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I like the idea of alternative griffin concepts. I call this a Pit Griffin. They were bred for fighting in the pits and eventually became naturally featherless/hairless save for a few blood feather-like structures. They are wildly aggressive and monstrously dangerous, though they have lost the ability for flight. The large spur talons on the wrists are venomous, however pit griffins are immune to the venom and instead act as very dangerous weapons. I took a lot of inspiration from the awesome artist Carlo-Arellano.
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They look so abused. D: Even MY Griffins have pity!
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Since it was bred for fighting and not flying wouldn't it be more beneficial to breed it to have atrophied wings that way they didn't get in the way or at least evolves claws so that they too could be used for fighting? It feels like the risk of them breaking in a brawl is a huge weakness.
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I feel so sorry for it. What happen to the knight? Looks like he got bitten in the groin.
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"Tis just a fleshwound"
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Well that's a relief
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There's a description in an unpublished novel of mine of a baby gryphon hatching from an egg with bald wings and a bald head, inspired by seeing baby birds and how awkward and horrifying they look before they feather out. This speaks to me - It's always interesting to see glorious feathered creatures stripped down to naked. No fuzz on him, either. Must be warm in the pits.
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This looks more like a Keythong than a "true" Griffin.
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I do not have any points, but can you create a griffin for me? Like one in chains or something. Thanks!
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Just so you know, Arvalis is a professional artist who makes a living off of his paintings and artwork. He charges several hundred dollars for completed images. Asking for him to create free art of whatever you want is pretty disrespectful, presumptuous and rude....you wouldn't approach a professional movie director and ask "Can you make a movie about unicorns for me? Like one with sparkles or something. Thanks!" and expect them to start doing it for you.
In the future, if you want artwork from an artist, try to see if they have commission information listed in a journal. If they dont, send them a note and ask. These are real people spending real hours to create content and asking them to do that without any for of reimbursement belittles artists as a whole.
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Oh, I'm terribly sorry I didn't know. Please disregard the message.
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Thank you for being so understanding :] Have a great evening!
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It couldn't be said better.
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Looks like one of the chickens from kfc xD
Gosh I like this alot!
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.. am I the only one who thinks they are kinda cute..
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This helped me a lot when drawing a featherless bird wing. Thanks!
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Would a Pit Griffin have stronger talons or a stronger beak?
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How do you think gryphon would work in real life? I mean scientist have already a chicken with four wings(two pairs) a couple years ago, so it wouldn't be a stretch as science advances to someday genetically engineer an animal that is a chimera of both lions and birds of prey.
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The are fascinating. It's the type of illustration that spawns a world in my mind.
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Amazing! Though the wings kinda remind me of a ... chicken... I don't know... But it's great!
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Hey that not Family Dad.
But great i want game with that monster.
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I love it! Reminds me of the Colocals from Guild Wars 2: media-ascalon.cursecdn.com/att…
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Astounding piece my friend, great creature feature
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i can see a hero being forced to fight one or more in a underground arena
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Something interesting you maybe would like to know:
It is believed that maybe Protoceratops fossils inspired the greeks to invent the griffins:
1: gargoylestore.com/griffin_draw…
2: 4.bp.blogspot.com/-xuAxChV43ss…
also, pretty nice drawing and concept of a griffin man 
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I did actually know that, and those are some pretty sweet pictures you linked. I really like that idea, but I wanted to play with some cat anatomy for this guy
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Your welcome!
You really know a lot of animals ^^!
Also, I don't remember if I tell you before, but I really liked how you make your realistic Geodude, because the idea was amazing: Geoude is only a frog who looks like a rock with 2 arms XD.
So, I would like to know if by you are thinking in made Onyx sometime, because I would really love to see what idea you got for that one
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That is very cool and imaginative! Please keep creating your epic art!
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Wow, amazing work, it looks so cool! It looks really interesting, and it kind o reminds me of a vulture.
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The venomous barbs remind me of a platypus. I like it!
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are you sure having lots of blood feathers would be a good idea? I mean, if the blood feather breaks, the bird might bleed to death, unless the feather was removed.
I suggest that those might be "pin feathers", which is just another name for immature feathers. but not specified that there is blood in it.
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