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2. Then, you start drawing in vector feathers. For a fill, it's best to use a gradient that has colors different from your background. You use gradient so that you can easily tell apart between individual feathers, so that you know what you're drawing. It's not a bad idea to use a reference to check how feathers overlap each other. When drawing them, you start with the longest feathers, because they will be underneath all other ones. Then draw the middle row, then draw the 'hand' part, then the upper rows of smaller feathers. Okay, now you have a pretty basic wing, with nice vector feathers. They look very boring though, and not all that realistic (depending also on how lucky you were with your gradient).





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