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Published: 2014-01-16 02:16:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 3507; Favourites: 143; Downloads: 0
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Description Some more native North American birds that I added to my life list last year, and decided to do a cut-out of. Clockwise from the top left they are the Chestnut-Backed Chickadee, Wood Duck, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, and Western Tanager. I did most of the work on these over the summer, but finally got around to attaching the feet and bits of twig yesterday. 

I attached a push-pin to the back of each of the birds have them scattered across my cork board. It's way too busy for posting a picture on Devart, but in person I like the way they get a little lost in the clutter.

Edit: I can't help but throw some Eels lyrics on here too-


I don't care for walking downtown
Crazy auto-car gonna mow me down
Look at all the people like cows in a herd
Well, i like 
Birds

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Comments: 88

Lethal-Lana [2017-01-23 23:19:45 +0000 UTC]

I love this how long does it take you to do this with such perfection? 

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WonderDookie In reply to Lethal-Lana [2017-01-27 23:34:41 +0000 UTC]

Hmm. I guess it depends. I think the smaller birds probably took about an hour or two.

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Lethal-Lana In reply to WonderDookie [2017-01-28 03:22:32 +0000 UTC]

I can believe that

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Uranimated18 [2015-12-15 00:18:35 +0000 UTC]

Nice style!

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WonderDookie In reply to Uranimated18 [2015-12-19 06:01:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much! I need to do more of these...

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Uranimated18 In reply to WonderDookie [2015-12-19 14:50:35 +0000 UTC]

How about one of a honey badger?

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WonderDookie In reply to Uranimated18 [2015-12-19 19:37:27 +0000 UTC]

Honey badgers are pretty awesome. But I like birds!

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Uranimated18 In reply to WonderDookie [2015-12-19 20:12:10 +0000 UTC]

Haven't I seen you do other animals?

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WonderDookie In reply to Uranimated18 [2015-12-19 22:21:06 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. Usually not in that same paper style though.

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Uranimated18 In reply to WonderDookie [2015-12-20 17:33:57 +0000 UTC]

Oh I see.

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GenkiPuck42 [2014-04-15 02:37:10 +0000 UTC]

I love the detail in these birds! I can see that you worked to make the colors and patterns true to life, so that these birds are not just fantastic art but accurate ornithological illustrations as well!

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WonderDookie In reply to GenkiPuck42 [2014-04-16 02:44:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much! I tried to make them as accurate as possible, but still somewhat abstracted. I have been getting into bird watching lately, so this was another way that I can teach myself identification. It already worked today in fact. I couldn't tell if a bird I was seeing was violet-green swallow or tree swallow - then I remembered the cut-out I had worked on.

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BonnieLeeman [2014-02-11 21:03:33 +0000 UTC]

these are really cute and unique, I love all the colours

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WonderDookie In reply to BonnieLeeman [2014-02-11 23:21:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I have a whole list of additional birds I will be doing too. It's quite a fun project.

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BonnieLeeman In reply to WonderDookie [2014-02-12 20:04:58 +0000 UTC]

It looks fun! Welcome!

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GreenDuckTapeQueen [2014-02-10 23:52:43 +0000 UTC]

Wow these are amazing! I love birds too. have you ever made  robin because ei love them and they are my namesake and yeah I just love them

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WonderDookie In reply to GreenDuckTapeQueen [2014-02-11 07:42:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I have been thinking about doing a robin (or a varied thrush). They are just so classic looking. Now I'm trying to decide between an American or European Robin.

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GreenDuckTapeQueen In reply to WonderDookie [2014-02-12 00:56:22 +0000 UTC]

well that would be really cool

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WonderDookie In reply to GreenDuckTapeQueen [2014-02-13 00:42:17 +0000 UTC]

Well I will definitely keep that in mind! 

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greenleafcm [2014-01-26 21:50:27 +0000 UTC]

Wow, these are beautiful - I especially love the colors. And I'm really impressed that you've been able to balance the simplified/stylized nature of your papercraft art while also still making these birds look very naturalistic. Lovely work!

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WonderDookie In reply to greenleafcm [2014-01-27 18:18:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I'm really flattered by your comment. That's definitely what I am trying to accomplish.

