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over on patreon Amy Crook wanted gryffyn pin-ups which was combined with calls for eldritch beings, shapeshifters, and teeth from Tama and Camille Alexander. i was told any Bird/animal specifically so i went with one classic girl and 2 other perfectly normal ladies.

they’re all chicken gryffyns because i do what i want.

First up is a little farm hen. She’s chicken/barn cat and she’s a little beat up from years of venturing out into the woods and dealing with her flock’s volatile pecking order. Small and round, but hardy. Has been sent out to deal with various strange dangers ever since all the roosters disappeared a while back. Has maybe gotten too close to the things in the woods but no one questions her because she’s a little too strong to bully now.

Next is a chicken/fox gryffyn who’s a little overdressed for the middle of the woods but she does run a casino so one must keep up appearances. Loves a nice fur stole or feather boa. Has no idea what happened to all the roosters but it was probably something sudden and mundane. Some people just have…an unlucky moment.

Last is a chicken/unidentified dinosaur gryffyn who is an undying and ever evolving daughter of an old god. She was one of the eggs in the whole ‘chicken or the egg’ thing and it’s probably fine that she’s just. Around.

Tiny griffin based off of a Japanese Paradise Flycatcher.

This happened to the Sphinx, too.

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The Lone Wolf

ahhh, my first post after s7, I FELL IN LOVE WITH GRIFFIN. I was on a long family vacation so I barely had time to draw during the trip but i’m back! 

“Your Cup is Full”. Study for a Minoan cylinder seal impression*, 2012/2017

Acrylics on prepaped paper, 13.7 x 18.5 cm

Last month I had a dream involving an old memory exercise – the blind study of an ancient Minoan cylinder seal impression painted back in 2012.

In my dream I return to the studio after a walk and realize I have a guest: someone is shuffling through drawings in complete darkness! I switch the light on and find myself standing in the middle of a subterranean place of worship. In front of me there’s a Persian girl examining my drawings scattered on the floor among oddly shaped (votive?) coins and gemstones. After a while she pulls this old sheet of studies, nods thoughtfully and cuts the seal impression out of it with scissors. She inspects the painting again before producing a qalam from the folds of her colourful hide and writing something just above the grotesque griffin figure. She then hands the sheet over to me with a lovely smile. To my surprise the tiny piece of paper weighs like an apple; the Farsi calligraphy reads “Your cup is full”. I reach out to touch the writing but my hand meets with an obstacle - there’s an invisible object sitting on the surface of the study!

Upon awakening I promptly pulled the sheet from the heap, cut out the impression, brought it as close to the dream version as I could and added the gilded calligraphy. Now haunted by the memory of the invisible object I can’t help touching the writing every now and then fully expecting the phantom barrier to block my finger.

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Patreon reward for @idie970 of his character Icy the snow-griffon~ What a cutie!

Griffin Migration, 2022

Wrap-around cover for the Almost Real Zine (Vol. 5 - Mythology). As a long-time fan of the zine, it was a true honour to work on this!

Campaign is available through Zoop here. Editors of Almost Real are Hye Mardikian and Jay Eaton (@jayrockin) of Fortuna Media. 

Faithful Griffin companion to my Griffin Knight! [x]

Evening Glide

A redo of an old picture from 2017 with Griffin when she was still called Fairy and still had her wings. 

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My piece done for the @voltronmerzine!! (sorry for the late upload aha) It was done back in September, so it’s a bit old c’: Thank you for bringing me onboard!

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18k Gold Bloodstone Griffin Intaglio Ring

I was thinking about griffon design for Kiwi and my friends have been comparing my zebra finches to Kiwi a lot during our voice chats, so Kiwi got a zebra finch griffon.

By Giuseppi Lira

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My OC Sanatah

Sanatah as poke icon

Dragons, Winged Wolf, Griffin designed by John Montroll | folded by|instructions

Shame it was a cloudy day–there’s only so much I can edit in post. Either way I highly recommend this book!