Description from original post (created 2012-11-11 17:19):
Thank you all long time subs and all new subs!
A few months ago, a sub suggested I make a hummingbird skin. I thought the idea was interesting but probably not possible. I made a quick frontal view in under 5 minutes and then gave up on the idea because looked like it would be really complicated and people wouldn't recognize it as a hummingbird. I found the quick sketch the other day and decided that I would try making the skin using what I had learned in the interim. Here is the original quick sketch and the finished ruby throated hummingbird after about 10 hours of work. I am happy with the finished product, although I couldn't come up with a good way to make the long beak.
