archaeopteryx thingy

The coolest chicken evar. I needed something fun and quick to slap onto my commission info for if/when it ever gets set up, and he got the job. With this, I wanted to show off some of my skills, including something that was NOT a dragon, so please don't confuse him for one. He's a dinosaur.

Wait. Chicken. Male. Does not compute. Error, err-

This guy started out forest green with banana yellow, orange, red and turquoise wings. It was a combo that had me making this face :\ So thanks to the colorize option under the Color tab, I was able to fix that problem by turning his green to that nice maroon shade and the yellow to purple. Much easier to swallow. I also used the smudge feature fairly heavily in here to get the blending effect on the feathers and smooth out some of the deep shades of the skin. I opted not to mess too much with the lighting and shadowing, since I kind of like the flat color look for this. That's my excuse anyway.