cute bird drawings in 2023

September 12, 2023 8:25 PM

seen any funny bird drawings / cartoons lately? I'm looking for gift ! I want it to be funny and bird centric. the more ridiculous the better. could be wordless.. could be comic-y.. ink, paint, pencil, etc.. sketchy, new yorker cartoony, etc etc - whatever medium. could be a wall calendar, framed print, mug, etc etc.

I'm on a self imposed social media fast, so I deleted instagram from my phone. I'm kinda loathe (sp?) to go on it just for this purpose, even though I have saved and followed some stuff there that would probably help me .. not to mention my "gift ideas" tag .. sigh.. but my question - know any cartoonists, artists, illustrators, etc, that do cute bird drawings that have shops I could support?

I think there's a chance the hive mind might yield something more awesome than what i've already chanced across anyway!

thanks a bunch : )

posted by elgee to Media & Arts (25 answers total)

Poorly Drawn Lines has some birds
Sam Cotton has their bird and chippies
posted by Crystalinne at 8:42 PM on September 12, 2023

False Knees!
posted by leastlikelycowgirl at 8:44 PM on September 12, 2023 [14 favorites]

you know about Rosemary Mosco, right? Bird and Moon comics. Shop here has prints and shirts. You can also get her book, A Pocket Guide To Pigeon Watching, which has basic pigeon facts presented in a fun way.

Crow Time is a lovely little comic about crows. you can get the book here as well as cute plush crows.

Good bird? Great crow? EXCELLENT CORVID This little comic about a conversation between a crow and a dragon has merch here.
posted by Pallas Athena at 8:45 PM on September 12, 2023 [8 favorites]

I was just about to post Rosemary Mosco! She's VERY good.

Tommy Siegel's extremely accurate bird prints are, genuinely, the funniest thing I've seen all year.
posted by Jeanne at 8:47 PM on September 12, 2023 [4 favorites]

I’ve loved Vicki Sawyer’s stuff ever since I saw one of her Christmas cards.
posted by AnOrigamiLife at 9:40 PM on September 12, 2023 [1 favorite]

I'm kinda loathe (sp?) to go on it just for this purpose

loath
loathe
posted by flabdablet at 11:02 PM on September 12, 2023

Metafilter’s own Terri Nelson does wonderful stuff.
posted by Well I never at 11:37 PM on September 12, 2023 [1 favorite]

The Boy started elementary school in suburban Boston in the mid 1980s. His class was requested and required, as part of a history and heraldry project, to draw a picture of a coat of arms. Perhaps because his bestie at the time was 'hispanic', The Boy elected to draw the Escudo Nacional de México which depicts "a golden eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake" . . . something something Aztec legend about the foundation of their core city. We discovered penguin being tickled by french loaf in a decluttering this year.

Also Harry Hargreaves (1922-2004) left a cute bird corpus.
posted by BobTheScientist at 12:31 AM on September 13, 2023 [5 favorites]

The humor in Matt Adrian’s birds is more in the title than the bird itself, but I love them. He sells bird-related stuff and more via Mincing Mockingbird.
posted by telophase at 1:36 AM on September 13, 2023

Chicken Thoughts
as a bird person, I can attest that these dorky drawings totally capture the essence of cockatiel
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 1:42 AM on September 13, 2023

Bird fart
Conversationalist
Bad at math
Whom
posted by BoscosMom at 2:53 AM on September 13, 2023

Effin' Birds, if the recipient doesn't mind a bit of swearing & cursing.
posted by penguin pie at 3:13 AM on September 13, 2023 [6 favorites]

This artist’s adorable birds started showing up in my insta feed lately and I love them
posted by Sweetie Darling at 4:41 AM on September 13, 2023 [1 favorite]

spicymochishop has some birds in there - stickers and this keychain for example.
posted by automatic cabinet at 5:32 AM on September 13, 2023

I jsut bought this Bird on a wire

He has other birds as well.

Birds
posted by Ftsqg at 5:45 AM on September 13, 2023

I love the work by Meesh at Cookie Doves! The artist also has an Etsy shop.
posted by invokeuse at 6:07 AM on September 13, 2023

https://karlkerschl.com/comic/glass-half-full/

If you have a minute to thumb through the Abominable Charles Christopher, the main character is Yeti-adjacent but there are many, many birds throughout.

https://karlkerschl.com/comic/remembrance-day/
posted by adekllny at 6:49 AM on September 13, 2023

We have the calendar of extremely accurate birds from Jeanne's link and it is hilarious.
posted by soelo at 6:51 AM on September 13, 2023

I recently found the twitter feed of (accomplished, professional) artist Akash Bhatt:

https://twitter.com/AkashBhatt72

He posts multiple lovely sketches a day, many of his mother (knitting or cooking) but also voyeuristic out the window sketches and the local city birds!
posted by pjenks at 7:03 AM on September 13, 2023

Tommy Siegel creates very accurate drawings of bird butts.
https://tommysiegel.net/shop/2023-calendar-of-extremely-accurate-birds
posted by missriss89 at 7:29 AM on September 13, 2023 [1 favorite]

I've enjoyed Dan Travis's illustrations of birds!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/DanTavisIllustration
posted by astapasta24 at 8:06 AM on September 13, 2023

I just suggested the art of Greer Stothers in that other Ask about "scrungly" art, so here are two links:

Pigeon print

Baby birds print

Not pictured at their most majestic! But endearing.
posted by Lawn Beaver at 10:47 AM on September 13, 2023

I follow Liz Clayton Fuller (ipaintbirbs) on Twitch, and her prints, stickers, and stationery feature a satisfying combo of technically accurate scientific bird illustration with cowboy accessories.
posted by lampoil at 1:37 PM on September 13, 2023

Felicia Chiao (society6, Instagram) is mostly not-birds, but has a series of pigeons saying "fuck" that I find delightful!
posted by catabananza at 2:36 PM on September 13, 2023 [1 favorite]

Sebastien Millon has drawn a bunch of cute and funny birds.
bird
bird
bird
bird
many birds
posted by the_dreamwriter at 12:04 PM on September 14, 2023