Bluebird Illustration

  • My latest illustration of a Bluebird, done with Affinity v3.0.3. I did a lot of vector work on this one, but also did some pixel based work with brushes, filters, textures, FX, etc. I hope you like it.

    I'd like to thank DelN for his beautiful pixel-based Nature Brushes, which I used to create the green jungle look in the background. His brushes are incredible and extremely versatile, with a lot of lovely texture and variation. Nice work, Del, and thank you for your generous sharing.

    2024 MacBook Pro M4 Max, 48GB, 1TB SSD, Tahoe O/S 26, Affinity v1, v2 & v3, Adobe CS6 Extended, LightRoom v6, Blender, InkScape, Dell 30" Monitor, Canon PRO-100 Printer, i1 Spectrophotometer, i1Publish, Wacom Intuos 4 PTK-640 graphics tablet, 2TB OWC SSD USB external hard drive, Logitech MX Anywhere 3 bluetooth mouse.

    Edited once, last by ldina (February 25, 2026 at 4:41 PM).

  • ldina spectacular! His eye is so perfect that I could believe that he is right outside one of our windows, speculating upon which bug to catch. You have created an extraordinary image of a glorious bird. We have many in our neighborhood and they never fail to elicit pure delight as they swoop by, or stop for a drink. He is a “keeper.”

    24" IMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.7.8. Photo, Publisher, Designer V 1.10.15 and 2.6.
    MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16 GB unified memory, 256 GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.7.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer V. 2.6.
    iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 18.7.1) Apple pencil.
    Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards.

  • jmwellborn Thank you for the kind words. You've commented many times on birds that you have also seen. I'm curious where you live...I didn't see it in your profile. No problem if you don't wish to share that online...just curious.

    2024 MacBook Pro M4 Max, 48GB, 1TB SSD, Tahoe O/S 26, Affinity v1, v2 & v3, Adobe CS6 Extended, LightRoom v6, Blender, InkScape, Dell 30" Monitor, Canon PRO-100 Printer, i1 Spectrophotometer, i1Publish, Wacom Intuos 4 PTK-640 graphics tablet, 2TB OWC SSD USB external hard drive, Logitech MX Anywhere 3 bluetooth mouse.

    Edited once, last by ldina (February 25, 2026 at 2:21 PM).

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