

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#157 bird

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Paul Debraski

I saw a silhouette of a bird in someone’s thumbnail profile picture.  I saw it very briefly and was inspired to do a similar black and white bird.  After drawing this I went back to find the image and couldn’t believe how different that one was … Continue reading →

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#132 Cuckoo

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Paul Debraski

When we were at Busch Gardens (the vacation is why all these pictures are getting done on top of each other by the way), we went into the awesome Lorikeet area.  As soon as we walked in a cuckoo bird … Continue reading →

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#289 Woodpecker

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Paul Debraski

I was rather stumped for ideas tonight (ha, stumped).  I started to literally doodle on the canvas, and drew a woodpecker.  So I decided to draw a woodpecker proper.  And I decided to put him in the woods.  And I … Continue reading →

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#193 Woodpecker

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Paul Debraski

I was experimenting for quite some time with the Elliptical too in Photoshop, making all kinds of circles and polygons and everything else.  I was going to call it bubbles and put a swath of blue behind it.  I rather … Continue reading →

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#180 An Autumn Sign of Spring?

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Paul Debraski

On this balmy 70 degree autumn day here in New Jersey, this man’s thoughts turned to baby birds.

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#137 a goose with a saber being chased across a trampoline by a bumblebee

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Paul Debraski

This was my second request.  My friend Brett requested a goose with a saber being chased across a trampoline by a bumblebee. Since he didn’t specify the kind of goose, I chose Canada.

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#102 Snowy Owl; Raptor Trust; Millington, NJ

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Paul Debraski

We went to the Raptor Trust in Millington, NJ today.  The Raptor Trust is a wild bird rehabilitation center.  At any time, you can see Hawks, Peregrines, Owls, Bald Eagles, and even a raven who says “hello.” It’s an amazing … Continue reading →

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