Thanks, all my birds and flowers are drawn with the pencil tool and just regular gradients. (rad/line) I like to keep my work in vector all the way to output. With a mesh you will have to raster it at some point. Thank you for the comment...
Oh cool! Sorry for the error on my part about the gradients. Great job with the regular gradients, look nice and smooth! I also like to use the pencil tool along with the wacom tablet to create works in Illustrator. I like your work great detail!
I appreciate your comments but you presume too much about the Wacom tablet... I do not own one. Most of my art is drawn freehand with a mouse using the pencil tool to get that look.