I was trying out the awesome brush tutorial for feathers on Paul Lasaine's blog, and ended up with this little penguin. I tend to paint digitally much the same way I would paint in acrylics, without taking advantage of all the cool custom brushes that make painting textures so much easier, so this was an interesting exercise. In retrospect I should have kept the white feathers darker; they flatten it a bit too much. Also, definitely need to study lots more rendering and light effects!