Corvus cornix

In this drawing of a hooded crow (Corvus cornix), I wanted to capture more than just the form of the bird—I was drawn to its mythic presence, that quiet, watchful intelligence that seems to belong to another world. The fragmented, angular lines are intentional, almost like shards of memory or vision, suggesting that this creature is not fully grounded in the physical realm. It stands poised, alert, yet partially dissolving into abstraction—as though it exists in the space between shadow and thought. I imagined it not just as a bird, but as a symbol: a messenger, an omen, something ancient that carries the weight of forgotten knowledge.

In mythology, the hooded crow carries associations with magic, transformation, and the unseen. Its ash-grey plumage and dark wings mirror the duality that defines so much of what magic represents—life and death, light and shadow, the known and the unknowable.