Bird Knight Fight

So maybe its a bit of the nerdier side of me but I grew up playing video games like the Final Fantasy's, Zelda's, and all of that stuff. In fact I could probably say that those games were the reason I wanted to draw at a young age when I did. Anyways, I kind of needed a break from trying to draw something meaningful and just wanted to draw something fun. I did a sketch one night of two bird-knights fighting and had alot of fun doing it. The first picture was my very first initial sketch that I made of the image for fun. I decided I liked it enough that I took the concept and drew out a more refined drawing of it and would decide if I wanted to do a painting or not. Well I liked the second sketch alot also so I transferred it onto watercolor paper. I wanted to make this different than my recent works so I kept the colors kind of dull and more realistic. I focused alot on shadows and highlights on this one and avoided doing any pen or heavy pencil outlining also. I was happy with the outcome which can be seen below. Enjoy.

I have been painting pretty much every day now, mostly just commissioned work though for some cash. I should be able to post up this month's and last month's commissioned works this week or the next, not that it is anything too exciting anyways. I do have a complete sketch ready for paint and a rough sketch/idea for another personal picture to be done after that! :)