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Catherine39s_Gryphon_by_626elemental

Catherine's Gryphon

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b-day present for one of my friends..... gryphons are her favorit animal and here's my take on one.  I always see gryphons with the body of a lion or tiger or somesuch, but I've never seen a snow leopord gryphon before.

Used a reference for various animal parts.

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Submitted by: 626elemental

Posted: Aug 23, 2007 8:08 am

Completed: Feb 3, 2007

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Galleries: Animals, Fantasy, Finished Work, Mythical Creatures, Original Art

Keywords: gryphon, catherine's gryphon

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Tharizidium

Total Posts: 4

Aug 23, 2007 9:22 am

Really cool, the feathers and fur look realistic with a lot of texture but not so many lines to make the picture look too busy. Real neat take on the gryphon with the snow leopard

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626elemental  (Reply)

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Aug 23, 2007 5:34 pm

thanks!

Alatariel

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Aug 23, 2007 1:13 pm

Nice work with the details and the shadows, but I would suggest you to try to define more the feathers, specially the larger ones

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626elemental  (Reply)

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Aug 23, 2007 5:35 pm

thanks for the advice! ^_^

arkillian

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Aug 23, 2007 2:24 pm

AHHH!!! He's got such cute little paws!! He looks like a little baby griffin :3

Critique though... I suggest bumping up the contrast so black is black, and to use more intense shadows (on the griffin) so that the black background isn't so cut/paste. Black back grounds are fine as long as it's complimented.

Lastly I suggest watching your pencil textures. You've got alot of parallel brush strokes there which look flat cause there's no natural variation. I suggest using a scribble rather than lines to tone your pics- maybe even using a smudge stick or your finger to soften the tone, then put concrete under it to give a texture as you rub it or something. Hope that helps ^^

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626elemental  (Reply)

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Aug 23, 2007 5:39 pm

Thanks for the advice. I see what you mean, especially about stroke variation. Again, thanks.