I might have spent too much time on this... I also gave myself a bit of a challenge to not use any blending tools. Like the smudge tools, or water colors or anything. I ONLY used the paint brush to apply the colors. But I did go ahead and use the air brush for the shading and the background. I think it's a real fun challenge. And it really helps me work on my color intensity and helps me pay attention to how much i'm diluting and making colors vibrant.
I used this picture off of google as reference: This
And I based this off of one of my acheived dreamies for the Oekaki challenge! I love this bby! And I'm pretty darn sure it was designed to be a kingfisher in the first place. >u<