Catherine's Gryphon

Posted Aug 23, 2007, 4:08:01 PM UTC

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.

Comments

ArkillianDragon
Aug 23, 2007, 2:24:27 PM UTC
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
  Aug 23, 2007, 5:39:08 PM UTC
  Thanks for the advice. I see what you mean, especially about stroke variation. Again, thanks.
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Alatariel
Aug 23, 2007, 1:13:33 PM UTC
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
  Aug 23, 2007, 5:35:37 PM UTC
  thanks for the advice! ^_^
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Tharizidium
Aug 23, 2007, 9:22:01 AM UTC
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
  Aug 23, 2007, 5:34:58 PM UTC
  thanks!
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