Osprey sketches

I got frustrated with the ref I'm doing on him, because I was doing the lineart on SAI, but I saved incorrectly or something, and it didn't save the layers. >_> I know what I did wrong, though...

but, I wanted to put some sketches of him on here, just to give a better feeling for him.

That head shot of him is actually when he's a little younger. >_> I didn't mean to do that, but that's how he turned out. The one of him about to fly, and the two of him flying is his current age, or how I will draw him the most.

That back view accidentally tilted a little too much to one side, and I was already darkening him, so I couldn't erase without huge marks being there. >_< so no critique on that, please.

oh, and here's a full detail pic of his wing(s) of how they look: link

and this was the image I started in SAI, but saved wrong: link I freakin love the ink pen tool. >w< much better than what PS offers!