So cool! owo
Now it's time to show what this big digi bird is capable of~ >;3

I always see her as female xD
I wish they kept her ginormous size from the original on the new one

Big, buff ladybird.

I also feel like they shrank her compared to the first Adventure. The sizes of all the Digimon have fluctuated over time, it would seem. The size difference you have here is what I see as ideal and in line with how I usually think of this bird.
And in Savers season 5 they used male identifiers for when that Biyomon was interacting compared to Sora's bird line.
It depends on which Garudamon is on screen. Here I will say she and her.
And here I will also say I want to ride on those shoulders too! Or get comfty in that hair and tucked away for the night.

At least this season has had Sora ride on Garudamon's foot like how she would on Birdramon's for traveling at times.

And yes, I do like it very very much so~

My hypothesis is they shrank all the megas to make ultimates even bigger or at least give the idea that ultimates really are that crazy.

Garudamon I've viewed as female but tbh the digimon don't really have genders as was revealed in Tamers.

That's so cool! Nice work.

From what the anime says, Digimon have no actual gender for the most part (with exceptions) which means gender is more of an expression of their physical state rather than a singular state of being. In the german dub I remember noting that renamon sounded male.

I do remember the English voice actress did try to deepen her voice because she was like, 'is that a male, oh, that's definitely a guy?" when she saw Garudamon the first time. i personally think, gender doesn't really matter much to a digimon since they tend to shift to so many different body types. And yeah, I'm also annoyed with how the digimon aren't always to scale either.

Regardless, I really like this piece! Thanks for sharing!! :)

yeah, not bad freaky-boy <3
you're really good with digimon, if you'll open or make the "willy wonka"-like contest for the commission I'll suggest you a maverlous boi to draw

also how can I contact you, got something to show you, not a nude pic XD

Garuda is male in original myth and digimon don't have sex according to Renanom. A sexchange is nothing bad, logically is not ok without context but, since they dont wanna put the lgbtq+ theme in so much highlight (like netflix?...) it'd be ok to me.
Garudamon felt like female to me too, even tho' I should/would re watch the X-antybody version in "X-evolution" that was a cool version too

Digimon don't have genders in the same way we do, they tend to just use the pronouns they prefer.
For example, Sora's Garudamon identifies as female, while the one in World Data Squad identifies as Male. :3

I like macro gals, so that's what I assume a character is when it's left unanswered.

There's a more official answer about Garudamon that's kind of depressing, but also kind of typical for kid's shows of the era: The English version of the show changed the gender of Hawkmon's various versions so the later merge with Gatomon to become Silphymon wouldn't make the kids start asking questions about gender blending.

The regulations from Broadcast Standards & Protocols in those days were so obnoxious that a lot of cartoons made jokes about them. As Beetlejuice said when he learned about them on his cartoon, "BS & P? Can you even say that on a kid's show?"

When it comes to a Digimon's gender, I figure they don't have to be very binary (forgive the pun) about it.

Instead, I see it more like character creation in some video games where you have a bunch of options and then a bunch more sliders to adjust things however you wish. When they're born, they get to set up their forms to whatever they want, and there's nothing that says they have to be all the same on anything. When you literally change forms more often than your partner changes clothes, why not give some forms different traits to match different moods?

Also, that is the correct size. I recall getting a hold of a translated copy of the first Digimon manga, and in one panel (evil) Leomon shows up that huge. I was sad he didn't get to stay like that. I mean, he was terrifying, yes, but having a huge lion friend that could literally just drop you in a pocket and walk off would be kind of cool, too. That mix of scary and awesome is important.

Digimon are kind of gender flexible. I feel like some of them switch up when they digivolve.

I do like Garudamon to be as big as possible, so I like that you went with this size.

And I think it is canon in Digimon that their size is inconsistent. There are factors that can effect the size they end up in every time they digivolve and some of them can control it to a degree.

Amazing digimon art !

In Spanish garudamon had male voice.