Julia BausenhardtMay 3, 2022

Hello Mastodon art people! I’m Julia, an illustrator and naturalist from Germany. I’ve quit all social media a few years ago because addictive algorithms, ads, infinite scrolling and tracking surveillance were killing my creativity.
Mastodon is likely the last social media experiment I’ll try. Here are some birds for you, because although I’ve left Twitter, I love drawing birds.

Edit: Since this post, I've made my home here. :-)

#introduction
#illustration #birds #watercolor #art #birb

Show threadJax
@naturesketchbook these are very lovely birds. Do you work from references, or take your own photos?
May 3, 2022 at 1:37pmWeb
Show threadJulia BausenhardtMay 3, 2022
@Liveotherwise Both actually. I try to draw from live as much as I can, but often references are very helpful for details.
Show threadJaxMay 3, 2022
@naturesketchbook birds move pretty fast, your work is fantastic.
Show threadJulia BausenhardtMay 3, 2022
@Liveotherwise Thank you!  I do use photo references for these illustrations, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get in the details. But I try to do a lot of sketching from life, too.