Anyway, I'm still around, just mostly drawing birds for the time being
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/byc%E2%80%99s-birdtober-thread-2025.1677099/
Actually, I'm visiting him. His traveling visa expired, otherwise he'd totally visit me. But we're praying the one he is applying for will get approved.
Not sure where we will end up in the end but they have poultry and exhibition poultry everywhere so I hope that will still end up in my future...
For Waterfowl I did one of the coolest waterfowl of them all, the Torrent Duck, an amazing duck of fast-flowing Andean rivers and streams. This is a female but the male is equally cool looking and very different.
A lot has changed in my life since my trip to South America. Priorities changed. Now I'm pretty busy with all the things I'm involved in with college, I'm in clubs, I am doing a little research (usually only 1-4 hours a week.) And I spend a couple hours each night calling my long distance...
For Scavenger I did the king vulture because wow! God is a God of details! There are so many lovely colorful and specific ornaments on its head! It looked fun to draw.