I started designing my Pigeons by doing some real life drawing and getting some images off the Internet to copy. I did this so i could get a real feel for how the Pigeon looks and the shape of it.
I found this helpful when it came to designing my Pigeons.
After doing these real life drawings I focused on wants under the skin of the Pigeon. I started to look at how they moved and flew. I looked at the insides the skeleton structure of the bird and wing.
Here is a drawing of the skeleton of a Pigeon and a wing. I found these drawings to be helpful when designing the armatures of my characters.
The drawings of the wings are of one (left side) folded up and the other (right side) folded out, with types of feathers labeled as well as the bones.
