June Toons 2025 #23: Bird Feeder

Martin · 255 days (8:35 PM · Jun 23, 2025)
A cartoon illustration of a bird dangling from one side of a hanging bird feeder while gobbling up seeds falling from the opposite side. The bird is hanging upside down and its body is arching upward underneath the bottom of the feeder. It has its mouth open in a smile, and a pile of seeds are on its tongue. The feeder is tilted, making the seeds spill out. The bird is blue with a white beak and belly. The feeder is done in monochrome, and the seeds are mostly white with speckles of black here and there. The background is a pale green. The drawing is stylized to look like a vintage illustration, with a light halftone pattern visible on the bird and feeder, and a faint distressed effect over the entire image.

Today's June Toons illustration is of a bird feeding at a bird feeder. This was inspired by some of the moves I've seen real birds pull off on our backyard bird feeder, when they don't quite fit on its small perches.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework, the Rough Dot Shader 45/Light for halftone effect and the Worn 4 Subtle brush for the distress effect.

The Dot Shader 45/Light brush is from the Beat Tones pack, and the Worn 4 Subtle brush is from the Fast Grit pack. Both of those are by True Grit Texture Supply.

If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:

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