My entry for the Cross Fine Lines Pen and Ink Scholarship Competition. The guidelines for the competition were to draw anything you wanted in pen and ink. Being a pen company, I figured it would be fun to draw birds using their own tail feathers as quills to draw each other (of course it had to be birds ).

I actually finished this drawing 2 months ago, but I wasn't sure if we were allowed to post them before they were judged. However, I received a letter a few days ago letting me know that the entries had been judged and I was chosen as an honorable mention winner! I received a $100 gift certificate which I promptly used to buy this awesome, green field bag that I had been lusting over for a while. My work may also appear around their stores.

The only thing that makes me sad is that they said they couldn't return any of the originals, so I made sure to take a nice scan before shipping it off.

Here are the winners of the competition:
First place: [link]
Runners up: [link]

_{Micron pens, Higgins drawing ink, 11X14 inches}