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Halcyon and Pelargopsis kingfishers.

From left to right, top to bottom:

Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)
Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris)
Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris)
Mangrove Kingfisher (Halcyon senegaloides)
Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)
Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher (Halcyon badia)
Blue-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica)
Javan Kingfisher (Halcyon cyanoventris)
Great-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhyncha)
Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis malaccensis)
Brown-winged Kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauropterus)
Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda bangsi)

Painter, Photoshop & Wacom tablet.
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Mood: Amazed ~Gorgothor Feb 21, 2013
Perfection!
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=wildartguy May 13, 2012  Professional General Artist
These are excellent! What are they done for? A field guide? Or for your own purposes. I'm the head illustrator for iBird (a field guide App for iPad/iPhone etc) so I know how much work has gone into these, wonderful!
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=wildartguy May 23, 2012  Professional General Artist
yeah, all done in Photoshop, I just esed the .psd files to the publisher via dropbox, its really easy. How long does it take you to do each bird? Have you tried doing birds on their own? With a branch and some leaves maybe?
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=wildartguy Jun 6, 2012  Professional General Artist
Very good indeed that solo piece, (sorry, been away) I may have some illustration work coming up soon, any interest in helping me with it? I gotta tell you the money ain't much, but could be some good publicity
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~turtle-rn May 27, 2012
Actually, I initially worked on each bird as a stand alone (about 3000x2000 px each) and it took on average 2-3 days per bird (already had the documentation gathered prior to it). Not quite satisfied with the rendering hence the idea of assembling them into a plate. Haha.

Yep, I have some in my gallery although they were done using traditional medium. [link]
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~turtle-rn May 23, 2012
Thanks. ^^ Done for my own purpose, still training to put in place a methodology to work faster on that sort of plates. I should check your gallery, I don't think I've ever seen a field guide in pixel art (I'm assuming that's the case for mobile phones).
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Mood: Obsessed ~Michelle56 Apr 1, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
This has got to be one of my favourite genera of birds... <3
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