#he’s good at identifying birds and can tell when pigeons are domesticated rather than feral or wild

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Finished my painting of Hypno feeding the pigeons and doves :)

These are mainly rock pigeons, including most of the white ones, but there is a white Barbary dove, a couple mourning doves, and a diamond dove in there. Can you find them?

I think Hypno often rescues doves/pigeons (another headcanon).

The Barbary dove and diamond dove are escaped birds that wouldn’t likely survive long in the wild, so Hypno will be bringing them home with him. Some of the little white rock pigeons are domesticated and the pigeon on his right hand and pigeon on his right shoulder are escaped racing pigeons so he will keep them too. The mourning doves are wild and doing just fine. They can be pretty shy, but they feel safe around Hypno.

Here’s a sepia version for fun and some of the line work

#sofia’s art #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt #rise hypno #hypno potamus #pigeons #doves #rock pigeons and rock doves are the same thing so #diamond dove #Barbary dove #mourning dove #birds #he loves birds #and he knows what he is doing #he’s good at identifying birds and can tell when pigeons are domesticated rather than feral or wild #he is feeding them healthy grains and seeds and veggies #it was a challenge but I wanted to make at least one full illustration for Hypno #let’s pretend that the perspective is right on this #pigeons are so pretty #so many birb friends #although this is really a very small flock #wonders if Hypno could call all the doves and pigeons of New York to him #the diamond dove is on his left shoulder it has spots and a pink eye ring #the mourning doves are the beige ones with black and white in their tails #the Barbary dove is the closest white one that is in the upper middle #white barbary doves are often used by magicians #they are also called ringneck doves though not every color morph has a neck ring