Amaxing! this is really beatiful!

I'm not a fan of the stiff mechanical dithering but the lightning and dof effect is really kickass.

Nice dithering!

@Geoglatico I hope so xd

awesome!

TOPPERSON! You will win my friend! ;)

This is so scary) Good!

So in detail

I like the b/w version more. But disregard me. Great work, awesome shadows.

It is so sick I lov it

I understand that criticism is necesary for getting better, but can we please stop complaning about things like the "focus angle" or the "better color" and FKNG APPRECIATE THIS MARVELOUS PIXEL PIECE.

The shape, the shading, THE FOCUS OMG, the angle, everything here is just... ♥

One of the best Pixels I've seen 'round (and I dont like realistic PA too much)

Thanks for sharing this with us!

I prefer the colors in the preview. The mood evoked by the cool colors works better with subject matter imo.

Nice blur effect! I think a little bit of highlight on the near eye might help; all the focus seems to be on the beak so far, the composition feels unbalanced.

Did you use a ref for this? You should credit it, if so.