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This month's theme is peacocks! This tutorial, sponsored by Deviantart, will show you how to draw a peacock's handsome head! The art here was done using Photoshop, with a hard brush, set on black, for the first outlines. These steps can also be done using a plain ol' pencil and paper! Further real media steps will be shown at the end of this journal. First step: All birds start with an egg... Add a beak to the lumpy egg... The second illustration shows the shape of the lower jaw and wattles, but you will need to draw it in place, under the head. The lower jaw in place. Add the eye, lines to indicate eyelids, wrinkles, and neck. The topknot is fan-shaped and sprouts from the bump on the back of the head. Nostril The illustration below shows the general position of the facial markings. Now you can add the basic colors, In Photoshop I created a new layer and set it to "multiply". This allows the lines of your drawing to show through the color. I painted the colors in

Hello all :wave: Time to kick off a new DD Glory Challenge! But first I want to thank everyone who participated and made last month's DD Glory a success, you are all shining stars ❤️ Make sure to read the rules carefully and make sure all four steps are completed, comments that don't follow the rules will be deleted :nod: Here's what to do: Choose Your Favorites: Visit the Daily Deviations page and pick your top three DDs from AUGUST. Add them to your favorites and leave a nice comment on each of them. Invite Friends: Find four friends who might want to participate. (This is optional but appreciated to help spread the word!) Comment Here: Leave a comment on this journal with a link to each of your three selected DDs you added to your favorites (step 2). (you can also create a journal/ statusupdate to share your three selected DD, and link the journal in the comments below) That's it! Have fun! :woohoo: ➡️ The DDs you choose MUST have been featured as DD in August .