I'm studying, I swear!

...and while diligently doing so, my sketchpad just happens to accidentally fall in my lap and open to a blank page. The inherent problem with blank pages is that they are so lonely, crisp, and far too clean for their own good. This grievous error had to be corrected!

I've been asked to work on an image of a phoenix. The first I came up with was a bit Okami-inspired...though certainly, nowhere close to their stunning artwork.

The same image saw a little bit of clean-up to end up as such:

And just for kicks, I decided to go with a heraldic spin on the idea, because...well, it just looks freakin cool (click for reference):

Yeah...I may have gotten a little carried away with that. Looking at it now, I might shrink the birdie's neck so it looks less ostrich-like.

Now, naptime!