This was originally designed for a contest in which a nieghborhood association wanted a cute image of an owl made with LEGO. I went a little overboard and while they loved this, it was too much for the poster they were making. So I decided to keep it and build it myself.

This represents a Barn Owl in flight over a tree branch. The branch isn't necessarily part of the design, it's just a way to showcase the owl. The face of the owl really lent to the arch bricks, so that was the way I started. I also wanted to include the Ninjago blades in kind of the same way they're used for dragons. I ideally wanted the dark red of the face to be dark tan, but they don't come in that color.

I also thought this might go well with the bird sets that have already been released.

It's not a terribly complicated build, but it does use some SNOT techniques on the interior to get the round body.