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Acrylic scene assignment! On illustration board.

This depicts a Steller's jay in the process of retrieving some of his cached acorns...but one "got away"! Forgotten acorns buried by jays are one of the oak tree's most effective means of seed dispersal. Otherwise ones that fall and sprout directly below the parent tree typically die.

I built a clay model based on photos of Scrub jays to get the pose and perspective, took photos of my own yard dirt, and then went around hunting in my yard for oak sprouts to dig up (found a bunch actually). :p

Art copyright me. For display only. Please do not use without my permission.
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~Vortaro Feb 25, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
There's just something about this painting that I like!
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~MissNysha Feb 25, 2012  Professional General Artist
Hehe, well I'm glad you like it! :D
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~aconite-pawlove Feb 22, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
beautiful. You sure went a long way to find references! That's so cool!
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~MissNysha Feb 22, 2012  Professional General Artist
^__^ Makes the process a fun treasure hunt too. Glad you like it!
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~aconite-pawlove Feb 24, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
I'm sure it is :D
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~Procadeath Feb 20, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Perfect, this makes me smile. :)
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Nice illustration work, and it's also cool that the figure is active, and not a frozen portrait :)
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~MissNysha Feb 17, 2012  Professional General Artist
Thank you so much! :)
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~opal-fire Feb 17, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Wow, I love it! You put a lot of work into this and it definitely shows!
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~MissNysha Feb 17, 2012  Professional General Artist
So glad you like it, thanks! :)
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