The making of stonebird, step by step...

original image

step 1 of 6

Original stones, masked & warped to form feathers

step 2 of 6

used stone for body, built up feathers for tail

step 3 of 6

Used another stone for the wing base

step 4 of 6

Built up wing & body feathers

step 5 of 6

Added head - thanks to xerotolerance for the crane head photo

sources used for this step:

• 3: source 3

step 6 of 6

continued building on feathers
Final touches, added background &
"sick tree" branches

final result