Creating Twittering Bird with Adobe Illustrator

Might as well tell you now—I don't draw. And, I haven't used a drawing program since the mid-90s and that was Freehand, 3.0, I think. I was quite adept at drawing logos with Freehand when I was freelancing. When I got a fulltime job, my work consisted mainly of layout with Quark and some photo correction with Photoshop so when you see this little twit of a bird and get the urge to bust out laughing, feel free. I am posting it so those who want to venture into design will realize that with some fortitude, they can. Skill in drawing is a valuable asset but you can do other things, like logos, if fine art isn't in your skill set.

I came across this little bird at Vectortutsplus. I have to say I didn't have a clue how to get around Illustrator but having some Photoshop skill helped.

Don't worry if you get frustrated. Remember, frustration is just growth. So, give it a shot. Here's mine. And, naturally, I had to change something so I changed the color.