The client informed me that they had been loosely inspired by the Wedge-Tail Eagle of Australia. Link Although their character has much redder overall body color. Well whenever I am drawing an anthropomorphic version of real world species, and I have never drawn it. I like to go back to the original source of the inspiration and do some studies of it. So I did a few quick studies of the actual eagle. I find it helps me understand where the character is coming from.
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