Contest is over. Didn't win and wasn't a runner up. This little guy will no longer be drawn

-Common- Fuzzy fur
-Common- Standard wings
-Rare- Overlong antennae

Entry for a contest being held by CunningFox on DA to make your own Gardener; a closed species she created http://fav.me/d8rx4p9

This is Vitae.
His colors are based off the Red-Billed Streamertail hummingbird (aka: The Doctor Bird)
It is the national bird of where I am from. His name comes from the national flower which grows on the Lignum Vitae tree.

Progress shots: http://41.media.tumblr.com/5bf1ab48ea3f74e008113c62220e818d/tumblr_nogs5jvNhi1r5362eo1_1280.png

Used the overlong antennae to simulate the streamertail since it was the closest option without using 'very rare' traits.
This is my first time basing colors/markings off something so I put together what I thought was a decent portrayal of them. His fur should be iridescent but I don't know how to show that.
Tried to get his eyes the color of the flower but because I used multiply instead of making a lineart layer first everything in the image is rather.. muted/darker than intended.

Wish me luck!