This is a tribute to a wonderful little book called "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach, about a seagull's quest for perfection. It was always one of my dad's favorite books, so this will go to him. And hopefully you can also tell that I was very heavily inspired by art nouveau and the artwork of Alphonse Mucha -- I definitely didn't do his style justice, but it was a fun attempt! And I love working with pastels and a limited color palette. The wing anatomy is a little strange, I stylized it a bit too much, whoops. The original also has that tan paper border going all the way around, but my scanner refuses to pick that up, oh well...

Pastel, charcoal, and markers on recycled paper.