Pair on a winter branch
A male and a female cardinal sharing a bare branch in coloured pencil, snow gathered along the top of every twig and the sky left as pale paper.
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Draw a cardinal and finish it in your browser
Describe the cardinal you want in Morphic's Image tool, from a bright red male on a snowy branch to a soft buff female in profile, and get a finished drawing back. Set the crest shape, the feather detail, the line weight and the paper, refine it on the Canvas, then download it in HD.
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At the feeder
A wide pencil drawing of a cardinal at a hanging seed feeder, seed scattered below and the porch rail hatched softly out of focus behind it.
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Singing on a fence post
A cardinal on a fence post with its beak open and crest fully raised, drawn in ink and light wash with the field behind reduced to two grey bands.
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Head angle study sheet
A study sheet of one cardinal head drawn five times in fine pen, crest up, crest flat, front, profile and turned away, with a blank ruled note line beside each.
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FAQs
How do I draw cardinal red without it looking flat?
Vary it. The back and wings sit darker and slightly cooler than the breast, the crest catches the most light, and the shaded side runs toward deep crimson rather than grey. Layering two or three reds beats reaching for one saturated tone.
How do I draw the crest?
Treat it as a small group of stiff feathers rather than one triangle. Say how raised it is, since a fully raised crest reads as alert or singing and a flattened one reads as calm. That single choice changes the whole mood of the drawing.
What is the difference between the male and female cardinal?
The male is bright red overall with a black mask around the beak. The female is warm buff and olive-brown with red edging on the crest, wings and tail, and a softer grey mask. Both have the same crest and stout orange beak.
How do I draw snow on the branch without losing the bird?
Leave the snow as bare paper and let the branch tone define it, rather than adding white on top. Keep the background a flat pale grey so the red stays the strongest thing in the frame.
Can I use a cardinal drawing on a card or an ornament?
Yes. Generate the bird on a plain background, crop it on the Canvas, and download it in HD. Add any lettering yourself on the Canvas so you control the font and spacing rather than asking for text in the prompt.
Can I keep several bird drawings in the same style?
Use Style Transfer. Lock the look of the first drawing, then apply it as you generate each species so the line weight, feather treatment and palette stay consistent across the set.