Step Five: Further refinements

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Now that the feathers are done, I need to paint in the beak and feet. I do this by painting them solid orange then using the Airbrush with darker and lighter shades of orange to add shadows and highlights. The eye is just a single black dot softened slightly by dabbing light grey around it with the Airbrush.

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I also decide that the feet look too smooth. They need a bit of texture, so I use the Lasso tool to select only the feet, then I use the Texturizer filter to apply a very slight Canvas texture to them.

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