Art Resources

Bird/Owl Anatomy Resources

• Owl Species - The Owl Pages
  • My personal go-to reference!
• Tips and observations of bird flight
• Featherbase
• University of Puget Sound Wing Photos
• Animal Photo Art Reference
  • Note: Doesn't have owls specifically, but still a great resource!
• Interactive Bird Anatomy Tool
  • Note: There's a blinking animation on the bird for some reason, your not just seeing things LOL)
• Bird Identification and Calls
• Macaulay Library

General Art Resources

• The Cinematography of “Legend of the Guardians”
• Unsplash
• Wikimedia Commons
• ColorPalettes
• Colourpod
• Line of Action

Bird Artists and Photographers/Photos I have bookmarked

• Charlotte Belland (artist)
• Crow_Artist (artist)
• Delana Bettoli (artist)
• Jocelyn Anderson (photographer)
• Le Jinjin 乐金金 (photographer)
• Ron Dudley (photo set)
• Matthew Wills (photo set)

Other Links I like to keep on hand

• Guardians of Ga'hoole Wiki
• Owl - Wikipedia
• List of medieval armour components - Wikipedia
• List of weapons | Britannica
• Marginalized Comic Creator Database(s)

Stuff I haven’t read yet so I can’t formally recommend them but also the parts I skimmed looked really good so I’m putting them here until I figure out a better place to put them

• The biophysics of bird flight
• Morphometry of Auricular Feathers of Barn Owls (Tyto alba)
• Flight Lectures
• Seagull Simulator
• SKETCHBOOK ORIGINAL: HOW TO DRAW WINGS