It’s harder than I thought it would be!
I started using my usual bird-drawing style, and that turned out too realistic, so I tried to simplify it further by:
- Removing all shading (pretty much), making all colours flat
- Removing all the detail lines, except for the actual outline of the bird
- Removed its itty bitty footsies
- Going over the outline with a thicker stroke to make it more cartoonish
In the end it definitely looks better, but the proportions are still those of an actual hummingbird, so I may try exaggerating those next. Cartooning is tricky!
The current result:
