This was also my first time rendering feathers in Procreate. I focused on capturing their softness and structure while carrying similar textures into the swirling negative space between them, so that the space felt like part of the same visual system rather than something purely decorative.
The piece was later selected as one of the works I printed and sold at my artist booth during Cup of Troy, a student-run event at USC. Seeing the digital work translated into a physical print, and watching people respond to it in person, became another part of the piece's story. Mirrored Birds ultimately became one of my bestselling prints during the event.