owl unfinished

i was surfing and saw a very complicated bird/owl that looked a little like this, but it was filled in with a gazillion patterns. and i got this far and said to myself "self...you don't do patterns"
so i called it quits.
i will still send it to smash cuz she sends me a lot of good stuff.

my first strokes were the arcs and the leaf. when i got to the swirly doodles at the top, i had pretty much decided that i wasn't going to finish it. so, i just tossed off some quick stuff. i ended up liking the quick lines better than the more labored ones.