This is a loose leaf doodle from back in 2024 yikes!! I carry a sketchbook with me everywhere I go. I also carry a folder which stashes loose leaf sketches and a few finished pieces so that I can present original work for display in case anyone asks. While stuck waiting for a while, I decided to snap a photo of one of those sketches and play with color in procreate pocket.

I don’t remember which species of gull I referenced for these sketches so I didnt color in any identifying markings. It was probably a ring billed gull tbh but the species isnt as important as this is more about the thematic elements of “gull” and is for fantasy. These studies were from a set of sketches pertaining to the theme of the wild and dangerous waterfolk in my headworld. I was imagining a tableau of mythic warfare between the sea and the earth and wakes of ravenous gulls picking through the bones of the aftermath.