What bird to paint?

[Kinny]

Ok! I want to paint a birthday card for my Mother, and i want to do a pretty, bright coloured bird/parrot in a cartoony style.

I've thought of doing a:

Rosella (not sure which type though)
Female Eclectus


Any ideas anyone? Oh and posting photos would help too

 

[Sterling1113]

Black-headed caique!! They're already cute and cartoony looking with their ruffly feathers and big faces... hehe!




OR a Male Eclectus.. I actually did a painting of this photo:



It didn't turn out *that* good though and it doesn't have a background, since it's been a while since I've put anything on canvas hah.

Another one that I thought was fun to draw (Coloured with prisma colour pencils) was the Galah cockatoo.

 

[Kinny]

Nawwww black headed caique is so CUTE! But my mum likes her reds.. :/ so im leaning towards the crimson rosella...

Oooh nice shot of the eclectus!

 

[Sterling1113]

Hmmm, well as far as reds go.. you've already got the female Eclectus, sooo...


Lories!!! Hehe.. chattering lory?


Orrr a Dusky Lory.. though they're more orange, but merh.

 

[RavensGryf]

I think some kind of a lory or lorikeet is a good idea. Most are colorful.

How about a beautiful male Plumheaded Parakeet?

 

[RavensGryf]

If not a parrot, how about a Gouldian Finch? A Toucan would look good in a cartoony style too

 

[Freespin]

Eckie!!!! A Male would be the best Or a Male Barraband, they are pretty stunning =D

 

[Kinny]

So many good ideas! I ended up doing a crimson rosella. Just have to paint the background and then I'll post a photo. Thanks for the input guys! Was so hard to decide...