Monarch Butterfly Illustrator Project

This was my mid-term project for an Illustrator course. For the project, I could create whatever I wanted as long as it met all the requirements. I decided to use a photo I took of a female monarch butterfly that I had raised as a template. I used the pen tool for most of it. Other tools I used were the line tool and the gradient tool.

A digital drawing of a close up of monarch butterfly hanging off a hand
Final Image
A close up picture of monarch butterfly hanging off a hand
Original