Turkey - Illustration Friday
19 11 2006
Links
Talking Turkey - Glutton Cat on how the Turkey got its name.
And have a look at what Straight Dope has to say about Is turkey (the bird) named after Turkey (the country) or vice versa?
Turkey photo reference from the web
The bird was made with Art Rage 2 and all other additions were made with Photoshop.
Check out many more interpretations on 
Great Illustration.
Hi its me again I posted this response to your comment on my blog but though you may not return for a while and so i brought it to you here
Re my article: Procratination.
That is wonderful to hear that you will now spend more time painting Ujwalla. Computers are great but can take all your time away. I recently saw a program on PC addiction.
You can actually become addicted to these things. life is about balance. It is also important to get enough sunlight each week to get Vitamin D which fights off depression. The sunlight makes you feel better and more productive.
Happy painting and look forward to seeing what you do as your turkey is great.
Hi Kayleen, thanks for coming back here. I went to look at your illustrations ( the paintings are fabulous ) and that post on procrastination caught my attention. I might as well admit to myself that I am an Internet addict. I am now looking at moving towards finding a balance. And you’re right about the Vit D too
I need to lose weight and a walk a day will definitely help me get there. Thanks again. You might want to look at http://www.cocomments.com It helps you keep a track of 90% of the comments that you make on the web.
great!
THanks ujwala! I forgot to mention: I like how you did the words! Great job!
Great job and this is true. Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the official bird of the United States too.
Terrific!!
Great Bird
Thank you Michelle, Steve, Studio Lolo and Mike. Steve, I did come across that tidbit. I enjoy the topics that make me go out there and learn some more
Interesting. Not true, but very interesting.
Thanks Willie and now how about telling us how the bird got its name?
I like the fez!
[...] There are just one or two small and very rough sketches of crows in my collection. I seem to have stayed far away from drawing birds and animals with the exception of cows. This one is not from life. It was from a reference found in an article on beating bird flu! There were 4 steps to turning the reference into a finished drawing for a post relating a story of the results of my search on how the turkey got its name for the Illustration Friday topic for this week - Thanksgiving. [...]
thank you, Anna. I never got around to buying one so I had extra fun painting this.