Drawtober 01

[leecetheartist]

Am I doing this right Drawesome people? It's my first time.

Title: Pie
Artist: leecetheartist
Rating: G
Fandom: N/A
Characters: N/A

So the Dreamwidth Drawsome community has generated its own list of drawing prompts for this traditionally drawy month, and it's the one I'll be doing this time.

I've drawn an Australian Magpie in response to the prompt 'Pie'. As usual it's straight ink to paper, no pencil, no rubbing out.

The ink I used was the Golden Lapis which Pelikan gave to Pelikan Hub attendees. Thank you Pelikan!



Australian Magpies look different to the other birds commonly called magpies. However if you're Australian and you think it still looks wrong bear in mind I got up at 4am this morning and spent just over half an hour on it, so I think it's pretty good for that.



rdm printed me this pen body in glow in the dark PLA! Let's turn out the lights!

See?



We equipped it with a Schmidt Broad nib.

Comments

[mific]

A very fine corvid!

[leecetheartist]

Thank you. Australian Magpies are more closely related to Butcherbirds - they're not corvids at all. It's the usual case of colonials naming birds for ones they were more familiar with.

I should have introduced it as a Koorlbardi - which is a local Nyoongar people's name for it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_magpie

[mific]

Interesting - it does look quite magpie-like.

[mekare]

Hey I like your interpretation of the prompt! Is that ink glittery? Some parts of the magpie look like it. Anyway, lovely magpie!

[leecetheartist]

Thank you - yes, it's a shimmer ink, it has little gold metallic bits in it. On my screen it doesn't show up well, so I'm glad you can see it!

[minoanmiss]

That bird looks quite handsome and confident :)

[leecetheartist]

Australian Magpies are a very common sight in the suburbs and the country. Intelligent, dapper and with one of the most beautiful songs on the planet courtesy of their double windpipe giving them the ability to do their own chords, they can become fiercely protective of their nests at this time of year.

https://www.magpiealert.com/ Now, I've not been attacked but I whistle their "here I am" call whenever I see one, so that might help.

[light_of_summer]

Hi, Leece—Looks good to me!

[leecetheartist]

Thank you!