September 18, 2011

Growing up in NJ I have never seen a hummingbird, ever. I’m not sure why? Maybe it was the city I lived in - Atlantic City. I’m going to guess that hummingbirds don’t really hang out at the beach too often. Whatever the reason, I saw my first hummingbird in Baldwin Park, CA … at the age of 25. I never realized how small and fast they were!

This is an illustration I did for a client. I am illustrating several birds for them and so far the hummingbird is one of my favorites. The version I’m handing off to the client is a more clean-style whereas this one is a bit noisy and stylized.