Scarlet Macaw - Step by Step
A scarlet macaw made with Autodesk Sketchbook Pro. I used the 'Feathery Build Up' brush from Jason's Art Brushes set for most of it with the blur and smear tools to make the background. Google images were used as reference.
Made beak and head feathers with side by side reference with google images.
Added area by eye and smoothed out beak.
Added body and back, using red and orange colors at first.
Added yellow and green, and made each color on a different layer so they seem to blend a bit more.
Extended colors a bit more.
Added some blue, a light and a dark for shading.
Final layer of blue with black lines.
Added background and wood, just need to fix lighting on wood
Almost done, added lighting to wood. Will make eye slightly more realistic.
Final version. Made the area around the eye more realistic with rings of concentric feathers like in photos.