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Garvals [2014-01-26 03:03:48 +0000 UTC]

i love this so much

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WonderDookie In reply to Garvals [2014-01-26 21:41:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man! I have a few more bird designs that I'd like to cut out too. 

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SilverVulpine [2014-01-22 12:36:22 +0000 UTC]

Marvelous. Very nice work.

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WonderDookie In reply to SilverVulpine [2014-01-22 22:04:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! Happy to hear that you like them.

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SilverVulpine In reply to WonderDookie [2014-01-23 00:01:43 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

And I do!

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Folkeye [2014-01-22 03:52:08 +0000 UTC]

Those are awesome

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WonderDookie In reply to Folkeye [2014-01-22 22:04:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy them. I liked making them.

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KreepingSpawn [2014-01-21 04:41:11 +0000 UTC]

These are wonderful! 
The pushpin idea is truly inspired.

[still distracted by textures though. don't mind me...]

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WonderDookie In reply to KreepingSpawn [2014-01-22 22:03:03 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. I have a whole lot of stuff on my cork boards, so it's nice having that bit of extra decoration.

haha. If it makes you feel any better, the textures are more pronounced in this than in person. I just have to raise the contrast a bit so that the layers are more obvious. 

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KreepingSpawn In reply to WonderDookie [2014-01-23 04:32:56 +0000 UTC]

  Ah well, someday maybe I'll get to see them in person. 

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WonderDookie In reply to KreepingSpawn [2014-01-23 18:12:31 +0000 UTC]

haha. Right! One day when it's in MOMA. 

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KreepingSpawn In reply to WonderDookie [2014-01-24 05:07:04 +0000 UTC]

Yus! 

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WonderDookie In reply to KreepingSpawn [2014-01-24 18:53:23 +0000 UTC]

I think I'd probably have to get Yoko Ono to spit on them, or submerge them in melted glacier water before I could get them in MOMA. 

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KreepingSpawn In reply to WonderDookie [2014-01-25 05:10:52 +0000 UTC]

  I know what you mean.

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Mouselemur [2014-01-19 12:31:52 +0000 UTC]

This is so neat

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WonderDookie In reply to Mouselemur [2014-01-22 05:19:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Happy to hear it.

"I like birds"

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Mouselemur In reply to WonderDookie [2014-01-22 14:09:42 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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MightyMelleR [2014-01-18 00:44:50 +0000 UTC]

these are all so awesome! Such a neat style cutouts are! Great work!

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WonderDookie In reply to MightyMelleR [2014-01-22 05:13:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I'm really glad you enjoy it. 

Yeah, I really like the style of cut-outs, but I also really enjoy the actual act of making them.

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MightyMelleR In reply to WonderDookie [2014-02-02 06:13:57 +0000 UTC]

you're very welcome!!

And that is so cool~

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Splash-Otter [2014-01-18 00:00:51 +0000 UTC]

This is AMAZING!

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WonderDookie In reply to Splash-Otter [2014-01-22 05:12:55 +0000 UTC]

haha. Thank you! I'm glad I finally got around to finishing them. I have had them sitting in an envelope in my desk for months.

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WidowShark [2014-01-17 03:55:36 +0000 UTC]

These are beautiful. Love, Love, LOVE the Chickadee!

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WonderDookie In reply to WidowShark [2014-01-22 05:12:14 +0000 UTC]

haha. Chickadees are some of my favorite birds. For a little brown bird, they are really pretty.

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WidowShark In reply to WonderDookie [2014-01-23 05:53:11 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely. There's a park where you can hand feed them here. It's a magical experience. 

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WonderDookie In reply to WidowShark [2014-01-23 18:14:17 +0000 UTC]

That's fun! We usually get a lot of them on our property in the late winter. 

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WidowShark In reply to WonderDookie [2014-01-24 03:43:39 +0000 UTC]

You could probably train them to come to you.

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WonderDookie In reply to WidowShark [2014-01-24 18:56:12 +0000 UTC]

I'm not usually up there for long enough for that (my family's property is about a ten hour drive from where I live). But maybe I could train the mourning doves outside my apartment to come to me? haha. 

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WidowShark In reply to WonderDookie [2014-01-24 20:06:54 +0000 UTC]

Gotcha. I thought this was your house. 


You never know. All it takes is time and patience.

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