Starlings

as usual, the scan can't capture how this piece really looks D:

Exotic starling species are some of my favorite birds! From left to right, these are a Rosy Starling, a Bali Myna (it's technically a starling) and a Violet-Backed Starling. Damn, that purple was hard :I I only have like 4 shades of purple, and these guys are really iridescent and have like 5000 shades of purple. I feel like I didn't do the Violet-Backed Starling justice but I'm proud of the other two.

_{if anyone knows the significance of the violet-backed starling they get a cookie}

I'm thinking of making a series of bird drawings like this. All the birds in the drawing would be related somehow. For example, all green birds, all corvidae (crow family) or all fish-eaters. If anyone wants to suggest a species or theme, go right ahead. I'm thinking of doing hummingbirds next since they're awesome and I need to practice iridescence :U

Critique is appreciated very much :3

time spent- worked on it on and off for a week, I'd say approx. 5 hours working time all together
materials- prismacolor pencils and micron pens
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