Black and White Vulture-Acrylic Paint (Bird) and Ink (Background)

Although I chose this style I was at first sceptical because of its simplicity. I decided to skip reproducing the artist image as it would not improve or show any skills I had not yet shown.

Firstly I decided to look at the background. It seemed to plain and simple and I felt this was a good chance to bring something I’d thought of myself into the piece. I created four A4 sized ‘samples’ of backgrounds I felt would suit the image.
 I chose to try out two of the backgrounds at a larger size to see if they would work at a bigger scale. I feel the simpler piece with just red and white drips is much more effective at a smaller size. Whereas the other background is much more successful.

I feel the bird itself is successful too.
The bold black and white tones work well against the background. The stylised way of reproducing the feathers is very interesting and allows the piece to effectively represent a bird without the time consuming battle of reproducing individual feathers. Something to look at for other textures perhaps.