This was a cool little illustration project to create a fun and playful Pukeko! Yep, I'd never heard of the bird either, apparently its native to New Zealand :) Cute little fella. The character is due to be used on a new web project that is currently under development, but my my client was happy for him to be shown off early. I really enjoyed creating this guy, mainly for the fact that I'd never seen one of these birds before, so it wasn't like drawing anything else. Great fun!!