Legendary Flighted Penguin

I created this design months ago for the Illustration Friday “Legendary”. Now “Flying” has come up as a topic and the giggle on the subject of flying penguins has re-entered my mind. So I’m sharing again… what if there were a whole fleet?

The penguin is a pilot at heart
The penguin is a daredevil at heart

My thoughts on penguins and flying
I’m pretty sure the flying was traded in for hockey and belly boarding. There’s so much competition with all those other birds up there riding the wind, I think the penguins simply got smart and decided “might as well do something unique”. Not to mention they really look great in hats… and you can’t wear very many hats and fly, unless, of course, you don’t mind losing your hat.

About this design
This design was created entirely in Photoshop using a Wacom Graphire Bluetooth Tablet and gazillion layers of color. I started out with a bare lines of the penguin, added lines for his outfit, added blocks of color and then continued on to add numerous layers with varying colors and textures. I then flattened the entire penguin image and added the border, text and distressed effect.

32 thoughts on “Legendary Flighted Penguin”

  1. This little guy is fantastic! Love the retro poster style, so effective πŸ™‚
    Great to read a bit about your life and motives as an artist to.

  2. This little guy is fantastic! Love the retro poster style, so effective πŸ™‚
    Great to read a bit about your life and motives as an artist to.

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