Homaker Bird

This bird is rare. It's main diet consists of foliage in the top canopy and it will build nests out of sticks and mud-clay high up in the trees, away from the vicious predators on the ground. The natives will build tribes in these abandoned nests. The leader of a tribe is the only one allowed to wear the feathers of the Hommaker bird whose nest they are living in, though other members of the tribe will often dye the fabric of their clothes to match the colors of their Hommaker bird. Thus it is possible to identify which tribe a native is from depending on the color of their clothes.

These are a series of creature designs for an alien world concept I did for Concept Design class. The Homaker Bird was based off of an eel-like body type with wings. It's flight pattern and relative size to a humanoid are illustrated below. the main color image.