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Matthias Colors Radcliffe Stroud
I have been inspired by my daughter wanting to color the picture of me turning into a Zebra to start coloring some of my old black and white commissions. This one is of my Blue Jay character Radcliffe Stroud (the original is here http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1828559/ ) as done by 
AsterionBlazing. He's a character in a story of mine I wrote a dozen years ago that I've been pondering trying to e-Publish (after a thorough edit and rewrite in a few places). Radcliffe was born a human but at the age of eight he and his twin brother were transformed. He became a magician and can be quite stuffy and his feathers are easily ruffled (and then go stick his beak in his bag of seeds to calm himself). He's a good bird at heart and will put himself in harm's way to protect others, even if he does grump about it.
For coloring I used pictures of Blue Jay's on Bing as references, while for his waistcoast I decided on a blend of reds and browns.
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AsterionBlazing. He's a character in a story of mine I wrote a dozen years ago that I've been pondering trying to e-Publish (after a thorough edit and rewrite in a few places). Radcliffe was born a human but at the age of eight he and his twin brother were transformed. He became a magician and can be quite stuffy and his feathers are easily ruffled (and then go stick his beak in his bag of seeds to calm himself). He's a good bird at heart and will put himself in harm's way to protect others, even if he does grump about it. For coloring I used pictures of Blue Jay's on Bing as references, while for his waistcoast I decided on a blend of reds and browns.
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Category Artwork (Traditional) / Portraits
Species Avian (Other)
Size 999 x 1280px
File Size 384.3 kB
In the setting magical wisps were released from somewhere in Egypt/Ethiopia that if they touched a human would transform them. Until a human was wisp-touched they could not see the wisps, but once touched you can see them. Not everyone became anthro, many became mythological creatures and so forth. Wisp wards were erected around human settlements, but they could not be moved without ruining the protection. Trains are the only way humans can travel from city to city safely. Radcliffe and Lucas were playing near wisp-wards not long after they were created; they were not as effective then as they are during their adulthood and this is what happened.
He is quite happy as a Blue Jay, and is quite used to his bird mannerisms and needs, but he is still very much a gentleman and does his best to live up to the expectations of his status as a well-regarded wizard.
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He is quite happy as a Blue Jay, and is quite used to his bird mannerisms and needs, but he is still very much a gentleman and does his best to live up to the expectations of his status as a well-regarded wizard.
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I imagine wearing clothes of any kind is very discomforting to a bird; they make the feathers go in all the wrong directions and that's way worse than fur getting out of joint. Besides, birds have the advantage that there's never anything to see down there anyway. It strikes me that with certain anthro races the use and style of clothing, and expectations for it, would naturally change. Also, pants would have to be redesigned for bird hips and tail and perhaps he does have some for when the occasion demands it, but this was not one such time. He feels he is dapper enough in his waistcoat.
Oh yes, it took a little while but he did adapt and manage to thrive; he is quite happy about being a Blue Jay and yes, a bit vain about his beautiful feathers, but he knows that's the bird talking.
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Oh yes, it took a little while but he did adapt and manage to thrive; he is quite happy about being a Blue Jay and yes, a bit vain about his beautiful feathers, but he knows that's the bird talking.
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I know mine do, and admittedly it would make it complex with the feathers, but that's just me. :) You're probably quite right in that with each species their details would adapt, and that's the interesting part about such things. :)
I bet eating has to be the most tricky adjustment, beak and no teeth. :)
I bet eating has to be the most tricky adjustment, beak and no teeth. :)
Indeed it is interesting; it's what draws me so much to these various species and why even though I have the few I have a clear sense of self in (Rat and Triceratops mainly, but Zebra is growing on me too, and Bear's out there, and there's a big of a Gator in me too), I am still curious about so many other kinda of creature and want to better understand what it would be like to be that. Birds are fascinating to me for that reason and while I don't have many bird characters, the few I have are all precious to me and I want to write about them more.
Yes, having a beak without teeth is an adjustment. Silverware is a must and cutting everything up into small chunks is just how it's done for birds. I imagine that it is so with all of their dishes. There are no big portions to cut up as everything is prepared that way already (except stuff like eggs where a fork is all you need to cut it up), or the beak works great for that too.
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Yes, having a beak without teeth is an adjustment. Silverware is a must and cutting everything up into small chunks is just how it's done for birds. I imagine that it is so with all of their dishes. There are no big portions to cut up as everything is prepared that way already (except stuff like eggs where a fork is all you need to cut it up), or the beak works great for that too.
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