fernscare:I keep drawing gargs. Here’s a recent garg roundup.[ID: three paint pen and colored

fernscare:

I keep drawing gargs. Here’s a recent garg roundup.

[ID: three paint pen and colored pencil drawings of stone gargoyles. The first shows the head, front legs, and torso of a gargoyle hunched on a precipice. The second shows a cat-like winged gargoyle sitting on a platform. The third is of a griffin sitting on its hind legs, with its front legs on a shield. All three are on a black background and are surrounded partially by green ivy vines. The first and third gargoyle are lit from above by a single candle. The second gargoyle is lit from below by several candles.]

Fun fact! These hella cool little fellas are not technically gargoyles, since that word only refers to decorative water spouts:

The ones that aren’t water spouts, like the beautiful illustrations above, are called grotesques or chimerae. Also, in the Middle Ages, the term babewyn was used to refer to both gargoyles and chimerae: this word is derived from the Italianwordbabuino, which means “baboon”.