[ study/drawings ] Magpie (Patreon)

* Related post : [ drawings ] Duck, Magpie, Pheasant and cormorant 

The magpie is one of my favorite local bird.

I've heard that they are quite perceived as annoying birds in some countries, but Here, they are auspicious :D

In Korea, it is also associated with the upcoming Lunar New Year. A symbol of good news!

Regardless of these things, they are still nice birds.

The only ones I've actually seen are Korean Magpie and Azure magpie, but they are handsome, beautiful, wary but brave and smart.

So, this time, I studied magpie in more depth.

For the next artwork! and YES, next artwork is a magpie 😉

In the meantime, I knew there were different types of magpie, but I had no idea what the difference was between them. For example, green magpie and blue magpie look distinctly different, but Eurasian magpie and black-billed magpie... I didn't know what the difference is between them.

Four kinds of green magpie. 

They look similar from a distance, but look a little different when you look closely.

Blue magpie have longer tails than other magpies.

It was relatively easy to tell the difference between a green magpie and a blue magpie.

This magpies look very similar to each other.

I read that these birds were later classified from the eurasian magpie.

Yellow-biled and maghreb have under-eye spots, so we can recognize them easily, but the other five look almost identical.

There are descriptions of differences in call sounds and habitats, wings and tail lengths, luster of beak, and subtle color differences. Hmm... Since these subtle differences are omitted in my drawing style, I am struggling how to express. 

Perhaps I will borrow the power of text.

They both look almost identical. But the place where they live and the genetics are different. 

At times like this, I want to become a bird and observe them. 

From their point of view, they will obviously look different from each other.

After completing this painting, I think I will be able to make a bird sticker pack with the drawings I have drawn so far.

Thanks for reading!