VisDev Project- The Juniper tree- Bird Concept

Visual Development project this semester on the story of The Juniper Tree and these are the concepts for the bird.

I needed a bird with a long neck but it also needed to look strong and sturdy. I had looked at cranes and herons but then where too thin.Then some one suggested a looking at Chocobos which where almost perfect for reference the only problem was they are a little to large. I think i found a good balance between making him look strong and not enormous.