This drawing was from Kerby Rosanes' book Fantomorphia book, which a friend and I agree seems to have been churned out in a hurry to cash in on his successes with his earlier books, Animorphia, Imagimorphia and Mythomorphia. The drawings in this book - rather thinner than the other three - all have a steampunk theme, that is, with lots of metallic machine parts worked into animals and objects.
Hence this peacock. Part bird, part kavadi! Yes, it does look really like those heavy metallic, spiked structures carried by Hindu devotees at Thaipusam to show their penance for sins past, doesn't it?
I made the spikes piercing the bird gold and kept the rest of the palette for the "kavadi" in browns and maroons. The sharp definition between the yellow and brown of each gold spike is meant to convey high shine, rather than a matt finish.
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