A crow

Artwork Works in Progress
1

After watching through the Venom Labs 2 tutorial set (Which is absolutely excellent!), I decided to try my hand at actually using the hair particles in Internal.

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I’m pretty happy with it so far, just need to texture up the beak, and possibly a few other things. It’s also the first time I’ve ever included a semi realistic looking eye in one of my renders. I usually use cycles, and haven’t really perfected an technique for realistic eyes yet.

2

Little more work, mostly just messing around with the feathers. Made a turntable animation.

3

Nice work and I like your style but the feathers should have a gradient alpha. They look really spiky right now, and although that’s better for crows than other birds, it seems a little extreme.